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Blue Abyss Partners with NASA on Astronaut Training Facility
Business • Science

Blue Abyss Partners with NASA on Astronaut Training Facility

“Expect a modern, commercial, exciting venue that offers all the ingredients necessary to take people off the street…and get them ready to go into space.”

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025
TALOS Replaces Russia on Internet of Animals Project
Europe • International • LEO • Science

TALOS Replaces Russia on Internet of Animals Project

The new system will continue to address problems wrought by humanity’s impact on the climate: biodiversity loss, poaching, and the transmission of zoonotic diseases.

January 14, 2025June 4, 2025
Pale Blue is Bringing Water-Based Propulsion to Space
Science • Startups • Technology

Pale Blue is Bringing Water-Based Propulsion to Space

At less than 2kg, the system boasts a total impulse of 7,000 Ns, giving satellites enough thrust to perform multiple maneuvers on orbit without sacrificing much bus space.

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025
NASA Punts Mars Sample Return Decision
Civil • Deep Space • Policy • Science

NASA Punts Mars Sample Return Decision

After more than a year of review, there’s no concrete plan to retrieve scientific samples from Mars.

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025
European Space Cargo Start-Ups Strike Seven Mission Deal
Business • LEO • Research • Science • Startups

European Space Cargo Start-Ups Strike Seven Mission Deal

Germany’s ATMOS Space Cargo and France’s Space Cargo Unlimited (SCU) are teaming up.

December 3, 2024December 3, 2024
Satellites Face More Stormy Weather in 2025
LEO • Science

Satellites Face More Stormy Weather in 2025

A report from Space Foundation last week outlined how NASA, NOAA, and the commercial satellite industry are preparing to weather these storms.

November 26, 2024November 26, 2024
Texas A&M Breaks Ground on New Space Institute 
Science • Technology

Texas A&M Breaks Ground on New Space Institute 

The Space Institute will include lab and office space, classrooms, an auditorium, as well as two football-field sized landscapes that simulate the lunar and Martian surfaces.

November 18, 2024November 19, 2024
General Galactic Raises $8M Seed For Clean Fuel Tech
Science • Startups • Technology

General Galactic Raises $8M Seed For Clean Fuel Tech

General Galactic wants to change the way the world thinks about the green transition, by using pollutants themselves as a renewable fuel source.

November 14, 2024November 14, 2024
Satellite Break-up Experiment to Help ESA Learn How Satellites Die
Debris • Europe • International • Science

Satellite Break-up Experiment to Help ESA Learn How Satellites Die

The Destructive Re-entry Assessment Container Object mission, or DRACO, will be the first demo of a fully controlled break-up during its return to Earth.

September 25, 2024June 9, 2025
Boeing To Launch Groundbreaking Orbital Quantum Experiment
Research • Science

Boeing To Launch Groundbreaking Orbital Quantum Experiment

Quantum entanglement swapping has been demonstrated in the lab, but never before in space.

September 10, 2024September 11, 2024
New Glenn Debut Delayed Along With EscaPADE Mars Mission
Launch • Science

New Glenn Debut Delayed Along With EscaPADE Mars Mission

Blue has yet to test fire New Glenn’s second stage or perform an integrated first stage engine test firing.

September 9, 2024September 9, 2024
Europa Clipper’s Chips Are Good Enough For Jupiter
Deep Space • Science • Technology

Europa Clipper’s Chips Are Good Enough For Jupiter

JPL launched a Tiger Team to assess if the $5B spacecraft could survive its Jovian voyage as-is.

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024

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