Technology
Stories about the tech that’s driving the new space age.
South Korea Pushes to Commercialize Quantum Research
The quantum age is upon us, and South Korea is angling for a seat at the table.
Scout Space Closes $18M Series A
Plans for expansion include building a new satellite sensor factory outside DC, and nearly doubling Scout’s headcount in the next 18 months.
ESA Taps Edge Aerospace for Space Cloud Contract
Under the agreement, announced today, the Luxembourg-based company will develop an architecture and use-case road-map for orbital data centers.
Payload Field Guide: Lunar Rovers
As NASA and its partners push harder toward a sustained human presence on the Moon, mobility is mission-critical. Moon buggies with lawn chairs might’ve been good enough for the Apollo-era, but long-term surface operations depend on lunar rovers that can pull their weight (quite literally). For decades, lunar rovers were the domain of national space…
Space Nuclear Execs Cheer the FY27 Budget Proposal
More than just money, NASA is throwing its full weight behind what Administrator Isaacman sees as the agency’s “logical evolution.”
DPhi’s Second Demo Brings Compute Space to Orbit
Swiss startup DPhi Space hosted Liquid AI’s large language model to analyze an EO image—without first transmitting the image to the ground. That was the first public result of DPhi’s second mission, Clustergate-2, which rode to orbit on a Momentus Vigoride 7 sat in March. The transmission, which was announced today, signifies a new age…
Meta Secures Overview Energy Space Solar Power Capacity
Meta announced an agreement today to secure up to 1 GW of power capacity through Overview Energy’s planned solar power-beaming satellite system.
Slingshot Introduces AI-Powered Portal Platform
Slingshot Aerospace introduced a new platform today that will allow operators to spot anomalies—and make decisions—in an AI-powered, one-stop-shop.
Albedo Ratchets Up the Power for its Second VLEO Flight
Albedo announced a new VLEO capable satellite bus today that’s aiming to fly the company’s second orbital mission in 2027.
Moog’s “Tip to Tail” Contributions to the Artemis II Flight
“Moog supplies more than 100 different pieces of hardware that go from tip to tail of the rocket, [and] into the Orion system.”
Phantom Space Acquires Thermal Management Technologies
Thermal Management Technologies builds advanced satellite thermal components for in-space applications.
Voyager and Icarus Team Up on ISS Robotics Demo
The pages of the ISS manifest are starting to look a lot like those of a sci-fi novel.
Starcloud Raises $170M Series A at $1.1B Valuation
The fundraise highlights not only the overwhelming demand among investors to fund orbital-data-center ventures, but also Starcloud’s unique position as a data-center startup with flight heritage.
