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Stories about the tech that’s driving the new space age.
Deep Space Energy Pockets €980K to Build European Space Nuclear Power
The Latvian nuclear power startup is working on a solution for lunar missions hoping to survive the lunar night—a harsh, cold stretch of darkness lasting 14 Earth days that’s a death sentence for solar powered missions.
Momentus and NASA Will Collab on RPO Demo
The mission will test technologies including multispectral satellite inspection, formation flying, and WiFi-based inter-satellite links.
ReOrbit and Google Cloud Kick Start “Space Cloud” Data Network
ReOrbit isn’t waiting around for the space industry to finish debating the viability of data centers in orbit.
Astrolight Plans to Demo Space-to-Ground Optical Comms
Lucky for Europe, Lithuanian optical comms startup Astrolight is working on a solution to keep space-based comms protected in the years ahead.
Exclusive: Viridian Space Signs CRADA Agreement with US Air Force
LEO is getting crowded, but there’s plenty of real estate available closer to home if you can make it work. California-based Viridian Space is aiming to do just that.
Mars Rover Drives with the Help of Anthropic AI
AI is everywhere these days—even on Mars.
Engineers at JPL announced Friday that they had successfully used Anthropic’s AI model, called Claude, to map a 450-meter Martian path for NASA’s Perseverance rover.
Voyager Details its Plans for In-Space Manufacturing
Voyager Technologies secured a patent from the US government covering its unique process of manufacturing crystals in microgravity to support the future of optical communications.
EraDrive Raises $5.3M Seed to Bring Self Driving Tech to Orbit
Orbital traffic is increasing at a rapid clip, and many sats aren’t even looking where they’re going.
Wherobots Launches New AI Tool for EO Data
The volume of EO images has grown exponentially the past decade, but cleaning up, deciphering, and extracting value from these datasets remains manual, expensive, and time-consuming, according to Wherobots officials.
Sedaro and Shield AI Partner to Bring AI Pilots to Orbit
The age of robot pilots has arrived—not for your next commercial flight, thankfully, but for satellites on orbit.
Exclusive: Reditus Space Unveils Plans For Reusable Reentry Vehicle
A new startup is challenging the idea that reentry from orbit has to be destructive.
Transporter-15 Brings 140 Payloads to Orbit
Transporter-15 flight was busier than most. It deployed 140 payloads—the second-largest haul since Transporter flights began in 2021.
Redwire Wins $44M DARPA Contract for VLEO Demo
The contract will see Redwire manufacture and deliver a VLEO satellite with air breathing electric propulsion (ABEP) technology.
