Congress is Considering a NASA Authorization Bill—Again
Recently, it’s become an annual exercise for lawmakers, and a stated priority for committee leaders past and present. However, past bills have stalled and failed to codify the space agency’s missions.
HawkEye 360 Taps Hale for Space Weather Forecasts
Predicting the future is no simple task, but for space weather forecasting startup Hale SWx, it’s part of the business model.
CesiumAstro Raises $270M Series C
Yesterday, spacecom company CesiumAstro announced that it closed a $270M round of funding—which will help the company to cement further contracts in the defense sector, and build out its natsec business.
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.
Blue Origin Pauses Space Tourism to Focus On the Moon
If you were waiting for your chance to spend ten minutes suspended in microgravity at the edge of space aboard one of Blue Origin’s tourist vessels, well, you’re just going to have to wait a little longer.
York Space Systems IPOs at $4.75B Valuation
The IPO offered a prime opportunity for retail investors looking to ride the wave of US defense spending that’s been buoyed by the Trump administration’s promises of Golden Dome.
Budget Cuts Deal Another Blow to UK Space Sector
While the rest of Europe pours record funds into ESA and their own national research institutions, the UK seems to be taking a step in the other direction.
SDA Needs Better Planning, GAO Says
In a report released this week, the watchdog agency was unimpressed with the SDA’s planning for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).
US Army Puts Out the Call for Space Soldiers
Space is the ultimate high ground, and the US Army just put out a call for a new type of soldier to keep watch on the walls.
WEF’s Space Debris Report Projects Significant Costs
This week, the World Economic Forum came out with a report, produced in partnership with the Centre for Space Futures, the Saudi Space Agency, LeoLabs, and Novaspace, titled “Clear Orbit, Secure Future: A Call to Action on Space Debris.”
Airbus Taps Skynopy for Pléiades Neo Ground Stations
The European space market may be dominated by large A&D primes, but the startup community is proving it still has an edge when it comes to innovative tech.
