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.
Northrop, Raytheon Report 2025 Earnings
Despite Northrop’s improvements over 2024, the contractor’s space systems business segment saw a downturn in sales.
Report: How to Better Deter Russia in Orbit
While China is making all the headlines in Space Race 2.0, a DC think tank is cautioning policy makers not to forget about the threat posed by Russia in orbit.
