A Satellite Deployed a Drag Sail and Removed Itself from Orbit Five Years Early August 30, 2023A Satellite Deployed a Drag Sail and Removed Itself from Orbit Five Years Early By Carolyn Collins Petersen In an age of increasing “stuf...Read More
ESA postpones Ariane 6 hot-fire test again August 30, 2023ESA postpones Ariane 6 hot-fire test again By Jeff Foust The European Space Agency says a test-firing of an Ariane 6 core stage has bee...Read More
Exploring Io’s Volcanic Activity via Hubble and Webb Telescopes August 29, 2023Exploring Io’s Volcanic Activity via Hubble and Webb Telescopes By Laurence Tognetti The two most powerful space telescopes ever built, N...Read More
NASA Deep Space Network reaches “critical point” as demand grows August 29, 2023NASA Deep Space Network reaches “critical point” as demand grows By Jeff Foust Increasing demand but decreasing budgets are putting a s...Read More
SAIC wins $574 million contract to maintain Space Force radar sites August 29, 2023SAIC wins $574 million contract to maintain Space Force radar sites By Sandra Erwin The U.S. Space Force awarded SAIC a $574.5 million ...Read More
Is the Solar Wind Coming From These Tiny Jets on the Sun? August 29, 2023Is the Solar Wind Coming From These Tiny Jets on the Sun? By Carolyn Collins Petersen Ever since the first direct observations of the sol...Read More
JWST Plucks One Single Star out of a Galaxy Seen 12.5 Billion Years Ago August 29, 2023JWST Plucks One Single Star out of a Galaxy Seen 12.5 Billion Years Ago By Matt Williams After years of build-up and anticipation, the Ja...Read More
Space Development Agency’s data-transport satellites get more complex August 29, 2023Space Development Agency’s data-transport satellites get more complex By Sandra Erwin The 72 data-transport satellites that the Space D...Read More
Benchmark wins AFRL award to develop thrusters for ASCENT August 29, 2023Benchmark wins AFRL award to develop thrusters for ASCENT By Debra Werner Benchmark Space Systems won a $2.81 million U.S. Air Force Re...Read More
Op-ed | Welcome to the Third Space Age August 29, 2023Op-ed | Welcome to the Third Space Age By Lt. Gen. John Shaw As the commercial sector takes the lead on developing digital age technolo...Read More