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Students Connect NASA Science With Indigenous Knowledge to Study Coastal Erosion
Story by Keri Moskowitz, Gulf of Maine Research Institute For the Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation, or Sipayik, the ocean has always been a teacher. Situated in what is known as Downeast Maine, along the shores of Passamaquoddy Bay, generations of Indigenous people have lived along the coast, learning from the tides, the land, and their […]
Japan’s ispace Expanding into Lunar Infrastructure
Japan’s ispace robotic lunar landing company is expanding into the lunar infrastructure business through an agreement with SpaceX. Instead of just landing on the Moon, they are offering end-to-end services […]
Is this the year for a NASA authorization bill?
Appropriators, like fans of hard-luck sports teams, say every year that this year will be different. That this will be the year that “regular order” returns to the appropriations process, […]
NASA Awards Contracts for Mars Advanced Surface Mobility Technology
July 8, 2026 C.13 NASA Awards Contracts for Mars Advanced Surface Mobility Technology NASA has selected seven companies for contract awards under the Mars Exploration Program’s Science Transport and Robotic Innovation for Deployment and Exploration, or STRIDE, initiative to advance next-generation commercial robotic surface mobility for future Mars exploration. The STRIDE awards will support the […]
Loft Orbital Books Multiple Launches Aboard MaiaSpace Rockets
US-based satellite operator Loft Orbital has signed a multi-launch agreement with ArianeGroup subsidiary MaiaSpace. Although the announcement provided few details, it did share that the first flight was expected in 2028. In an 8 July press release, MaiaSpace explained that the multi-launch agreement “consolidates its launch manifest,” adding that the company has now sold more […]
Hubble Captures Star-Studded Cluster
This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope showcases Messier 3 (M3), one of the Milky Way galaxy’s most massive globular clusters, or spherical collections of gravitationally bound stars. Globular clusters are made up of ancient stars that formed at roughly the same time from the same cloud of gas, giving those stars similar ages. Around 150 known globular clusters are […]
Fi expands Starlink direct-to-device capability into dog-tracking
Pet technology company Fi launched a dog tracker July 8 that uses T-Mobile’s Starlink-enabled T-Satellite service to remain connected across the United States, even outside the telco’s terrestrial network.
The satellite industry’s most expensive problem isn’t in orbit
AST SpaceMobile recently deployed three more BlueBird satellites into low Earth orbit as it advances plans for a space-based cellular broadband network of 45 to 60 satellites by the end […]
Blue Origin, for the first time, is expected to raise private capital
The company is raising $10 billion, leading to a valuation of $130 billion.
Deep space software upgrade for Hera’s asteroid visit
Operating across 140 million km of space, the control team for ESA’s Hera mission have succeeded in upgrading the software running it, leaving the spacecraft ready to explore the distant Dimorphos and Didymos asteroids this autumn.
Venus Aerospace raises $91 million to scale rocket engine technology
Funding will support development and production of the company’s rotating detonation rocket engine
Progress at the Cape: New Launch Pads rise for Stoke, Relativity
The Space Coast’s rejuvination continues apace, with multiple launch providers advancing new facilities at Cape…
The government’s options to address strained spaceports
The May 28 explosion of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 36 did more than destroy a rocket and severely damage a launch pad. The […]
New European exercise device begins testing with first rope-pulling workout in space
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has begun testing the European Enhanced Exploration Exercise Device (E4D) on the International Space Station. Installed inside ESA's Columbus laboratory, the new exercise system will spend the next two years helping researchers evaluate innovative ways to keep astronauts healthy during long-duration space missions.
Space Force adds Relativity, Impulse Space to national security launch program
The NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 program opens door to newer companies competing for military missions
Cottonwood Fire Chars Utah
The blaze burned more than 150 square miles and swept through parts of a ski resort.
Skyroot prepares for first orbital launch attempt
Indian launch startup Skyroot Aerospace is preparing for its first orbital launch attempt as soon as July 12, with plans to quickly scale up to monthly launches.
D-Orbit signs launch-services contract with ArkEdge Space
SAN FRANCISCO – Italian space logistics specialist D-Orbit will provide a series of launches aboard its ION Satellite Carrier for Japanese startup ArkEdge Space, under a contract announced July 8 […]
Orbit Fab hires new CEO and raises funding to support satellite refueling business
With a new chief executive and funding round, satellite refueling company Orbit Fab hopes to make the transition from technology development to operations.
RFA ONE Launch from SaxaVord Set for No Earlier Than 10 August
Almost two years after an RFA ONE first stage burst into flames during a static fire test, German rocket builder Rocket Factory Augsburg is preparing for a second attempt at the rocket’s inaugural flight from SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland. In a notice published on 7 July, SaxaVord announced that a five-week launch window would open […]