Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, head of Space Systems Command: ‘We’re realizing there are true industrial base concerns’ The post Pentagon underestimated supply chain fragility, now racing to fix gaps appeared…
Bulgarian microsatellite specialist EnduroSat has ordered 100 electric propulsion systems from Austria’s Enpulsion as demand for larger spacecraft continues to rise. The post EnduroSat orders 100 Enpulsion propulsion systems appeared…
Ontario, N.Y. — Optimax, the largest precision optics manufacturer in the United States, has announced the appointment of Joseph Spilman as CEO and Pete Kupinski as president. With a solid…
Europa, one of the four Galilean satellites of Jupiter is one of the most intriguing locations in the Solar System to search for life. However, its subsurface oceans are buried…
When Albert Einstein introduced his theory of general relativity in 1915, it changed the way we viewed the Universe. His gravitational model showed how Newtonian gravity, which had dominated astronomy…
One of the best bright star lunar occultations for 2024 occurs this week, as the Moon covers Spica. Have you ever seen the Moon blot out a star? If the…
Every year, NASA releases a detailed simulation of the Moon that shows how it will change through the year. They produce a couple of versions that show how it appears…
‘We’re going to see more budgets moving from traditional programs of record into the newer space community’ The post Space firms see government contracting shakeup in second Trump term appeared…
NASA plans to use cargo versions of Artemis lunar landers under development by Blue Origin and SpaceX to deliver a pressurized rover and surface habitat to the lunar surface in…
The Arecibo Message, transmitted on November 16th, 1974, from the Arecibo Observatory, was humanity’s first true attempt at Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI). The message was a simple pictorial signal in…
