The Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), have signed a contract for the implementation of NASA’s Surface Biology and […]
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Viasat selected for $4.8 billion ceiling NASA Near Space Network services contract
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has been selected by NASA to support the agency’s direct-to-Earth (DTE) capabilities via the Near Space Network (NSN) Services contract, part of a five-year multi-award indefinite […]
NASA welcomes Finland as the newest Artemis Accords signatory
With Finland’s signing of the Artemis Accords on Tuesday, NASA celebrates the 53rd nation committing to the safe and responsible exploration of space that benefits humanity—the signing ceremony occurred on […]
Rocket Lab’s 2nd reentry class spacecraft for Varda operating on-orbit supporting payloads for AFRL + NASA
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has announced its second Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries, Inc. is successfully operating on orbit — the mission launched on January 14, from […]
Varda’s W-2 spacecraft launched to orbit with SpaceX with Koonibba Test Range up next
Varda Space Industries has announced the successful launch of the company’s second orbital processing spacecraft and re-entry capsule, W-2, which lifted off aboard the Transporter-12 rideshare mission with SpaceX from […]
Los Angeles struggles to contain wildfires
Five wildfires – the largest of which are the Palisades and the Eaton fires – are still currently burning (as of January 10, 2025) in areas of north Los Angeles […]
$1.23 million NASA grant goes to Penn State College to improve AI satellite weather forecasting
A team led by a Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) researcher last month received a two-year, $1.23 million grant from NASA to improve atmosphere and ocean […]
Rocket Lab on track in development of spacecraft constellation for SDA
Rocket Lab National Security LLC has successfully completed the company’s Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Beta (T2TL-Beta) program — this milestone marks […]
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar mission to launch via a Falcon 9 on January 15th from Canaveral
Firefly’s first Blue Ghost mission, named Ghost Riders in the Sky, will deliver 10 science and technology instruments to the lunar surface as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services […]
U.S. Space Systems Command selects L3Harris to design resilient GPS satellite concepts
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to design concepts for Phase 0 of the Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) program. The […]