AI company developing software to detect hypersonic missiles from space Original Publication Date: 2024-02-18 11:00 Space Development Agency selected California-based EpiSci to develop tool. It will test its AI-powered software against data collected by low Earth orbit sensors. Hypersonic ...

Space Development Agency shaking up how the military buys satellites Original Publication Date: 2023-08-11 10:00 The Pentagon has spent the bulk of its massive space budget on traditional geostationary satellites. SDA is working to break the mold with an ambitious plan to build a low-Earth ...

EOS Data Analytics and Space Electric Thruster Systems demonstrate technology in orbit Original Publication Date: 2023-06-05 20:06 EOS Data Analytics is acquiring imagery from the first satellite in the company’s agriculture-focused constellation. The satellite, built by Dragonfly Aerospace of ...

NASA safety panel skeptical of Starliner readiness for crewed flight Original Publication Date: 2023-05-26 01:03 NASA safety panel chair urges agency not to rush into crewed test flight. Patricia Sanders: "There remains a long line of NASA processes still ahead" She says NASA should bring in an ...

Technical strengths and lower cost led NASA to select Blue Origin lander Original Publication Date: 2023-05-19 20:01 NASA cites Blue Origin's aggressive schedule of test flights as well as its lower cost. NASA identified two weaknesses in Blue Origin’s proposal. One involves its communications ...

Falcon Heavy delay affects space station manifest Original Publication Date: 2023-04-25 01:00 A SpaceX launch of commercial satellites on a Falcon Heavy could upend the schedule. A private astronaut mission that was scheduled for early May would likely be pushed back. The April 28 spacewalk ...

Swedish astronaut to fly to ISS on Axiom mission Original Publication Date: 2023-04-21 22:42 Swedish astronaut may fly to the International Space Station on a commercial mission within the next year. Agreement would allow an ESA astronaut, most likely from Sweden, to go to the station on an ...

Falcon 9 leading candidate to launch European science mission Original Publication Date: 2022-10-18 07:55 Euclid was to launch on a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana in 2023. Plans changed after Russia invaded in Ukraine in February, leading to a series of sanctions. Russia halting Soyuz launches ...