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Starfish Space has changed plans for a docking demonstration mission after its original partner backed out. The post Starfish Space finds a new partner for docking demonstration mission appeared first on SpaceNews.

While NASA outlined plans to increase the cadence of robotic lunar lander missions at a recent event, it said little about accelerating work on crewed lunar landers. The post ‘Shots on goal and win the game’: NASA’s effort to accelerate lunar landings appeared first on SpaceNews.

Executives say lack of incentives and interoperability slows ‘tipping and cueing’ across vendors The post Satellite imaging industry’s next challenge: getting systems to talk to each other appeared first on SpaceNews.

Starcloud has raised $170 million to accelerate development of its next-generation spacecraft, reaching a $1.1 billion valuation as it awaits permission to deploy an 88,000-strong orbital data center network. The post Starcloud achieves unicorn status with $170 million raise for orbital data centers appeared first on SpaceNews.

While the Artemis 2 mission is primarily a test flight, the four astronauts on board will conduct some science during the nearly 10-day mission. The post Science finds a place on Artemis 2 appeared first on SpaceNews.

Here’s the version of the orbital data center story you keep reading: Elon Musk says space will be the cheapest place to run AI within 36 months. LoneStar announces plans for a lunar data center. NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin Space-1 makes headlines. These are real announcements, and they all have one thing in common. Nobody talks about the source of electricity. While […] The post The race to build orbital data centers is missing its biggest variable: power appeared first on SpaceNews.

SAN FRANCISCO – Voyager Technologies announced plans March 30 to help Icarus Robotics test a free-flying platform, called Joyride, on the International Space Station. Under the agreement, Voyager will handle payload integration, safety certification, coordination of a 2027 launch, on-orbit operations planning and execution for Joyride-1, a technology demonstration. Icarus Robotics was founded in Brooklyn, […] The post With Voyager’s help, Icarus Robotics to test free-flyer on ISS appeared first

Space Force considers shifting to upgraded legacy ground system The post Pentagon weighing termination of Raytheon GPS ground control contract after years of delays appeared first on SpaceNews.

MILAN — The European Space Agency has launched the first two satellites of the Celeste in-orbit demonstration mission from New Zealand aboard a Rocket Lab Electron launcher on March 28. The two satellites were launched at 10:14 CET and separated from the launcher about an hour later into a quasi-polar low Earth orbit at 510 […] The post ESA launches first Celeste satellites to test complementary LEO navigation layer appeared first on SpaceNews.