Nickel-hydrogen technology is safe, durable, and long-lasting – now it’s affordable too.
Battery technology that has powered the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, and numerous satellites is now storing energy on Earth,…
Category: 2. Space
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Hidden and hampered: elevating the Office of Commercial Space Transportation
Winning the new space race with China is contingent on the competitiveness of the United States commercial space industry. While the Chinese space program enjoys the full financial and regulatory backing of its government, the U.S. space…
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Solar Secrets in Ultra-HD: Inouye Telescope’s VTF Captures Fiery First Glimpse
The Inouye Solar Telescope just activated its most powerful instrument, VTF—a massive precision tool designed to unveil the secrets of solar storms. Its first light image of a detailed sunspot signals a bold new era in solar observation. With…
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Okapi raises 13 million euros to expand space traffic management suite
SAN FRANCISCO – German space traffic management startup Okapi:Orbits raised 13 million euros ($14.75 million) in a seed funding round announced April 24.
With the new investment, Okapi will expand its “product portfolio, grow our…
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Katalyst Space acquires Atomos to accelerate in-space services
WASHINGTON — Katalyst Space Technologies has acquired Atomos Space, a move that combines two venture-funded startups focused on in-space servicing and orbital transfer vehicles.
Arizona-based Katalyst completed the acquisition of…
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Boeing reports progress on containing Starliner costs
BOSTON — Boeing executives said the company is making progress on containing the costs of its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, but offered few details on technical work getting the spacecraft ready for its next flight.
In an…
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Watch a Telescope Titan Rise: ELT’s Year of Steel, Mirrors, and Lasers (Time-Lapse Video)
The ELT is leaping toward the stars, quite literally — its massive dome, once skeletal, is now clad in protective armor, shielding delicate optics from the desert. Inside, a cutting-edge marvel is taking shape, including the 39-meter-wide…
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Secrets in the Shadows: ShadowCam and Cosmic Rays Uncover Moon’s Hidden Ice
Scientists are using cutting-edge techniques to track water ice on the Moon—an essential resource for future space missions. A University of Hawai‘i team utilized ShadowCam to peer into the Moon’s perpetually dark craters, refining…
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Carbon Meteorites Go Boom: The Explosive Secret Hiding Their Violent Pasts
Scientists have long been baffled by carbon-rich meteorites that show little evidence of violent space collisions. But new experiments reveal the truth: impacts on these meteorites trigger explosive chemical reactions that create intense gases,…
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One Orbit, One Everest Lost: A Planet Evaporates Into a 9-Million-Kilometer Tail
Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating as it orbits perilously close to its star. The small and rocky lava world sheds an amount of material equivalent to the…
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