TSMC’s decision to upgrade its second Kumamoto facility from mid-range chip production to cutting-edge 3nm technology is the clearest signal yet that semiconductor manufacturing is being reorganized around geopolitical alliances rather than market efficiency. The upgrade, confirmed through Taiwan’s Department of Investment Review, will give the Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM) plant a planned monthly […]

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Europe’s window to become a serious space power is narrowing, and the continent’s leaders appear to know it. A recent SpaceNews analysis lays out the uncomfortable reality: the European Union’s dependence on foreign technology, fragmented governance, and relatively modest budgets are collectively threatening to sideline Europe in what defense and space strategists are calling the […]

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The White House has proposed cutting NASA’s budget by 23% for the second year running, with a fiscal year 2027 proposal of $18.8 billion that would gut science programs, shutter education initiatives, and accelerate the drawdown of International Space Station operations. The one area that would see more money: Artemis and the lunar base. On […]

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For the second consecutive year, the White House is proposing a major budget cut for NASA that would significantly impact the agency’s science programs and the International Space Station.

Amazon says it will revise deployment plans for its broadband satellite constellation while denying claims from SpaceX that its current approach represents a space safety risk.

The Soviet Buran shuttle completed a flawless autonomous orbital flight and landing in 1988, demonstrating capabilities the American shuttle never possessed — then was abandoned when its empire collapsed and ultimately destroyed by a collapsing hangar roof.

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In 1977, Carl Sagan's committee had six weeks to explain humanity to the universe. The Golden Record they created — now 15 billion miles from Earth — reveals as much about the politics and aspirations of its makers as it does about the species they tried to represent.

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When senior executives at Relativity Space, Hermeus, Divergent Technologies, and Astrion decide to leave their positions simultaneously for the same seed-stage startup, it tells you something about how aerospace insiders are reading the market. Fortastra, a company founded in 2025 to build maneuverable spacecraft for on-orbit security, has assembled a C-suite drawn from companies that […]

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