Vast acquires Launcher to support space station development
Vast, a startup developing artificial-gravity space stations, announced Feb. 21 that it acquired launch services company Launcher, using its technology to further space station plans while ending developing of a small launch vehicle.
Enlisting AI to secure the space domain
AI will transform how decisions are made across every human activity, especially as nations begin to further operate and compete in space.
Inflation’s squeeze on space and national security contracts
For companies who provide unique capabilities, or deliver sophisticated platforms or components to the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, or NASA, inflationary pressures and delivery delays are seriously challenging America’s defense industrial base and our future efforts in space
Roscosmos: Russian spacecraft leak caused by external impact
A coolant leak from an uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station resulted from an external impact and not a manufacturing flaw, Russia's space corporation said Tuesday.
How to Implement Open Architectures Faster in Ground Systems—Legacy, Now, and Next
As the evolution of space as a contested domain accelerates, defense and national security agencies must innovate—and both legacy ground systems and digital-first programs now have the chance to rapidly adapt.
Military to tap commercial industry for ‘space mobility’ services
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Farming on the Moon Russia claims Progress leak caused by an "external impact"
Roscosmos on Tuesday blamed an "external impact," not a manufacturing defect, for a coolant leak from an unmanned Russian supply ship docked at the International Space Station on February 11.
High-resolution pictures of the Progress MS-21 spacecraft were taken by cosmonauts using the ISS' 17-meter-long Canadarm2 robotic arm, which revealed a 12-millimeter hole where the coolant fluid pour Mercury's black disc helps sharpen Solar Orbiter's view
This year started with a nice imaging opportunity for Solar Orbiter, and a chance to further improve the quality of its data. On 3 January 2023, inner planet Mercury crossed the spacecraft's field of view, resulting in a transit where Mercury appeared as a perfectly black circle moving across the face of the Sun.
A number of the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter's instruments captured the transit. In DoD invests additional $1.5M toward 3D-printed hypersonic rocket engine
The Department of Defense awarded a $1.5 million contract to New Frontier Aerospace to continue its work on a 3D printed rocket engine.
The aerospace manufacturer announced the deal in a press release on Tuesday with funding coming from the National Security Innovation Capital. The company is developing a plastic-fueled rocket engine called Mjolnir. Development began with a $750,000 co 
