Mix-and-match kit could enable astronauts to build a menagerie of lunar exploration bots
When astronauts begin to build a permanent base on the moon, as NASA plans to do in the coming years, they'll need help. Robots could potentially do the heavy lifting by laying cables, deploying solar panels, erecting communications towers, and building habitats. But if each robot is designed for a specific action or task, a moon base could become overrun by a zoo of machines, each with its own unique parts and protocols.
Webb captures rarely seen prelude to a supernova
A Wolf-Rayet star is a rare prelude to the famous final act of a massive star: the supernova. As one of its first observations in 2022, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope captured the Wolf-Rayet star WR 124 in unprecedented detail.
Why the Office of Space Commerce should supervise novel commercial space activities
Policymakers are considering establishing an additional supervisory regime to cover novel commercial space activities such as like in-space manufacturing, space tugs, and more.
Kayhan offers coordinated collision avoidance
Kayhan Space has upgraded its space traffic management platform to help satellite operators coordinate maneuvers to prevent collisions.
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Astranis gets order for a pair of Mexico-focused GEO broadband satellites
Mexican telco Apco Networks said March 14 it has ordered two small satellites from Astranis for a launch toward geostationary orbit next year.
Viasat deploying ‘zero trust’ cybersecurity across global network
Viasat developed a "zero trust" cybersecurity solution intended to protect its entire global network from hostile intrusions.
SpaceX launches Cargo Dragon carrying supplies and experiments to ISS
SpaceX launched its 27th Commercial Resupply Service (CRS-27) mission for a 35-hour journey to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA on Tuesday, March 14 at 8:30 p.m. EDT (0030 GMT Wednesday) from Launch Complex-39A (LC-39A) at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
The uncrewed Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket is packed with more than 6,000 pounds of fresh food, hardware, and ex Satellite constellations multiply on profit hopes, geopolitics
The massive constellation of satellites operated by SpaceX, while still growing, will soon be joined in low Earth orbit by many more commercial competitors, but also government-sponsored programs.
When firms floated the idea of expanding access to high-speed internet through satellite constellations in low Earth orbit (LEO), analysts expected only two or three companies would succeed.
"B Arianespace inks deal to launch at least two Vega-C rockets
Arianespace said on Tuesday that it has signed a contract to launch two Vega-C rockets, forging ahead three months after the failure of the Italian-made vehicle's first commercial flight.
The first of the two new launches will occur in the last quarter of 2025 from the Kourou space base in French Guiana, Arianespace said in a statement.
The contract includes an option for a third launch, NASA James Webb Telescope returns rare Wolf-Rayet images
NASA's James Webb Telescope captured a rare Wolf-Rayet star, one of the first times an image of that type of supernova has been seen.
The space agency Tuesday released images of the star in transition, which were captured in "unprecedented detail."
Wolf-Rayet 124 comes with "a distinctive halo of gas and dust that frames the star and glows in the infrared light detected by Webb, 
