Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2024
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW), a leader in space infrastructure development, has been awarded a $45,469,600 five-year contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate. The contract, funded incrementally, focuses on designing, developing, and testing advanced prototype technologies to enhance mission-critical capabilities for national defense. The initiative

Image: These summer images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 missions showcase different satellite views of Greenland’s west coast.

A key element of ESA’s role as Europe’s space agency is the expansion of space knowhow, by encouraging new actors into the field. Case in point: a Polish software company previously specialising in smartphone apps took on the challenge of designing the operating system for the main instrument of Proba-3 – an ambitious double spacecraft mission to reveal secrets of the Sun’s fiery atmosphere, the corona.

Grand Forks, ND (SPX) Dec 13, 2024
Off the coast of Baja California in December 2022, sun sparkled over the rippling sea as waves sloshed around the USS Portland dock ship. Navy officials on the deck scrutinized the sky in search of a sign. The glow appeared suddenly. A tiny spot at first, it gradually grew to a round circle falling at a great speed from the fringes of space. It was NASA's Orion capsule, which would soon en

ESA and Nokia have successfully demonstrated how advanced artificial intelligence (AI) combined with space-enabled 5G networks can perform unprecedented real-time activities – from early wildfire detection to remote infrastructure inspection and immersive multimedia experiences in rural areas.

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) are hosting a symposium to explore space-based solutions for global quantum networks.