MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – Satellite-servicing businesses are finally getting off the ground thanks in part to technological innovation and the example set by prime contractor Northrop Grumman.

Berkowitz says one of his priorities as assistant secretary of defense for space policy would be to ‘sustain America’s position as the world’s leader in space activities’

Preparations for NASA’s Artemis 2 launch could soon grind to a halt if the nearly month-long government shutdown continues, one industry executive warned.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
Northrop Grumman Corporation and Luminary Cloud are working together to apply artificial intelligence to spacecraft propulsion, implementing a new physics AI foundation model specifically for thruster nozzle design. The collaboration leverages Northrop Grumman's expertise in propulsion physics and Luminary Cloud's AI platform with NVIDIA's support to enable rapid hardware development for spacecr

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
The European Space Agency has announced its first Asian office in Tokyo, appointing a staff member at X-NIHONBASHI to deepen ESA's cooperation with Japan's space sector and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). ESA Director of Strategy, Legal and External Matters, Eric Morel de Westgaver, presented the announcement during Nihonbashi Space Week and emphasized the decades-long partn

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
Frontgrade Technologies has introduced the SBC-2A72 VPX Single Board Computer, engineered for high-reliability computing in advanced space missions. The board is built around the VA7230 Dual ARM Cortex-A72 processor with integrated GPU, delivering 10.4 GFLOPs and supporting OpenGL and OpenCL standards for payload processing, imaging, and graphics. The SBC-2A72 weighs under 0.65 kilograms and con

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
A Michigan State University researcher participated in coordinating a joint analysis of two significant neutrino experiments, T2K in Japan and NOvA in the United States, advancing understanding of the evolution of the universe. The collaboration merged data from both experiments to refine measurement of neutrino properties. These elusive subatomic particles travel through the universe with

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
The University of Central Florida is expanding its research, clinical programs, and educational outreach to address the health of space travelers and bring advances in medical technologies to patients on Earth. The College of Medicine is leading this effort by investigating the effects of microgravity, radiation, and isolation on the human body and developing new diagnostics, treatment protocols

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
A team of astronomers co-led by Cornell University has produced the first three-dimensional map of an exoplanet's atmosphere, revealing WASP-18b's distinct temperature zones-including one region so hot it breaks down water vapor. WASP-18b, an "ultra-hot Jupiter" located about 400 light years from Earth, served as the test case for a mapping technique called 3D eclipse mapping or spectroscopic ec

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 29, 2025
The SETI Institute will deploy the NVIDIA IGX Thor platform at the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) in Northern California to accelerate real-time detection of radio signals from space. This upgrade advances the ATA's technology, equipping its 42 antennas to process and interpret radio signals directly on-site using edge AI processing. With NVIDIA IGX Thor, scientists can conduct AI inference a