The Lifeline Burns: Ukraine Takes Aim at the Heart of Russia’s Oil Empire

Ukraine appears to have struck the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk overnight on Sunday, reportedly targeting Russia’s largest oil export terminal in what would represent a sharp escalation of Kyiv’s campaign to choke the revenue streams funding Moscow’s war machine. Reports suggest the attack hit the Sheskharis oil terminal and possibly struck the Russian warship […]
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Moog Highlights Growing Satellite Bus Capabilities with Full‑Scale METEOR Reveal at Space Symposium

East Aurora, NY — Moog Inc. (NYSE: MOG.A and MOG.B), a worldwide designer, manufacturer and systems integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid controls and control systems will highlight its […]
FOSSA targets Japan’s defense market as larger smallsats expand capabilities

Spanish startup FOSSA Systems is pushing into Japan’s defense market after securing a local partner to expand its reach, building on a shift beyond tiny picosatellites used to connect low-power monitoring devices toward more capable spacecraft for broader government applications.
Artemis II crew breaks Apollo 13 record, reaching 252,760 miles from Earth
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NASA Can Design a Nuclear Reactor for the Moon But Can’t Build a Modern Database to Manage It

NASA has a plan to build a permanent base on the moon. What it lacks, according to a growing chorus of critics inside the space industry, is the software architecture to actually run one. The agency’s moon base program, described as a multi-billion dollar, three-phase effort to establish sustained human presence at the lunar south […]
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The Pentagon Wants to Build Satellites Fast. Its Supply Chain Isn’t Ready.

The U.S. military wants to build satellites fast enough to replace them in a war. The supply chain that makes that possible is riddled with blind spots, single points of failure, and small specialized companies that Pentagon planners can barely see. That tension between ambition and industrial reality is now commanding attention from military leaders, […]
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Artemis 2 swings around the moon

Four astronauts from the United States and Canada became the humans to travel the furthest from the Earth April 6 as they went around the moon on the Artemis 2 mission.
From Picosats to Defense Contracts: How a Spanish Startup Is Betting Its Future on Japan’s Security Market

A Spanish satellite startup that once built spacecraft for under $30,000 is now chasing defense contracts in Tokyo, betting that a rapid transition from tiny experimental satellites to larger, more capable platforms can open doors to government customers hungry for sovereign space capabilities. FOSSA Systems has reportedly partnered with Japanese trading firm Kanematsu and opened […]
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The Architecture of a Gutted Pipeline: What a 47% Science Cut Actually Dismantles at NASA

The White House proposed a fiscal year 2027 NASA budget of $18.8 billion, representing a reduction from what Congress approved for the agency just months earlier. The Science Mission Directorate would absorb significant cuts under the proposal. If enacted, it would represent one of the largest single-year reductions to NASA science funding in recent agency […]
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A letter to anyone who has stared at the night sky and felt both completely insignificant and strangely relieved by it

The night sky makes us feel tiny, and instead of panic, many people feel peace. Recent psychological research on awe explains why shrinking your sense of self can lower stress, reduce inflammation, and reconnect you with what actually matters.
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