Week in images: 20-24 April 2026
Week in images: 20-24 April 2026
Discover our week through the lens
The governance gap: Why orbital data centers need certification before they scale
For more than two decades in sourcing and supply-chain architecture, we’ve watched industries scale only when their supply chains become predictable, certifiable and repeatable.
Astrobotic tests advanced rocket engine
Astrobotic, a developer of lunar landers and suborbital rockets, has successfully tested an advanced rocket engine that could power those vehicles.
Space Force awards up to $3.2 billion for Golden Dome interceptor prototypes
Contracts with 12 companies aim to test competing designs for boost-phase missile intercept from space
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Space Force faces surge in demand for heavy-lift launches
An additional 25 ‘high-energy’ missions are being forecast for 2027-2029
Contribution to Artemis II Moon mission sees successful test of a space camera under cosmic ray conditions
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NASA reserves science payload space for Mars telecommunications mission
NASA is reserving a small amount of space on a Mars telecommunications spacecraft for science, which could be one or more cubesats.
Inside the Deep Space Network: How three antenna complexes on three continents carry every whisper from every spacecraft humanity has ever sent beyond Earth
Three antenna complexes in California, Spain and Australia carry every signal from every spacecraft humanity has sent beyond Earth. With one of the largest dishes offline since September, the strain on a network already running at 140 percent of capacity is starting to show.
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China launches PRSC-EO3 for Pakistan, lofts internet test and environment monitoring satellites
Competence is lonely in ways nobody warns you about
The most competent person in any room is usually the one nobody checks on. They got promoted out of being asked, and the cost of that relief is borne entirely by them.
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