On March 24, executives from across the space industry and officials from dozens of countries filed into NASA’s Washington headquarters, unsure what they had been called to hear. The agency had announced the event — dubbed “Ignition” — only a day earlier, offering few details beyond a vague promise to discuss the implementation of a […]

Two European countries signed the Artemis Accords May 4 as part of a surge of countries joining in the wake of the Artemis 2 mission.

Artemis 2 was a success in more ways than one. The mission, lasting just over nine days, demonstrated that the Orion spacecraft could safely support a crew on a trip around the moon. Orion made it through the flight with only minor technical problems, none of which would hinder its use on Artemis 3 next […]

Rising pressure to secure strategic waters is driving demand for more persistent monitoring of subsea activity, creating opportunities for satellite-connected autonomous vessels that can watch areas beyond the reach of space-based sensors.

Program aims to counter hypersonic threats with interceptors in orbit

Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is joining Quantum Space as its chief executive as the company pursues emerging opportunities in national security space.

On Feb. 28, the first day of U.S. military strikes on Iran, a Chinese AI startup posted an image on social media site X of a ship burning at Iran’s Konarak Naval Base. The image bore a striking resemblance to a WorldView-1 image released earlier that day by Vantor’s News Bureau, but the MizarVision image […]

DENVER – South Korea’s Hancom InSpace is expanding its Earth-observation constellation with Sejong-3, a cubesat with a hyperspectral sensor, launched in March on a SpaceX Transporter rideshare and currently undergoing commissioning. “Sejong-3 is an important addition to our Sejong constellation because it brings hyperspectral capability alongside the multispectral imaging already provided by Sejong-2 and Sejong-4,” Seeung-chan “Wesley” […]

Voyager Technologies says it is ready should NASA change plans for supporting development of commercial space stations.

Vantor executive: ‘We have more imagery, more sensors but much of that data still isn’t reaching the people who need it’