Broadband satellites that can be completely repurposed while in orbit have just taken a leap forwards.

Huntsville AL (SPX) May 19, 2021
NASA is partnering with Aerojet Rocketdyne to advance 3D printing technologies, known as metal additive manufacturing, and its capabilities for liquid rocket engines in landers and on-orbit stages/spacecraft. The Robotic Deposition Technology (RDT) team, led out of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, is designing and manufacturing innovative and lightweight combusti

Reston VA (SPX) May 20, 2021
SES Government Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, in close partnership with a key U.S. Government customer, designed, developed and fielded an O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) reachback capability to provide mission-critical communications for a key combatant command. The awarded task order for USD 11.8 million is against the single-award USD 516.7 million Blanket Purchase Agreement

Washington DC (UPI) May 19, 2021
An exoskeleton, worn by U.S. Air Force aerial porters to assist in lifting objects with reduced strain, will make its debut at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., the branch announced on Wednesday. The device, designed by Arizona State University and the Air Force Life Cycle Management and Air Mobility Command, will be used in an official capacity for the first time this week. The Aer

Beijing (XNA) May 22, 2021
The Chinese Martian rover Zhurong moved from its landing platform onto the surface of the Red Plane at 10:40 am Saturday, starting its exploration around the landing site, according to the China National Space Administration. The administration said in a statement on Saturday afternoon that according to data sent back to the ground control, the rover's deployment was carried out safely and

London, UK (SPX) May 21, 2021
In what will be the world's first commercial servicing of its kind, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), Inmarsat and MDA UK are among those who won contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA), worth just over 2 million pounds in total, to shape the infrastructure for future lunar exploration. NASA plans to return to the Moon by 2024 and, working with ESA and other partners, intends

Moscow (Sputnik) May 21, 2021
Russia's state space agency Roscosmos revealed the design of future satellites and orbital stations equipped with space nuclear-powered tug technology at the New Knowledge forum in Moscow on Saturday. Alexander Bloshenko, executive director for advanced programs and science at Roscosmos, presented two images of future spacecraft with the Zeus nuclear-powered tug - one with rotary magnetopl

Washington DC (UPI) May 21, 2021
Virgin Galactic completed its first successful space flight in more than two years Saturday. "It was picture perfect," Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier told The Verge after the flight was completed. "We're gonna go through the data deeply and thoroughly as we always do." In a statement, Colglazier called the flight a "major step forward for both Virgin Galactic and human spaceflight

Moscow (Sputnik) May 21, 2021
Musk also suggested that humanity could expand its reach to other planets in our Solar System that lie beyond Mars with the help of an antimatter-powered spacecraft. Renowned tech entrepreneur and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has recently doubled down on his calls for establishing a human presence on other planets. According to The Independent, Musk voiced his thoughts on the subject dur