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Aalyria, the company marketing technology developed by Google parent Alphabet, announced an agreement March 13 with Rivada Space Networks. The post Rivada Space Networks selects Aalyria Spacetime appeared first on SpaceN...

Astronauts have to deal with growing amounts of space junk in orbit, but there are procedures on the International Space Station in case of trouble.

NASA will discuss its allocated budget for fiscal year 2024 during a news conference on Monday (March 13), and you can watch it live.

"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" becomes a crazy off-Broadway show in "Khan!!! The Musical!"

NASA is projecting spending nearly $1 billion on a tug to deorbit the International Space Station at the end of the decade to provide redundancy for safely disposing of the station. The post NASA planning to spend up to ...

L3Harris Technologies won a $765.5 million NASA contract to develop the imager for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Extended Observations satellite program. The post L3 Harris wins $765...

NASA plans to develop a deorbit tug that will be ready to bring the International Space Station down in 2030.

A real-life version of Spock's home exoplanet in the 'Star Trek' universe has turned out to be nothing more than fiction.

With several GPS satellites in storage awaiting launch opportunities, the U.S. Space Force decided to press pause on new orders. The post Space Force pauses GPS satellite orders due to excess inventory appeared first on ...

On March 13th, 2023, astronomers around the world will mark the 10th anniversary of the inauguration of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the world's largest radio telescope.

Early-stage space firms breathed a sigh of relief after the U.S. government moved to protect all deposits placed with the Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed March 10 in the country's biggest banking failure since 2008....

What are the hydrocarbon seas on Titan really like? While the upcoming Dragonfly helicopter mission to Saturn's hazy and frigid moon should arrive by 2034 to explore Titan's atmosphere, the need remains for a mission tha...

NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected L3Harris Technologies Inc. of Fort Wayne, Indiana, to develop the imager for NOAA's Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) ...

Scientists and government agencies have been worried about the space junk surrounding Earth for decades. But humanity's starry ambitions are farther reaching than the space just around Earth.

On February 28, 2021, for the first time in 30 years, a meteorite fell in the U.K. and was later recovered by scientists. Today, there's an international effort to study this space rock and learn more about its place in ...

Hot on the heels of the disappointing Green Comet, astronomers have just discovered a new comet with the potential to be next year's big story--C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS).

China launched a pair of Tianhui cartography satellites on March 9 to boost the country's Earth observation and mapping capabilities.

Stan Crow is an astronautical engineer with 35 years of experience in space, technology, and business roles in the U.S. Air Force, Northrop Grumman, and McKinsey and Company’s aerospace and defense practice. He now adv...

A new study looks at what it takes to survive beyond Earth, raising serious questions about whether or not human migrations to space is "Inevitable." The post A Human Migration to Space is NOT so Inevitable, says New Res...

Two pairs of giant black holes set to collide have been spotted by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the first evidence of such a cosmic collision.

Europe's first Jupiter-bound mission is in the final stages of preparations for its launch on April 13 from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Europe's Galileo is the world's most precise satellite navigation system, providing meter-level accuracy and very precise timing to its four billion users. An essential ingredient to ensure this stays the case are the at...