Return of the (space) SPAC
Former investment banker Raphael Roettgen had to abandon a space-focused special purpose acquisition company in 2022 as hype around mergers with blank-check shell companies turned radioactive. Four ...
Mutable Tactics raises $2.1 million...
TAMPA, Fla. - British startup Mutable Tactics has raised $2.1 million in pre-seed funding to develop AI software enabling groups of military drones to operate autonomously, even when satellite ...
Spacewalk and Japanese Cargo Craft...
The Expedition 74 crew kicked off the work week readying a spacesuit and studying procedures for an upcoming spacewalk later this month. The International Space Station residents are also packing a ...
NASA, JAXA to Cover HTV-X1 Spacecraft...
After delivering about 12,000 pounds of supplies, scientific investigations, hardware, and other cargo to the International Space Station for NASA and its international partners, JAXA's (Japan ...
Valve malfunction blamed for failure...
HOUSTON - India's space agency says a valve failure prevented a navigation spacecraft launched more than a year ago from raising its orbit.In a Feb. 25 statement, the Indian Space Research ...
Golden Dome to require unprecedented...
The commanders of three key combatant commands said they have been deeply involved in shaping the requirements for the Pentagon's Golden Dome missile defense initiative.Speaking Feb. 24 at the Air & ...
Seraphim closes second early-stage...
TAMPA, Fla. - Seraphim Space announced Feb. 25 it has completed fundraising for its second private early-stage venture fund, after exceeding its $100 million target to back young space technology ...
Testing ozone-monitoring satellites...
Over the past year, satellite engineers at Redwire Space in Belgium have been hard at work assembling European Space Agency's ozone-monitoring satellite, ALTIUS. The team has now passed a major ...
Antarctica retreat study signals...
The ice along Antarctica's ‘grounding lines' has been largely stable over the past 30 years – but ice has retreated by more than 40 km in some areas, a new study based on satellite data ...
Japans Cargo Spacecraft Nears...
Mission managers have given the go for a Japanese cargo spacecraft to depart the International Space Station at the end of the week. Meanwhile, the Expedition 74 crew is reviewing upcoming spacewalk ...
