The era of stationary spacecraft may soon be over. Portal Space Systems, a company headed by propulsion expert Jeff Thornberg, is looking to help usher in a new […]
TechCrunch Space: Rapidly responsive… space stations!?
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Spacecraft approaches metal object zooming around Earth, snaps footage
A spacecraft on a space junk removal mission approached a derelict Japanese rocket, capturing unique imagery of the debris in preparation to remove it from Earth’s orbit.
Helldivers 2 Bullies Players To Pick Between Two New Stratagems
Arrowhead Game Studios has enjoyed handing down some tough and consequential major orders for the Helldivers 2 community to beat, but its latest might be one of its thorniest yet. You see, major orders tend to focus the entirety of the player base on a single objective or set of goals, such as killing billions of…
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Global Founders Capital will deploy Rocket Internet’s cash instead of raising a new fund
Global Founders Capital, the Berlin-based early stage VC firm with close ties to the German startup factory Rocket Internet, is going to become the venture arm of Rocket […]
Boeing’s Starliner set to fly astronauts for the first time on May 6
Boeing’s Starliner is a go for launch. Leaders from NASA and Boeing told reporters that the first crewed Starliner mission, which will see the capsule carry two astronauts […]
Gravitics to develop ‘tactically responsive’ orbital platforms for the Space Force
Space station module developer Gravitics scored a $1.7 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop orbital platforms to enable responsive space missions. The contract is part […]
NASA excitedly confirms it will fly a sci-fi craft on distant moon
NASA announced that its Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan is officially funded and on track for a launch. The rotocraft will investigate Titan’s unique environment.
Orbex’s new funding may accelerate its Prime microlauncher into orbit
UK-based small launch developer Orbex got another boost from Scotland’s national bank and other investors as it gears up for its first orbital launch, though that mission still […]
Dark Space is building a rocket-powered boxing glove to push debris out of orbit
Paris-based Dark Space is taking on the dual problems of debris and conflict in orbit with their mobile platform designed to launch, attach to, and ultimately deorbit uncooperative […]