Google Maps to use satellites if you can’t connect to a network, according to new report.
Watch: NASA needs your help to bring rocks back from Mars
NASA’s decision to scrap its $11 billion, 15-year mission to Mars to bring back samples could create a startup feeding frenzy, TechCrunch reports. Describing its plans as too […]
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 […]
NASA discovered bacteria that wouldn’t die. Now it’s boosting sunscreen.
While disinfecting spacecraft headed for Mars, NASA found a stubborn type of bacteria that was tough to clean but great at withstanding UV radiation.
Internal pre-Starlink SpaceX financials show big spending on moonshot bets
Confidential financial statements from SpaceX for 2018 and 2019 capture an early glimpse at the degree to which the company is likely dependent on its Starlink business unit, […]
Astranis unveils Omega ‘MicroGEO’ satellites for beaming dedicated broadband down from high orbit
Astranis has taken the wraps off a new generation of communications satellites that will serve broadband to customers on Earth from geostationary orbit, but faster and smaller than […]
Space diversity initiative builds steam with new leadership and K-12 focused National Space Day
A growing effort to attract more women and people of color into the space industry has shared some of its first results and a new occasion to rally […]
True Anomaly CEO finds the silver lining in the startup’s anomalous first mission
True Anomaly‘s first mission didn’t go as planned by any stretch of the imagination, but the space and defense startup’s CEO, Even Rogers, said he doesn’t consider it […]
YC’s latest Demo Day shows fascinating wagers on healthcare, chip design, AI and more
The second half of Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 cohort presented on Thursday, once again bringing dozens and dozens of new startups before a chunk of the venture investing […]
NASA spacecraft films crazy vortex while flying through sun’s atmosphere
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe recently flew through the sun’s atmosphere and captured footage of vortex-like structures created by a coronal mass ejection, or CME.