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In this week’s episode of Space Minds, host David Aireosto speaks with Steve Kitay— former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, former head of Microsoft’s space

SYDNEY — Preparations for the second launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, carrying a NASA Mars mission, remain on track for liftoff in the next few weeks. Speaking at

In August, United States Space Force procurement chief Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy toured Blue Origin’s Alabama factory, where BE-4 rocket engines are being built for next-generation launch vehicles. He also

SYDNEY, Australia – The University of Western Australia (UWA) announced the completion Oct. 2 of TeraNet, which it calls “the first operational optical ground station network in the Southern Hemisphere.”

SYDNEY — The Exploration Company, a European startup developing a cargo spacecraft, is still studying what happened in the final phases of a test flight three months ago that resulted

SYDNEY, Australia – Yesterday, the China National Space Agency (CNSA) contacted NASA about a potential on-orbit collision. The CNSA message read, “We would like to recommend you hold still and

SYDNEY, Australia – The U.S. Space Force has awarded a $1.9 million contract to Southern California startups ExLabs for development of its reconfigurable spacecraft platform. Under the Direct-to-Phase 2 Small

SYDNEY, Australia – States have a responsibility to inform citizens, including commercial spacecraft operators, of cyber threats, Diane Howard, former commercial space policy director for the White House National Space

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force’s procurement arm has opened a competition for companies to design a compact radio-frequency (RF) communications terminal that would allow a satellite to connect directly