WASHINGTON — Varda Space Industries has signed its first major agreement with a pharmaceutical company to develop improved drugs in microgravity. Varda announced May 13 an agreement with United Therapeutics
WASHINGTON — Varda Space Industries has signed its first major agreement with a pharmaceutical company to develop improved drugs in microgravity. Varda announced May 13 an agreement with United Therapeutics
TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX has the FCC’s blessing to buy EchoStar spectrum to improve direct-to-device (D2D) services in the United States, subject to a $2.4 billion escrow tied to disputes
WASHINGTON — The Congressional Budget Office estimates that a national missile defense system broadly aligned with President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome executive order could cost roughly $1.2 trillion over 20
WASHINGTON — Quantum Space announced May 12 it will build the company’s highly maneuverable spacecraft in Tulsa, Oklahoma, home to the company’s new chief executive. Quantum Space said it would
WASHINGTON — TrustPoint, a Virginia startup developing a low-Earth-orbit navigation system intended to complement or back up GPS, said May 12 it received a $4 million contract from the U.S.
WASHINGTON — Star Catcher Industries, a company developing power-beaming technology for satellites, has raised $65 million to validate the technology in space. Star Catcher said May 12 it closed a
WASHINGTON — Transcelestial has advanced its work to provide space-to-ground optical communications with a test of laser transmissions from a satellite to ground stations. The Singapore-based company announced May 12
In the 1990s, the internet stopped being a novelty and started to resemble what it is today. The release of the Mosaic browser in 1993 made the web usable for
WASHINGTON — NASA plans to continue exchanging International Space Station crews about every six months after considering longer stays. NASA announced May 1 that the next commercial crew mission to
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with BlackSky’s Lyn Chassagne about AI’s role in the imagery sector, how international partners are thinking about sovereignty and






