Kepler to lead interoperability tests for ESA’s HydRON optical relay network
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 23:00
The European Space Agency has picked Canadian small satellite operator Kepler Communications to lead a hosted payload mission to test terminal interoperability for HydRON, ESA’s flagship optical relay network program.
Blue Origin moves toward launch at Vandenberg
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 22:13
COLORADO SPRINGS – Blue Origin moved a step closer to launching New Glenn rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base with a U.S.
The people who apologize too quickly aren’t being polite. They’re preempting a conflict their nervous system already decided they’d lose.
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 22:07
Premature apology is a nervous system survival strategy, not a social grace. When your body has already decided you'll lose a conflict, the 'sorry' comes before your mind even weighs the evidence.
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NRO highlights government and industry partnerships
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 21:10
COLORADO SPRINGS – The National Reconnaissance Office, the agency responsible for U.S. spy satellites, seeks partners to accelerate its adoption of state-of-the-art intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.
SES and Boeing move toward factory-installed multi-orbit inflight connectivity
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 20:22
SES announced an agreement with Boeing April 14 to start integrating multi-orbit hardware during aircraft production, marking a key step away from retrofit installations to incorporate LEO broadband.
The people who rehearse conversations before they happen aren’t anxious. They learned early that spontaneity had consequences.
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 20:08
People who rehearse conversations before they happen aren't displaying anxiety — they're running a threat-assessment protocol learned in environments where spontaneity had real consequences, an adaptation that served them well but may persist long after the original danger is gone.
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Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes ispace-U.S. to Board of Directors
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 20:00
Poison in the Shallows: How Cyanide Allegations Are Reshaping the South China Sea Standoff
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 19:08
The Philippines has accused Chinese fishermen of deliberately dumping cyanide into waters around Second Thomas Shoal, calling it an act of environmental sabotage designed to starve Filipino troops stationed on a rusting warship at the contested atoll. The charge, backed by what Philippine officials describe as laboratory results from seized bottles, opens a strange and […]
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Seagate Space and Oceaneering Join Forces to Build the Future of Offshore Launch Infrastructure
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 18:56
Oceaneering International, Inc. and Seagate Space Corporation today announced a strategic relationship to advance the development of Seagate Space’s offshore launch platform design.
NASA’s Ride-Along Science Strategy Is a Structural Retreat, Not a Pivot
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 18:38
NASA’s science program is being hollowed out, and the agency’s leadership appears content to let it happen. What is underway is not a budget dispute or a temporary pivot toward fiscal restraint. It is a structural abandonment of the approach that produced NASA’s most significant discoveries over six decades — the dedicated science mission, designed […]
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The people who keep starting over aren’t lost. They have an unusually honest relationship with outgrowing things.
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 18:08
People who keep starting over aren't scattered or lost — they have an unusually honest relationship with outgrowing things, reading the signals of misalignment that most people suppress until the slow drift becomes a crisis.
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The future of GPS satellites with Fang Qian of Lockheed Martin
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 17:36
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss sits down with Fang Qian to discuss the future of GPS satellites.
White House releases space nuclear policy
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 17:22
The White House released a policy April 14 directing NASA, the Pentagon and the Department of Energy to develop space nuclear power systems that could launch as soon as 2028.
Defense firms unveil new satellite designs for orbital warfare
Tuesday, 14 April 2026 17:08
BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin are developing maneuvering satellites that can be refueled

