For the first time, a branch of the U.S. military has publicly declared that its current force cannot survive the fight it expects to face — and has laid out, in 172 pages of granular detail, exactly what it intends to build instead. Gen. Chance Saltzman, the U.S. Space Force’s Chief of Space Operations, has […]

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Aethero is preparing to deploy its most powerful computing payload yet this fall, aiming to bring data center-style processing to orbit and expand the scale of AI workloads that can be handled in space.

In 1977, Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan had six weeks to distill all of human civilization onto a gold-plated record launched into interstellar space. The choices they made — what to include, what to leave out, and the hidden love story encoded in the disc — reveal more about how humanity sees itself than any alien might ever learn from it.

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SpaceX reportedly completed a full-duration static fire test of its Starship Version 3 upper stage in mid-April, giving the company a signal that the upgraded megarocket may be ready for a debut launch targeted for early or mid-May. The test, conducted at the company’s facilities in Texas, marks a critical checkpoint for a vehicle that […]

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The fruit of years of U.S. counter-narcotics policy in the Eastern Pacific is coming under renewed scrutiny — and the legal questions surrounding the use of military force against suspected drug trafficking vessels are not going away. For decades, U.S. Southern Command, the Coast Guard, and allied naval forces have conducted interdiction operations targeting drug-laden […]

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ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway, Jessica Meir and Chris Williams take a moment to capture the occasion as they first open the Cygnus NG‑24 cargo spacecraft after its installation on the International Space Station. 

“I love these moments when the whole crew comes together around an event like this. Welcoming a cargo vehicle is such a special experience: you know you’ll be receiving care packages from teams and families, along with a wealth of scientific experiments – and maybe even some fresh fruit too,” says Sophie Adenot. 

Cygnus NG‑24 is delivering around five metric tonnes of scientific experiments, spare parts and supplies to the Station,

Gen. Chance Saltzman has laid out the most detailed case yet for why the U.S. Space Force needs to fundamentally reinvent itself, releasing two strategy documents that describe a future where space conflict looks nothing like what the Pentagon has traditionally planned for. The documents, titled Future Operating Environment 2040 and Objective Force 2040, present […]

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Early-stage space investor Seraphim Space has formed a global advisory council of industry, policy and investment leaders to inform its long-term strategy as geopolitical and technology advances rapidly reshape the sector.

Service leaders warn workforce gaps and acquisition bottlenecks could slow delivery of new tech