A Beijing-based space startup has secured early-stage funding and extensive credit backing as part of a broader Chinese push toward space-based computing infrastructure.

Happy Earth Day, 22 April – a global call to act and protect our planet. At the European Space Agency, that action begins in orbit, where satellites deliver a continuous, global view of Earth and track environmental change. Working with partners, ESA turns this stream of data into actionable information, helping governments and communities respond faster and more effectively to climate-driven risks.
Here are two examples of how space technology is being used to anticipate threats to safeguard food security and public health.

Erich Hernandez-Baquero is currently vice president for space intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance at Raytheon

Officials confirm $71 billion request for U.S.

SV-10 caps Lockheed Martin-built series as SpaceX continues to absorb missions shifted from ULA

The exhaustion of being everyone's dependable one has a name — compassion fatigue — and it's a distinct psychological pattern affecting far more people than formal caregiving research captures. Here's how it takes root, why reliable people miss it in themselves, and what actually helps.

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NASA’s next-generation spacesuits for Artemis lunar missions and the International Space Station may not be ready until 2031 or later, according to an April 20 report from the agency’s Office of Inspector General that directly contradicts NASA leadership’s public confidence in a 2028 lunar landing. The report zeroes in on a problem that has quietly […]

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