Cassini's final five months threading between Saturn and its rings produced more fundamental discoveries about the planet than the previous twelve years of the mission, and taught engineers that a spacecraft's controlled destruction can be its most scientifically valuable phase.

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People who choose dangerous frontiers aren't miscalculating risk — they're running a different equation, one where the greatest danger isn't dying early but arriving at the end having never tested what they were capable of.

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New constellation aims to turn the planet into a continuous data stream for machine learning

Amazon announced plans April 14 to buy satellite operator Globalstar in a deal valued at about $10.8 billion, marking its entry into the emerging market for providing connectivity directly to mobile phones and other cellular devices.

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AI advances and rising geopolitical tensions are helping usher in a new phase of investment in space infrastructure, according to quarterly research released April 14 by early-stage investor Space Capital.

Louisville, Colorado – Tendeg today announced the delivery of the first flight antenna manufactured at Innovation Drive, the company’s new 120,000-square-foot production facility built to support scaled production of deployable […]