Blacksburg VA (SPX) Jun 02, 2023
Drone delivery is rapidly taking off in major cities, with rotor-powered rideshares not far behind. The convenience promised by electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles generates a substantial buzz - not just from excitement but from all the noise generated by rotors filling the sky. To address key challenges facing the future of air transport, NASA has awarded $5.7 million to a mul

Herndon VA (SPX) Jun 02, 2023
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) won a multimillion dollar renewal contract to provide advanced subscription-based tactical imagery and analytics services to an international ministry of defense customer. "BlackSky's commercially available real-time intelligence services are bringing the tactical value of space-based assets into the hands of customers at unprecedented speed and reliab

Brussels (AFP) May 31, 2023
The EU is moving towards extra tracking and putting cameras on fishing boats to monitor their catches in order to prevent overfishing, under a deal Wednesday that environmentalists hailed as a "landmark moment". The planned overhaul of existing fishing rules for the bloc - the world's biggest seafood market - was worked out in talks between the 27 European Union member states and the Europ

Bangalore, India (SPX) Jun 02, 2023
Pixxel, a leader in cutting-edge hyperspectral earth-imaging technology, announced $36 Million in a Series B funding round with participation from new investors such as Google, along with existing investors Radical Ventures, Lightspeed, Blume Ventures, growx, Sparta and Athera. The new funds will advance Pixxel's mission to build the world's first and highest-resolution hyperspectral satel

Vienna VA (SPX) Jun 02, 2023
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) was selected by Navidium, an innovative software company active in the maritime industry, to provide real-time automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data. Navidium will integrate the data into its Voyage Optimization and Environmental Compliance products to help users track vessel position along a route, reoptimize routes based on various con

The food we eat determines how we feel, and nothing beats a good fry-up, although in moderation of course. As we prepare for missions to the Moon and on to Mars, astronauts will be happy to hear from researchers that one staple comfort food is not out of reach, even in space: fries.

Week in images: 29 May - 02 June 2023

Discover our week through the lens

Image: From the Chugach Mountains on the right to the Cook Inlet on the left, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the varied landscape surrounding Anchorage, the largest and most populous city in the state of Alaska in the United States.