Feb 6, 2025 | Featured, Space
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract for a moon lander that’s expected to last for years in the harsh environment of the lunar surface. The European Space Agency handed Thales Alenia Space a contract worth nearly $900 million to build...
Jan 29, 2025 | Satellites, Space
San Francisco-based Planet announced today (Jan. 29) that it has signed a $230 million contract with an unnamed commercial partner in the Asia-Pacific region to build and deliver a fleet of its new, sharp-eyed Pelican satellites. “This agreement...
Jan 16, 2025 | Featured, Space
On Thursday morning, at a time when most people in the United States were sleeping, Jeff Bezos’ space company sent its first rocket into orbit. At 2:03 a.m. Eastern time, seven powerful engines ignited at the base of a 320-foot-tall rocket named New Glenn. The flames...
Dec 3, 2024 | Autonomous Vehicles, Satellites, Space
China has launched the world’s first “self-driving” satellites that can maintain or change their flight course without any help from the ground, according to their developer. The two mapping satellites – Siwei Gaojing-2 03 and Gaojing-2 04 – blasted off on a Long...
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