An artist’s conception shows Portal’s Supernova satellite bus in orbit, using a propulsion system that focuses sunlight on a heat exchanger to produce thrust. (Portal Space Systems ...

Other focus areas include improved space domain awareness for tracking objects in orbit, and mesh networks to enhance satellite command-and-control capabilities. “We want to exploit what we have ...

“We hear almost everything,” my friend and NASA colleague, a program scientist for the International Space Station, told me over lunch one day. She was explaining various Mission Control ...

This achievement represents a significant step forward in high-precision navigation, with space, aviation, defense, and commercial applications. The PSNDL system utilizes state-of-the-art lidar ...

As Earth’s surface continues to buckle from the burdens of climate change, its upper atmosphere faces different troubles altogether as greenhouse gases threaten space sustainability. A new study warns ...

To maintain uniform thrust output, a precise monitoring and control system would be required, adding complexity to the system. As for using space debris as a fuel, Kim says it’s theoretically ...

The X-59 team tested the "cruise control" function earlier as an isolated system. But an aircraft's ... side effect of supersonic flight. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches ...

Media reports suggest that consortiums of SatSure, Pixxel, Dhruva Space and PierSight; Astra, Bharat Electronics and Sisir Radar; Tata Advanced Systems; Centum; and Ananth Technologies ...

counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) and space control. Speaking to Shephard at IDEX 2025, EOS CEO Andreas Schwer outlined how battlefield dynamics were evolving and why traditional defence ...

China is also developing anti-satellite missiles and directed-energy attacks that use lasers or similar systems to attack other satellites. “This is a PLA space force that’s being built ...

Crew-10 ISS Space Docking Highlights: Four crew members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission have reached the space station. The Crew-10 mission carries NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers ...