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Redwire Awarded NASA Contract to Expand Pharmaceutical Drug Development in Space
Redwire, a leader in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, has been awarded a NASA contract to launch four additional pharmaceutical drug investigations to the International Space Station using the company’s innovative Pharmaceutical In-space Laboratory (PIL-BOX). The NASA-funded investigations aim to manufacture high-value seed crystals which could inform pharmaceutical manufacturing operations aboard the space…
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Spanish Government Invests €13.8M in Sateliot to Enhance its Satellite Constellation
Sateliot, the leading company in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity under the 5G standard for the Internet of Things (IoT), is in the final stage of a Series B financing round of 70 million euros after the €13.8 million investment of the Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT), dependent on the Spanish government which…
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‘Tectonic Shifts’ in Geopolitical Environment Drive Interest in Telesat Lightspeed, Goldberg Says
While Telesat has always been optimistic on government prospects for its Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit constellation, “tectonic shifts” in the geopolitical landscape have made the operator even more bullish on national security opportunities, CEO Dan Goldberg said. “Recent fairly tectonic shifts in the geopolitical environment are making us even more bullish on sovereign national security requirements…
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Rafael Advanced Defense Systems: Shaping the Future of Space Technology
Founded in 1948, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. is an Israeli defense company headquartered in Haifa. The company specializes in developing cutting-edge technologies for air, land, sea, and space applications, focusing on enhancing global defense and aerospace capabilities. Rafael’s mission is rooted in innovation and delivering solutions that address complex challenges in the modern defense…
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Maybe Trump should go back to calling his missile shield the Iron Dome
The US Space Force celebrated its fifth birthday last year, when it boasted an annual budget of $29 billion, about 3.5 percent of the Pentagon’s overall funding level. On March 15, President Donald Trump signed a stopgap spending bill that set the Space Force’s budget for fiscal year 2025 at $28.7 billion. This was the…
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Lynk and Turkcell Demonstrates Direct-to-Device Technology via LEO Satellites in Türkiye
Lynk Global, a leading satellite-direct-to-device (D2D) provider, announced that it has successfully demonstrated its patented technology in a testing campaign conducted in Türkiye with Turkcell, the country’s largest mobile operator with more than 40 million subscribers. This is the latest milestone in Lynk’s efforts to bring D2D connectivity via low earth orbit (LEO) satellites to…
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NASA to Host Media Event About Artemis Moon Mission Recovery
NASA and the Department of Defense will host a media event on the recovery operations that will bring the Artemis II astronauts and the agency’s Orion spacecraft home at the conclusion of next year’s mission around the Moon. The in-person event will take place at 3 p.m. PDT on Monday, March 31, at Naval Base San…
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China releases top 10 scientific advances of 2024
The National Natural Science Foundation of China released the country’s top 10 scientific advances of 2024 during the opening ceremony of the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum (ZGC Forum) Annual Conference in Beijing on Thursday. The advances were mainly achieved in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, information science, chemistry, materials science, energy, earth and environmental science,…
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Maxar Intelligence Unveils Raptor Software for GPS-Free Drone Navigation
Maxar Intelligence, the leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights, launched Raptor, a powerful software suite that enables autonomous drones to navigate and extract accurate ground coordinates in the absence of GPS. This technology transforms the resilience and reliability of unmanned systems, enabling autonomy at scale across warfighting, humanitarian and commercial operations for customers across…
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Firefly Aerospace & Honeybee Robotics Team Up for 2028 Gruithuisen Domes Lunar Mission
Firefly Aerospace and Honeybee Robotics, a Blue Origin company, announced Honeybee was contracted by Firefly to provide the lunar rover for the company’s recently awarded NASA task order to explore the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon’s near side in 2028. Once deployed on the Moon by Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander, Honeybee’s rover will carry NASA…