Bad news if you want to move to the moon or Mars: housing is a little hard to come by. Fortunately, NASA (as always) is thinking ahead, and has just shown off a self-assembling robotic structure that …
SpaceX Launches First Cell Service Satellites With T-Mobile
Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its first six satellites capable of offering mobile phone service as the company races to bring more connectivity to remote areas. Operating like a cell tower in space, the …
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US military robot spaceplane blasts off on secret mission aboard Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket
A secret spaceplane has been launched by the US on a classified mission, just days after a similar Chinese spacecraft released mysterious objects into orbit. The unmanned US Defence Department …
US Military Launches Robot Spaceplane on Seventh Mission
The US military’s secretive X-37B robotic spaceplane has taken off from Florida on its seventh mission. The mission marks the first time the plane has been launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket …
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Humanoid robots in space: the next frontier
Standing at 6 feet 2 inches (188 centimeters) tall and weighing 300 pounds (136 kilograms), NASA's humanoid robot Valkyrie is an imposing figure. Valkyrie, named after a female figure in Norse …
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Space, Space Force, Innovation and National Security
All indications are that we are entering a new age of exploration and human expansion into space. Explore the new national security and economic realities of this new space rush in this OODAcon 2023 …
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NASA Streams Cat Video From Deep, Deep Space
On Dec. 11, NASA engineers anxiously gathered at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., to view a cat video, wondering if it would be in the pristine high definition for which they had …
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AI robot uses meteorite from Mars to help make oxygen from water
A robot has used meteorite extracts from Mars to help make oxygen from water, melding artificial intelligence’s powers of chemical discovery with efforts to explore and even populate the red planet. …
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In the First Known Combat Incident in Space, a Ballistic Missile is Shot Down Above the Kármán Line
An Israeli Defense destroyed a ballistic missile above the earth's atmosphere, "a notable technological achievement, but one with potentially serious legal and geopolitical implications." Humanity …
Regulatory hold up keeps Varda spacecraft stuck in orbit
There’s a small spacecraft zipping around Earth right now, but, unlike most satellites in orbit, it wants to come down. The only catch is that, so far, it’s not allowed to. Last month’s Senate hearing …
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