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Self-proclaimed "First Buddy" Elon Musk gestures while discussing the sixth Starship test launch with President-elect Donald Trump at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. To the right of Trump is Gen. Chance Saltzman, Chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force.

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Starships, Space Policy and Power Plays

by Jeff Foust December 5, 2024December 2, 2024

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Trump’s unfinished business: An independent Space Force

by Sandra Erwin December 4, 2024December 2, 2024

Illustration of a Eutelsat OneWeb LEO satellite. Credit: Eutelsat OneWeb

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Connecting The Dots | IRIS² anchors SES and Eutelsat next steps

by Jason Rainbow December 3, 2024December 2, 2024

An illustration of the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) that will transport gathered Martian samples from the surface to orbit, where it will rendezvous with another spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Foust Forward | Who gets the final word on Mars Sample Return?

by Jeff Foust December 2, 2024November 27, 2024

The storage device currently undergoing dress tests outside the ISS. Credit: Seagate

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Connecting the Dots | More data storage, more space AI

by Jason Rainbow November 19, 2024November 14, 2024

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Pentagon sends mixed signals on space innovation

by Sandra Erwin November 18, 2024November 14, 2024

Intuitive Machines is preparing IM-2, a Nova-C lunar lander dubbed Athena, for an early January mission to the moon’s south pole. Onboard the lander is NASA’s Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) experiment designed to search for water ice on the moon. Credit: Intuitive Machines

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Foust Forward | Is there a business case for the moon?

by Jeff Foust November 15, 2024November 14, 2024

AI-assisted digital illustration by Brian Berger for SpaceNews

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AI takes aim at tedious tasks in government contracting

by Sandra Erwin November 14, 2024November 13, 2024

Artist rendition of ESA’s Destructive Reentry Assessment Container Object (DRACO), a spacecraft loaded with sensors that will break up in orbit in order to gather data on uncontrolled reentry.

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A cleaner future for LEO

by Debra Werner November 13, 2024November 11, 2024

Japan’s SKY Perfect JSAT ordered the JSAT-31 software-defined satellite from Thales Alenia Space to respond to changes in geostationary broadband demand across Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands.

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Improving Space AI: Ground-to-orbit efforts aim to advance satellite intelligence

by Jason Rainbow November 12, 2024November 13, 2024