Corrosion Concerns Rise for HALO, I‑Hab Modules
Interesting info about the HALO and I-Hab modules following Isaacman’s comments at Wednesday’s hrg about corrosion in two Gateway modules that were delivered.
Lunar Gateway Corrosion Confirmed as Serious Issue
Both Northrop and European space officials have confirmed the Lunar Gateway corrosion issue is real and significant. https://t.co/Z8Alf6N3mn
Ovzon Posts Record EBITDA, Profit, Wins Dept of War
Fixed & mobile satcom provider @OvzonAB reports record EBITDA, swing to profit and return of @DeptofWar as customer. Compact T-8 on-the-move terminal to be released this year.https://t.co/KCEgWGNMlj https://t.co/y5pCk21go1
Quadruped Robot Masters Low-Gravity Off-World Mobility
Low-Gravity Trials: Quadruped #Robot Pushes the Limits of Off-World Mobility via @ZappyZappy7 #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML https://t.co/4lOOnmg7Cb
AI Accelerates Search for Extraterrestrial Life
AI is expanding the search for life beyond Earth. By combining advanced telescopes, modeling and machine learning, scientists can analyze vast amounts of data and detect patterns that would be impossible to spot manually. It marks a new frontier. AI is not...
Soyuz Tower Demolished, Repurposed for Maia Rocket
There are reports about the demolition of the service tower at the Soyuz launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. It looks like this supposed video was badly squeezed horizontally. In 2024, the mothballed facility was re-assigned for the European Maia...
New Visuals Reveal URM-2 and URM-1 Adapters for Angara‑5
Rollout visuals released after today's Angara-1.2 launch, showed the URM-2 booster (bottom left) and an adapter for the core version of the URM-1 (bottom right) all required for the assembly of the Angara-5 variant: https://t.co/yFPl9kzmTN https://t.co/bTcyhQqEUF
Senate Subcommittee Schedules NASA FY27 Budget Hearing April 28
The Senate CJS appropriations subcommittee will hold a hearing on NASA's FY27 budget request Tuesday April 28 at 10 am EDT. https://t.co/CMP5Deon36
Synthetic Aperture Radar: Space Radar Reveals Hidden Earth Changes
The same satellite tech can track a convoy through dense cloud cover at night, flag a sinkhole weeks before it opens, catch a village built on a collapsing slope, and even map the inside of a pyramid from orbit. It's called...
FCC Grants Globalstar Exclusive LEO, Backs Starlink AWS‑4
This new FCC order is super complicated, but basically is telling everyone to stay in their lane: Globalstar gets exclusivity in its Big LEO spectrum, and Starlink gets FCC backing in AWS-4 (2000-20/2180-2200MHz) worldwide, but attempts to access Big LEO...
NASA Moves Crew‑13 Launch to September, Resumes Six‑month Cadence
NASA announces Crew-13: NASA's Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canada's Josh Kutryk, Russia's Sergey Teteryatnikov. Launching in Sept instead of Nov as NASA resumes ~6-month cadence (instead of ~8). 2nd flt for Watkins, 1st for the others. https://t.co/rK0XBeLEjt
Chinese Satellites Over Middle East Alarm U.S. Military
Chinese Satellites Over Mideast Battlefield Put U.S. on Edge—Chinese satellite industry grows as a potential threat to U.S. forces in the Middle East @ByChunHan https://t.co/zBXNJ3h7lR https://t.co/zBXNJ3h7lR
Iridium Unveils Summer PNT ASIC, Expands D2D Services
.@IridiumComm: PNT ASIC is out this summer & we're assessing new sateliltes to improve Iridium PNT accuracy. NTN Direct service launches this yr too. Surprise: @IridiumBoss includes @AST_SpaceMobile w/@SpaceX & @Amazonleo as among 'the big D2D services.'https://t.co/Ew1vCDCfUT https://t.co/RkfaSTjcu8
SpaceX Builds Its Own GPUs, Vertically Integrating Compute
SpaceX is now building its own GPUs. For cars. For robots. For orbital data centers. @elonmusk isn't just launching rockets — he's vertically integrating the entire compute stack.
Starlink Posted $4.4B Profit on $11.4B Revenue
Starlink last year: $4.4 billion in operating profit and $11.4 billion in revenue, according to @Reuters review of pending S-1 https://t.co/e9KFllMATS
Starlink Mobile Launches in Canada, Philippines, New Zealand June
"Starlink Mobile service will be sequentially available in Canada, the Philippines, and New Zealand beginning in June" https://t.co/dM7tKUH308
Linde's Gas Supply Could Power Future Space Launches
This was a good conversation between @JRogrow and Krzysztof Smalec on Linde. The opportunity in providing gases for space launches is an interesting one. https://t.co/a7vSbYo3cf
Samantha Cristoforetti Captured Inside ISS Cupola
I love this photo of Samantha Cristoforetti inside the ISS Cupola module. Source: @NASA https://t.co/iQcuBLedWR
ESA and EU Defence Agency Launch ISR Sensor Evaluation For
.@ESA & @EUDefenceAgency to assess ISR sensor options in 18-mnth preparation for @defis_eu EO Governmental Service (EOGS) starting 2028, whose KPIs should be sent over to ESA w/in weeks. ESA's EOGS architecture contracts, 2 x EUR 5M, bid deadline is...
New Space Sector Rallies on Defense Contracts and Capital Raises
New Space – Daily Gainers & Losers (04/22/26) New Space traded higher overall as space‑infrastructure and exploration names outperformed, even with modest weakness in select earth‑observation and in‑orbit services stocks. – Redwire (RDW) climbed 15.71% to $11.93 after investors cheered a series...
Progress MS-34 Rolls to Baikonur Pad for Saturday Launch
A Soyuz-2-1a rocket with the Progress MS-34 cargo ship reached the launch pad at Site 31 in Baikonur this morning, in preparation for a liftoff on the night from Saturday to Sunday and a two-day trip to the ISS: https://t.co/RJw3e4HJ5Y...
Live: My Take on Today's Space Market
Great to be on @CNBCMorningCall with @MorganLBrennan live from Singapore discussing my take on where the Space market is right now. $VOYG @CNBC https://t.co/uzJSFfSteZ
Artemis II Inspires Hope for Exploration and Science
This week's EVSN is our love letter to the Artemis II mission. I have a lot of weird & contradictory emotions about all the resources going into human space exploration & not into science. But what if there were enough...
Seeing Earth as a Pixel to Hunt Life
🌎 For Earth Day, consider our pale blue dot as a single pixel 🔵 like Cassini saw looking back at Earth from Saturn. What might we glean from a single...
Artemis II Validates Laser Links as Orbital Compute Backbone
Artemis II wasn’t just a deep space mission, it proved that laser communications will be the backbone of compute in orbit, with transceivers from @ObservableSpace Observable will move terabits between Earth and space, enabling datacenters, and more, in space. Observable...
Airlines Pledge Starlink to Fix Chronic Wi‑Fi Outages
Third flight in the last week (two on United, one on BA) where the airline has apologized in advance for the lack of WiFi and promised that Starlink will soon "transform the quality and speed of connectivity" https://t.co/WcO89ZPqJy
NASA Admits Lunar Gateway Modules Are Corroded
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman just testified before Congress that both the Lunar Gateway habitable modules delivered to NASA (HALO and I-HAB) were corroded. 🚨
Starlink Pushes D2D, yet Towers Already Connect Us
Starlink is making D2D popular through T-Satellite, but people are already connected via towers and cells. https://t.co/3i8aRnjDJU
Antimatter: Humanity’s Only Viable Interstellar Fuel
Only antimatter provides the energy we need for interstellar travel This Earth Day, some dream of saving the Earth, while others dream of leaving it. Here's why using antimatter as fuel is humanity's best bet for interstellar travel. https://t.co/ZBs6y8YGTm
FCC Greenlights
.@FCC OK's @AST_SpaceMobile 248-sat D2D constellation operating at 425-690 km, each w/ 223m2 antenna. Detailed semi-annual reports required, as @SpaceX provides, plus comms with operators in nearby orbits to avoid collisions. @ATT @Verizon @FirstNetGov. https://t.co/b0NgbZpess https://t.co/R9EgFxmkwP
Why Launch Assists Often Aren’t Worth the Effort
Common question I've had... this certainly isn't a new idea and there's a good reason it's often considered not worth it. I did a deep dive on launch assists last year - https://t.co/gYQYjqPTvx
U.S. Retreats From Seas; Who Will Police Space?
Really good point. If the US is pulling back from policing the high seas, who will police the assets in outer space?
Australia Emerges as Ideal Market for Satellite Systems
“Australia is our fourth-largest market. We’ve seen a lot of demand in Australia. In some ways, if you were designing the perfect market for a satellite system, it’s exactly Australia,” via The Australian Financial Review. https://t.co/nt5BfUmaLx
AI-Driven Drug Discovery Beats Billion‑Dollar AI Acquisitions
This is interesting. Just when I thought that Cursor was slaughtered by Claude and Codex, @SpaceX wants to buy them for $60 Billion. For $60 Billion, I can probably make the astronauts more resistant to radiation with potent radioprotectors...
Only 30 of 90 Cataloged Transporter 16 Payloads Identified
I believe 95 payloads were meant to be deployed from SpaceX's Transporter 16 rideshare. 90 have been cataloged to date, and with some ID'd by radio amateurs and the first IDs on Space-Track, 30 are now identified.
JWST Zooms In, Roman Maps the Cosmos Together
This is a fantastic question. The difference is their fields of view. The JWST is like a zoom lens that captures intricate details of objects, often only parts of an object because its field of view is small. Roman zooms out...
Firefly Launch Objects Possibly Misidentified by SpaceTrack
The last Firefly launch put one object (A) in a 222 x 366 km orbit, and one (B) in 390 x 408 km. B's still in orbit, A just reentered. SpaceTrack say A was the @LockheedMartin Martin...
SpaceX Says Space AI Data Centers Aren't Commercially Viable
JUST IN: SpaceX claims experimental AI data centers in space lack commercial potential, per their filing.
Blue Earth Against Cosmic Void: Spacewalk’s Unforgettable Gift
Seeing our gorgeous blue Earth against the eternal blackness of the universe is the best, most memorable gift of spacewalking. (25 years ago today, building Canadarm2)
NASA Goddard Unveils Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Was at @nasa Goddard today for the unveiling of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope 👀
Ookla Data Shows Starlink D2D Rollout in Peru
The gradual rollout of D2D is clearly visible in Ookla data for Peru, where Starlink Mobile launched D2D services with Entel in December: https://t.co/PajgLybGDh https://t.co/qhkkFr9Vev
NASA Reveals New Skyfall Helicopter Mars Landing Render
New rendering (at least to me) shared by NASA's Lori Glaze today of multiple Skyfall helicopters during entry, descent, and landing on Mars. https://t.co/WW0NWRzQPf
GPS III SV10 Enters 388×20201 Km Transfer Orbit
GPS III SV10 tracked in a 388 x 20201 km x 55.0 deg transfer orbit following successful launch on Falcon 9 from Canaveral at 0653 UTC
ESA CEO Outlines Iicon Conference Objectives
Talked with ESA CEO Stanley Pierre-Louis about the aims of the iicon conference coming up. https://t.co/WOjoN3EU3a
OHB and Siemens Team up to AI‑drive Satellite Manufacturing
Space hardware prime @OHB_SE enters 'strategic development partnership' w/ @Siemens to bring AI to volume satellite production. OHB is a major @esa contractor, a likely platform provider to @SES_Satellites for @defis_eu Iris2 constellation & prime for @bundeswehrInfo SatcomBw-4. https://t.co/27vLOt5fhT
Artemis Suits Likely Fine; Axiom Praised for Future Bets
Actually, I think the Artemis spacesuits are probably going to be fine. Axiom deserves credit for betting on the future. https://t.co/UJmwDHUmCE
Chile Tops D2D Satellite Usage; Japan Lags Behind
During March 2026, 0.46% of Speedtest® users in the U.S. recorded a connection to a D2D satellite. In Chile, that figure was 1.26% (the highest). In Canada, it was 0.70%. In Japan, it was 0.11% (the lowest). MORE: https://t.co/PajgLycesP https://t.co/P2SNF9H8Zr
Falcon Launches Every Few Days—Watch Live in Florida or California
Falcon flies every few days. You can see launches in person from Florida or California.
EU Space Act Needs €125B Budget Floor, Industry Input
.@defis_eu @KubiliusA to @Europarl_EN: EU Space Act draft still needs work, idea for industry to join assessement may be OK; need set EUR 125B floor on 2028-34 defense/space budget. France/Poland milsatcom JV @AirbusSpace @Thales_Alenia_S @WBGroup_PL.https://t.co/EXysBT0lyY https://t.co/niYzanTrvA
Possible BlueBird 7 Reentry Video, Timing Discrepancy Noted
The following video by @MvCrisis was reportedly taken in the Maldives at 0355-0400 UTC Apr 20. It's possible it shows the @AST_SpaceMobile BlueBird 7 reentry, although the SpaceForce TLE says this time was 25 min too early to be BB7,...