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Lunar dust model maps how charged grains stick to spacecraft

Lunar dust model maps how charged grains stick to spacecraft

SpaceDaily December 26, 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 26, 2025 Researchers from Beijing Institute of Technology, China Academy of Space Technology, and the Chinese Academy of Scie...
CACI to buy space technology firm ARKA for $2.6 billion

CACI to buy space technology firm ARKA for $2.6 billion

SpaceNews December 22, 2025
Deal deepens contractor’s push into space-based sensing and optical communications. The post CACI to buy space technology firm ARKA for $2.6 billi...
It’s time to unburden space cooperation with China

It’s time to unburden space cooperation with China

SpaceNews December 22, 2025
The time is ripe to end the “Wolf Amendment,” a congressional bar inhibiting civil collaboration between the United States and China in space. Th...
Globalstar Skydio trial validates Band n53 for public safety drone links

Globalstar Skydio trial validates Band n53 for public safety drone links

SpaceDaily December 22, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 Globalstar (NASDAQ: GSAT) and Skydio have completed a joint technology trial that demonstrated Skydio X10 drone op...
NASA’s Wideband Technology Demo Proves Space Missions are Free to Roam

NASA’s Wideband Technology Demo Proves Space Missions are Free to Roam

NASA December 19, 2025
Just like your cellphone stays connected by roaming between networks, NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal, or PExT, technology demonstration is...
Middle East Space Conference 2026 Returns to Muscat as a Strategic Platform for Regional Growth

Middle East Space Conference 2026 Returns to Muscat as a Strategic Platform for Regional Growth

SpaceNews December 19, 2025
Paris, December 2025 — The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology of the Sultanate of Oman (MTCIT) and Novaspace announce...
Astrobotic secures contracts for suborbital vehicle development

Astrobotic secures contracts for suborbital vehicle development

SpaceNews December 19, 2025
Astrobotic said Dec. 19 it has won $17.5 million in NASA and military contracts to develop three new reusable suborbital vehicles for technology demo...
BlackSky accelerates Gen-3 satellite into full commercial service in three weeks

BlackSky accelerates Gen-3 satellite into full commercial service in three weeks

SpaceDaily December 19, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has placed its third Gen-3 imaging satellite into commercial service just...
ICEYE and Rheinmetall Win €1.7 Billion German Armed Forces Contract

ICEYE and Rheinmetall Win €1.7 Billion German Armed Forces Contract

European Spaceflight December 19, 2025
The German Armed Forces have awarded a €1.7 billion contract to Rheinmetall and ICEYE for the delivery of space-based reconnaissance data through ex...
Space Station Research Supports New FDA-Approved Cancer Therapy

Space Station Research Supports New FDA-Approved Cancer Therapy

NASA December 19, 2025
NASA opens the International Space Station for scientists and researchers, inviting them to use the benefits of microgravity for private industry rese...
NASA, Boeing Test How to Improve Performance of Longer, Narrower Aircraft Wings

NASA, Boeing Test How to Improve Performance of Longer, Narrower Aircraft Wings

NASA December 18, 2025
The airliner you board in the future could look a lot different from today’s, with longer, thinner wings that provide a smoother ride while saving f...
2025 in Review: Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley

2025 in Review: Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley

NASA December 18, 2025
NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley continued to make strides in research, technology, engineering, science, and innovation...
NASA’s DiskSat Technology Demo Launches to Low Earth Orbit

NASA’s DiskSat Technology Demo Launches to Low Earth Orbit

NASA December 18, 2025
NASA’s DiskSat technology demonstration mission will test the performance of a new small spacecraft platform designed to expand the capabilities of ...
Congress’s SBIR standoff is slowing Space Force innovation — it must act now

Congress’s SBIR standoff is slowing Space Force innovation — it must act now

SpaceNews December 18, 2025
At a time when space is unmistakably a contested warfighting domain, the United States risks slowing its own progress not because of a lack of techno...
NASA eClips STEM Student Ambassadors Shine at STEM Exploration Community Event

NASA eClips STEM Student Ambassadors Shine at STEM Exploration Community Event

NASA December 18, 2025
The 5th Annual Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Exploration Community Event hosted by the Coastal Virginia STEM Hub and the NASA...
NASA Astronaut Lee Morin to Retire After 30 Years of Innovation

NASA Astronaut Lee Morin to Retire After 30 Years of Innovation

NASA December 18, 2025
NASA astronaut and retired United States Navy Capt. Lee Morin has retired from the agency after 30 years of service. He served as a mission specialist...
Origami style lunar rover wheel expands to climb steep caves

Origami style lunar rover wheel expands to climb steep caves

SpaceDaily December 18, 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 A joint team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology KAIST and the Unmanned Exploration Laborato...
OQ Technology links commercial IoT chipset to LEO satellite

OQ Technology links commercial IoT chipset to LEO satellite

SpaceNews December 17, 2025
Luxembourg-based OQ Technology said Dec. 17 it has connected a commercial IoT chipset directly to one of its LEO satellites, using internally develop...
NASA Launches Research Program for Students to Explore Big Ideas

NASA Launches Research Program for Students to Explore Big Ideas

NASA December 16, 2025
NASA is now accepting concepts for a new research challenge. The Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology (ORBIT) challenge is ...
NASA ORBIT Challenge 2026

NASA ORBIT Challenge 2026

NASA December 16, 2025
The NASA ORBIT (Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology for the Workforce) Challenge is a multi-phase, student-focused challen...