Inside the race to find GPS alternatives
Later this month, an inconspicuous 150-kilogram satellite is set to launch into space aboard the SpaceX Transporter 14 mission. Once
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Space
A new atomic clock in space could help us measure elevations on Earth
In 2003, engineers from Germany and Switzerland began building a bridge across the Rhine River simultaneously from both sides. Months
Read MoreThe world’s biggest space-based radar will measure Earth’s forests from orbit
Forests are the second-largest carbon sink on the planet, after the oceans. To understand exactly how much carbon they trap,
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NASA has made an air traffic control system for drones
On Thanksgiving weekend of 2013, Jeff Bezos, then Amazon’s CEO, took to 60 Minutes to make a stunning announcement: Amazon
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Meet the researchers testing the “Armageddon” approach to asteroid defense
One day, in the near or far future, an asteroid about the length of a football stadium will find itself
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Rivals are rising to challenge the dominance of SpaceX
SpaceX is a space launch juggernaut. In just two decades, the company has managed to edge out former aerospace heavyweights
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Europe is finally getting serious about commercial rockets
Europe is on the cusp of a new dawn in commercial space technology. As global political tensions intensify and relationships
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Should we be moving data centers to space?
Last week, the Florida-based company Lonestar Data Holdings launched a shoebox-size device carrying data from internet pioneer Vint Cerf and
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Nokia is putting the first cellular network on the moon
Later this month, Intuitive Machines, the private company behind the first commercial lander that touched down on the moon, will
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