Open Cosmos buys Portuguese startup to bolster space-based IoT capabilities
TAMPA, Fla. — British smallsat maker Open Cosmos has acquired Connected, a Portuguese startup developing 5G narrowband connectivity payloads for...
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The Moon shares the sky with Spica
Back to Article List Trundling along the ecliptic in Virgo, our satellite hangs near the bright star Spica in the...
Latitude announces new factory and contracts for Zephyr small launcher
WASHINGTON — French launch vehicle startup Latitude has signed a deal to expand into a larger factory as the company...
See Mercury at greatest elongation, its farthest from the sun in the evening sky this week
Mercury reaches its point of greatest eastern elongation on Friday (July 4), presenting an excellent opportunity to spot the rocky...
Deep-Sky Dreams: Spiral galaxy M108
Back to Article List The highly inclined barred spiral M108 in Ursa Major is not to be missed. Barred spiral...
NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-11 Mission to Space Station
NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation to the International Space Station during a pair of news...
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announces new contract awards under ‘Luno’ program
WASHINGTON — The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) announced July 2 it has awarded over $70 million in contracts to...
Hubble Telescope finds stellar nursery in Taurus Molecular Cloud photo of the day for July 2, 2025
The Hubble Space Telescope searches the universe to understand how planets, stars, and galaxies form. Recently, it captured this image...
What’s Up: July 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQu8utmfOQk Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on....
DARPA says decreasing launch costs, new analysis led it to cancel DRACO nuclear propulsion project
WASHINGTON — A DARPA official said the agency canceled a space nuclear propulsion project it was jointly developing with NASA...
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