Understanding BOHR: The Future of Micro-Power in Space
City Labs' BOHR mission is a real first for commercial nuclear space power in orbit. The important part is not raw power output; it is regulatory precedent and always-on mission…
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July 2026 in Space: Hardware Meets Operational Reality
July 2026 space news moved beyond first-flight headlines. Starship, Vikram-1, satellite servicing, FireSat, nuclear power, and reusable launch showed what it takes to turn hardware…
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Innovative Methods for Outer Space Treaty Verification
A Nature study proposes using cosmic-proton spallation neutrons to help identify nuclear warheads in orbit, opening a path toward Outer…
SpaceX Starship Flight 13: Key Insights and Developments
Starship Flight 13 deployed functioning satellites and returned an intact ship to the ocean. The next test—orbit and a tower…
Vikram-1 Launch Puts India’s Private Sector in Orbit
The Vikram-1 launch reached orbit on its first attempt. The milestone validates India’s public-private launch model—but repeatability and economics come…
June 2026 in Space
June was the month space started looking less like a sequence of missions and more like infrastructure under load. The…
SpaceX Starfall Makes Space Manufacturing a Return Problem
SpaceX's first Starfall test flight turns in-space manufacturing from a launch story into a return-logistics story: can small capsules make…
Orbital Data Centers Need an Astronomy Rulebook
Space-based data centers are usually framed as an energy and AI story. They are also an astronomy story: large, power-hungry…
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Relativity’s Mars Orbiter Tests NASA’s Commercial Science Model
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New Glenn’s Explosion Tests NASA’s Moon-Base Architecture
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Artemis III Crew Shows NASA’s New Moon Strategy
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Space-Based GPS Jamming Changes the PNT Risk Equation
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