NASA’s Space Launch System rocket… NASA’s Space Launch System rocket stands atop pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. After working around a hydrogen leak at the base of the rocket, engineers spent the ΛD ΛSTRΛ 3 Feb 2026 · 1 min read
Researchers used ALMA to image the… Researchers used ALMA to image the magnetic fields of the galactic disk and dusty and molecular outflow of the merging galaxy Arp220. They found that a magnetic superhighway funnels material ΛD ΛSTRΛ 3 Feb 2026 · 1 min read
NASAs IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration… NASAs IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) began its two-year primary science mission on Feb. 1 to explore and map the boundaries of our heliosphere - the protective bubble created ΛD ΛSTRΛ 3 Feb 2026 · 1 min read
Exoterra Resources, a US-based space… Exoterra Resources, a US-based space technology company specializing in in-space mobility and sustainable space systems, is providing the propulsion solutions designed to support modern small satellite missions and ΛD ΛSTRΛ 3 Feb 2026 · 1 min read
SpaceX has acquired xAI, an artificial… SpaceX has acquired xAI, an artificial intelligence company also run by Elon Musk, as part of his effort to develop orbital data centers. Starship/Super Heavy on the launch pad ΛD ΛSTRΛ 2 Feb 2026 · 1 min read
SpaceX has filed an application with… SpaceX has filed an application with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seeking approval to deploy up to 1 million solar-powered satellites designed to function as orbital data ΛD ΛSTRΛ 2 Feb 2026 · 1 min read
Congress added $700 million in funding… Congress added $700 million in funding for a “Mars Telecommunications Orbiter” in the supplemental funding for NASA provided by the “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed by the US Congress last ΛD ΛSTRΛ 2 Feb 2026 · 1 min read
Space Development Agency Issues RFI for… Space Development Agency Issues RFI for Space-to-Air Optical Communication Terminals. The Space Development Agency (SDA), the “constructive disruptor” of Department of Defense space acquisition, has published a high- ΛD ΛSTRΛ 2 Feb 2026 · 1 min read