VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CA – November 28, 2025 – Proteus Space announced the successful launch and first contact of MERCURY ONE, its inaugural four-payload ESPA class spacecraft.

As the space industry continues to grow, the environmental impact of space missions becomes an increasingly urgent concern. A ...

A circular space economy could transform wasteful spaceflight into a sustainable, reusable system for the future.

There is huge promise in AI to transform spacecraft design. From near real-time performance calculations that enable broader design space exploration, to generative algorithms using mission ...

The ancient Japanese art of paper-folding, or origami, is already inspiring the design of the next generation of space vehicles, but now there's a new family of origami shapes that could make them ...

The space station is scheduled for retirement by 2030 and must be deorbited safely to prevent it from crashing onto populated areas. Reading time 2 minutes The International Space Station (ISS) has ...

Abstract: Our future in space involves miniaturized satellites for low-cost and rapid access to space, autonomously navigating spacecraft, on-orbit servicing for sustainability, in-space assembly of ...

I think the work of the force design will be done in 2025, and then hopefully publish it again to stakeholders in early 2026,” Gen. Chance Saltzman said.

A model developed by Luminary Cloud and Northrop Grumman can predict spacecraft thruster performance in seconds versus hours for traditional computational methods. Credit: Northrop Grumman Luminary ...

Every time a rocket is launched, tons of valuable materials are lost, and huge amounts of greenhouse gases and ...