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The battle for the last bar: New Glenn and AST bet on a “cell tower in space”

In late February, Blue Origin plans to fly New Glenn again — this time carrying AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7. The…

5 months ago

Artemis II is entering its final countdown — and NASA is still being tested on Earth

When the launch window opens on February 6, Artemis II will be the first time humans ride NASA’s Space Launch…

5 months ago

Trump’s “space superiority” order sets a 2028 Moon deadline — and rewires America’s space economy

On Thursday, December 18, 2025, the White House published an executive order with an unusually blunt title: “Ensuring American Space…

6 months ago

Galactic cloud regions: why AI’s power problem is pushing data centres into orbit

Not so long ago, “cloud regions” were just dots on terrestrial maps: clusters of servers parked next to cheap electricity,…

6 months ago

Jared Isaacman’s nuclear Moon gamble: is this the future of NASA or a costly detour?

Billionaire astronaut-entrepreneur Jared Isaacman walked back into the US Senate this week with a simple promise: the United States will…

7 months ago

Europe’s €22bn space reset: from peaceful science to dual-use constellations

ESA’s record budget and new “European Resilience from Space” programme mark a quiet but profound shift in how Europe thinks…

7 months ago

From boutique to factory: how France’s U-Space became the test case for Europe’s new space industrial base

On the same week that Emmanuel Macron promised billions more for military space, a relatively small manufacturer in Toulouse raised…

7 months ago

Europe’s sovereign leap to phone-from-space

Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile put a European flag on direct-to-device—and pick Germany for the command center SAN FRANCISCO — November…

8 months ago

stc prepays $175m for space-to-phone: a decade-long bet on AST SpaceMobile

On October 29, 2025 (PT), Saudi Arabia’s stc group signed a decade-long commercial agreement with AST SpaceMobile that includes a…

8 months ago

Europe just built a space “prime.” The moat is standards, not scale

Europe has finally done what many in the industry said was inevitable. On Thursday, October 23 (Pacific), Airbus, Thales and…

8 months ago

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