The Cloud Has a Heat Problem. Even in Space.
Google’s Suncatcher puts AI chips in orbit, where abundant sunshine meets awkward cooling, costly maintenance and lessons from Microsoft’s underwater servers.
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Beyond Throwaway Spacecraft: Why Satellite Servicing Matters
Northrop Grumman’s robotic servicer could extend satellite lifespans, cut waste and costs, but must overcome major technical, legal and economic challenges.
The Moon Base Without Names
NASA sketches a future lunar base, but the most interesting clues may be in the names it leaves unsaid.
Cyber Breach at the European Space Agency: What We Know and Why It Matters
A breach at ESA shows why space infrastructure now has to be defended as seriously as rockets and satellites.
Orbit Under Oversight: The Transatlantic Fight Over Space Regulation
As space becomes commercial and crowded, Europe and America are beginning to argue over who gets to write the orbital rulebook.
Space Junk Blues: How Atomic-6 Armor Turns Cosmic Catastrophes into Yawns
Atomic-6’s debris armor points to a less romantic but essential space challenge: surviving the junk already circling Earth.
The Abandoned Dance of Orbital Evolution: ISS vs Freeside
Abandoned space stations offer a way to think about decay, adaptation, and the afterlife of orbital infrastructure.
The Tale of Two Satellites: Kalamsat and TerreStar-1
Two very different satellites show how space innovation can come from student ambition as well as commercial scale.
The Cosmic Bullet: Micrometeorites, Space Shields, and Earthly Tests
Micrometeorites are tiny but dangerous, forcing spacecraft designers to think like armorers in orbit.
The GPS Chronicles: A Journey Through Satellites, Time, and the Occasional Lost Signal
GPS is a space-based timing miracle that quietly depends on satellites, relativity, and constant correction.
The Deep Space Network: NASA's Cosmic Switchboard Operator on the Brink
NASA’s Deep Space Network is the invisible infrastructure that keeps distant missions talking, and it is under pressure.
Calculating the Rendezvous of a SpaceX Cargo Ship with the ISS
Rendezvous with the ISS is a precise orbital dance where timing, speed, and geometry all have to agree.
The Sky's the Limit: How Satellites are the Unsung Heroes of Earth Monitoring
Earth-observing satellites quietly shape weather forecasts, disaster response, climate science, and the way we understand our planet.
Leak Detection in Space Stations and Space Capsules
In space, a leak is never small for long, so detection becomes a race between physics and procedure.
Satellite Repositioning: Options, Challenges, and the Future
Moving satellites after launch is a practical puzzle of fuel, autonomy, servicing, and orbital traffic management.
Satellite Hacking: Vulnerabilities, Security, and the Age of Megaconstellations
Megaconstellations make satellite security more urgent, turning orbital networks into targets as well as infrastructure.
Temperature Management in Space Exploration: A Comprehensive Guide
Temperature control in space is an invisible engineering battle against sunlight, shadow, radiation, and vacuum.
LASERs in Space: From Research to Starlink and Beyond
Lasers in space have moved from science fiction imagery to practical tools for research, navigation, and communication.