Ursa Space Systems, a New York-based startup provides its clients with business intelligence based on satellite data. Last October 25, the company announced that they had just secured a 7 million USD in funding. They acquired the funds via a
An International MoonBase Summit (IMS) convened last October 1-5, bringing together stakeholders from governments, the private sector, and academe. The body discussed the groundwork for a moon base. A Hawaii based entrepreneur, Henk Rogers, stated that "Because of its geography, geology,
NASA has awarded SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) contracts to handle delivery of a Landsat series satellite and a joint European-US oceanography mission. The SpaceX Falcon 9 and ULA Atlas 5 are the designated rockets to deliver the observation
Since 2015, NASA's scientists have made use of virtual reality (VR) technology to closely follow the Curiosity Rover's activity on Mars. Today, anyone with a mixed-reality headset can avail of a Mars VR experience. The tech giant Google partnered with NASA's
Elon Musk, renowned innovator and CEO of SpaceX has once again made an incredible promise. During a conference last International Astronautical Congress, he unveiled his plans to take people to Mars. He ended his talk by stating that he would
Blue Origin has successfully conducted a hot-fire test for its BE-4 rocket engine. This shows that Jeff Bezos' rocket company has made significant progress in its bid to compete with SpaceX as a space tourism provider. The BE-4 is an enormous
The Burmese central government is planning for a launch of MyanmarSat-2 a satellite system for Myanmar by 2019. The state-owned satellite system dubbed Myanmar Sat-2 will handle a large role in providing connectivity throughout the country. In a coordination meeting of
Cambodia is once more in the process of securing its own communications satellite. The Telecom Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) is aiming to have one in orbit by 2021. The estimated cost of the project is 150 million USD. Kith Meng's conglomerate,
Melting glaciers and ice caps located at the northernmost and southernmost portions of the planet have captured global attention. These gigantic masses of ice have been decreasing in size at an unprecedented rate. Now even mountain glaciers are receding at
NASA is currently preparing to launch the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) by December 8, 2017. The ICON is a low-orbit satellite which will be used to acquire new insight on the interaction between the Earth's atmosphere and space. The interaction
