Space

Space Data Centers Are Coming: Nvidia-Powered “Mini‑Data Center” Reaches Orbit

Space Data Centers Are Coming: Nvidia-Powered “Mini‑Data Center” Reaches Orbit as Google Unveils Solar-Powered Project Suncatcher

The story: AI’s power crunch is pushing compute off‑planet The AI boom is straining grids, permits, water, and community tolerance for megaprojects. That’s why a growing list of tech players is exploring data centers in space—where power from the sun is plentiful,
November 8, 2025
LandSpace’s Zhuque‑3 (ZQ‑3) Y1

China’s Reusable Rocket Breakthrough: Zhuque‑3 Aces Static Fire – Is a November Debut Next?

In‑depth report A decisive pre‑flight milestoneChina’s private launcher LandSpace says its stainless‑steel, methane‑oxygen Zhuque‑3 completed the first phase of its maiden‑mission campaign, spanning full‑vehicle cryogenic fueling (wet dress) and a booster static‑fire at LOX‑methane Pad 2 in the Dongfeng commercial space zone.
October 20, 2025
Space - Orbital City

Jeff Bezos vs. Elon Musk: Who Wins the Space Race—Mars Cities or Giant Orbital Megastructures by 2045?

The story: Two billionaires, two roadmaps for humanity’s off‑world future When Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk talk about colonizing space, they’re not arguing over tactics—they’re debating different destinations and architectures for civilization itself. Musk’s path is planetary: build a Mars city with
October 12, 2025
Space Exploration Is Transforming Life on Earth

Space Exploration Is Transforming Life on Earth – 10 Surprising Ways It’s Revolutionizing Industry, Society & Culture

Industrial Transformation: From Space Tech to Everyday Tech Space exploration has always been a powerful driver of innovation – and its industrial spinoffs now permeate our daily lives. NASA likes to remind us it operates “for the benefit of all”, and indeed
October 5, 2025
Orbital data center

Servers in Space? 15 Reasons the Next Cloud Land Rush Is Off‑Planet

The future will be servers in space: a definitive 2025 roundup The idea sounds like sci‑fi clickbait until you look at what launched this year. In August 2025, Axiom Space delivered a Kubernetes‑managed data‑processing unit (AxDCU‑1) to the ISS to evaluate “orbital
October 4, 2025
ICEYE Satellite Constellation

54 Satellites, 24/7 Coverage: How Finnish Startup ICEYE Is Revolutionizing Earth Observation and Disaster Response

Earth Observation and Persistent Monitoring ICEYE’s core technology is Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) on microsatellites, which provides reliable imaging regardless of weather or daylight. In SAR, each satellite emits microwave pulses toward Earth and measures their echoes, constructing high-resolution pictures of the
October 3, 2025
GLOWS - IMAP

Meet GLOWS on IMAP: The Polish‑Built UV “Photon Counter” That Just Launched to L1 – Here’s What It Will Reveal About the Solar Wind

Deep dive: GLOWS, the helioglow, and why IMAP needs it What problem does GLOWS solve? The Sun’s solar wind doesn’t blow uniformly. It varies with heliographic latitude (equator vs. poles) and evolves across the ~11‑year solar cycle, but we lack continuous, global
September 30, 2025
Rocket Cargo

Pentagon’s ‘Rocket Cargo’ Just Picked Winners: Blue Origin & Anduril Score New USAF Study Deals — Is Instant Global Delivery Finally Real?

What, exactly, did the Air Force just award? Two fresh study awards expand the Department of the Air Force’s “Rocket Cargo” ecosystem: These add to a growing roster of vendors AFRL is paying to explore complementary pieces of the “from, through, or
September 18, 2025
SDA Tranche‑1

Inside SDA Tranche‑1: The Space ‘Mesh’ That Could Kill Hypersonics and Link Every Jet, Ship — Launches, Timelines, and What’s Next

Executive summary (as of September 16, 2025) What is Tranche‑1? (Quick primer) SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) is a layered, LEO‑based network fielded in two‑year “tranches.” Tranche‑1 (T1) adds regional persistence beyond Tranche‑0 demos: Transport Layer (T1TL) for data relay to
September 16, 2025