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scmp.com - Wency Chen - China's commercial space sector soars with 50 launches in 2025
China's commercial space sector soars with 50 launches in 2025
South China Morning Post

China's commercial space sector logged 50 launches last year – more than half of the country's total – underscoring the growing role of private players alongside the state-led space programme, with Beijing highlighting aerospace as a…

forbes.com - Chuck Brooks - How AI and Quantum, And Space Are Redefining Cybersecurity
How AI and Quantum, And Space Are Redefining Cybersecurity
Forbes

Quantum machine learning technology with 3d rendering cognitive humanoid robot drive quantum machine and algorithms We are currently undergoing a significant technological and industrial revolution. Artificial intelligence and quantum computing are…

spacenews.com - Commercial Space Federation - Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes 3 New Associate Members
Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes 3 New Associate Members
SpaceNews

January 20, 2026 – Washington, D.C. —The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is pleased to welcome Max Space, Slingshot Aerospace, and Muon Space. Together, these companies strengthen CSF's advocacy efforts across space infrastructure…

spacenews.com - Sandra Erwin - Washington Harbour expands space investments with ground services acquisition
Washington Harbour expands space investments with ground services acquisition
SpaceNews

WASHINGTON — Washington Harbour Partners has acquired Radome Services, a New Hampshire–based provider of inspection, repair and maintenance services for ground facilities that protect satellite, radar and communications antennas at…

spacenews.com - Jeff Foust - Gilmour Space raises $146 million
Gilmour Space raises $146 million
SpaceNews

WASHINGTON — Australian launch vehicle and satellite manufacturer Gilmour Space Technologies has raised its largest funding round to date to scale up rocket and spacecraft production. The company announced Jan. 20 that it raised 217 million…

space.com - Kenna Hughes-Castleberry - Mars orbiter sees odd etchings in the sand | Space photo of the day for Jan. 20, 2025
Mars orbiter sees odd etchings in the sand | Space photo of the day for Jan. 20, 2025
Space

Mars is famous for its volcanoes, canyons and ancient river valleys, but some of its most active geology happens in slow motion, powered by air. Over time, strong gusts can loft sand grains that ping and scrape at exposed surfaces, gradually…

spacenews.com - Andrew D'Uva - Free warnings, better catalogs: the real fix for space safety
Free warnings, better catalogs: the real fix for space safety
SpaceNews

A one-line change in the Dec. 18, 2025 Executive Order, Ensuring American Space Superiority, reopened a debate: should the United States charge satellite operators for basic space situational awareness (SSA) and civil space traffic coordination…

theweek.com - The Week US - 6 inviting homes with event spaces
6 inviting homes with event spaces
The Week

Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Edgewood Farm sits on 453 acres that include an antique party barn, a bridal suite, a pavilion, and three guest dwellings, as well as a pool. Built in 1853 and later expanded, the main five-bedroom…

thehindu.com - Sambasiva Rao M. - A.P. Space Tech Summit-2026 to be conducted at Vignan's University from January 22
A.P. Space Tech Summit-2026 to be conducted at Vignan's University from January 22
The Hindu

The Andhra Pradesh Space Tech Summit–2026 will be conducted from January 22 to 24 at Vignan's University campus in Vadlamudi, Chebrolu mandal of Guntur district, with the South India Rocketry Challenge–2026 as a major attraction.

bgr.com - Nicolae Bochis - This Apple TV Series About The Space Race Is Already A Modern Sci-Fi Classic
This Apple TV Series About The Space Race Is Already A Modern Sci-Fi Classic
BGR

'For All Mankind' is an alternate history tv show that will change the way you see the space race. This Emmy-nominated drama from creator Ronald D. Moore of Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica fame, takes one pivotal moment in 1969 and changes it.

afr.com - Tess Bennett - Gilmour Space's mega-raising turns rocket maker into unicorn
Gilmour Space's mega-raising turns rocket maker into unicorn
Australian Financial Review

Gilmour Space, the Australian rocket start-up that has ambitions to rival Elon Musk's SpaceX, has become the country's newest unicorn after raising millions of dollars and securing a valuation of more than $1 billion. Gilmour Space's profile soared…

space.com - Robert Lea - James Webb Space Telescope discovers young galaxies age rapidly: 'It's like seeing 2-year-old children act like teenagers
James Webb Space Telescope discovers young galaxies age rapidly: 'It's like seeing 2-year-old children act like teenagers
Space

Astronomers have obtained their most detailed look yet at young galaxies in the early universe using the James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope and Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. The conclusion? These cosmic adolescents…

livescience.com - Harry Baker - Giant underwater plumes triggered by 7-story waves at Nazaré captured off Portuguese coast - Earth from space
Giant underwater plumes triggered by 7-story waves at Nazaré captured off Portuguese coast - Earth from space
Live Science

Where is it? Nazaré, Portugal [ 39.60478265, -9.071984267 ] What's in the photo? Massive 7-story waves crashing along the coast, creating giant underwater sediment plumes Which satellite took the photo? Landsat 8 When was it taken? Oct. 29…

axios.com - Alayna Alvarez - Exclusive: Colorado Springs leaders back Trump admin in Space Command court fight
Exclusive: Colorado Springs leaders back Trump admin in Space Command court fight
Axios

Colorado Springs leaders are preparing to formally oppose the state's lawsuit over the relocation of U.S. Space Command in federal court, Axios Denver has learned. Why it matters: As Colorado wages legal war on the White House over everything from…

ign.com - Wesley Yin-Poole - Xbox Game Pass Is Set to Close Out January 2026 With a Bolt From the Grim Darkness of the Far Future: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Xbox Game Pass Is Set to Close Out January 2026 With a Bolt From the Grim Darkness of the Far Future: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
IGN

Xbox Game Pass is set for a big hitter at the end of January: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. This marks the debut of Saber Interactive's hugely popular third-person action game in a subscription library, and comes one-and-a-half years after its…

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