Lockheed Martin is building a Moon-to-Earth satellite communications networkParsec will help astronauts stay in touch during lunar missions.By J. Fingas, 03.28.2023
An AI agent flew a USAF training aircraft for over 17 hoursLockheed Martin says it's the first time AI has flown a tactical aircraft.By K. Holt, 02.13.2023
Blue Origin makes another bid for a NASA lunar lander contractNASA said it would accept more proposals after only awarding one contract to SpaceX.By K. Holt, 12.07.2022
Hilton will design suites and sleeping quarters for Voyager’s private Starlab space stationWhat better company to design a cramped living space than a major hotel chain?By K. Holt, 09.19.2022
NASA picks three companies to develop lunar nuclear power systemsA fission system could power long-term missions to the Moon and Mars.By K. Holt, 06.21.2022
NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build a rocket that will return from MarsThe agency wants to bring some of Perseverance rover's samples back to Earth.By K. Holt, 02.08.2022
NASA will test Alexa voice control aboard the Artemis I missionWhat Amazon learns in space could be helpful on Earth.By J. Fingas, 01.05.2022
Ghost Robotics strapped a gun to its robot dogThe company has previously made other machines for the military as well.By K. Holt, 10.14.2021
GM and Lockheed Martin team up to answer NASA's call for autonomous lunar vehicle conceptsThe "next-gen" vehicle will be electric.By S. Shah, 05.27.2021
DARPA picks Lockheed Martin and Blue Origin to build nuclear spacecraftThe two companies will work with General Atomics to design an agile rocket for cislunar missions.By S. Shah, 04.14.2021
NASA's Orion spacecraft is ready to fly to the MoonExpect the Artemis I ship's test mission later in 2021.By J. Fingas, 01.15.2021
DARPA's hypersonic weapons move closer to free-flight testingLockheed Martin and Raytheon's concepts are designed to go beyond Mach 5.By R. Lawler, 09.01.2020
Blue Origin's lunar lander mockup is ready for NASA simulationsIt will help NASA simulate crew interactions. By S. Dent, 08.21.2020
Heron Systems' AI pilot just beat a human in a simulated dogfightDeep reinforcement learning helped the AI pilots figure out how to outfly and outshoot their competition.By R. Lawler, 08.20.2020
US Space Force will send its first satellite into space todayYou can watch the launch live beginning at 2:37PM ET.By C. Fisher, 03.26.2020
NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet is cleared for final assemblyThe experimental aircraft could fly as soon as 2021.By C. Fisher, 12.17.2019
Blue Origin teams with spaceflight veterans to complete its lunar landerLockheed, Northrop and Draper will help return humans to the Moon.By J. Fingas, 10.22.2019
NASA's Orion crew capsule is ready for its uncrewed trip to the MoonOne step closer to Artemis getting underway.By J. Fingas, 07.20.2019
7After Math: Fly me to the Moon (and then on to Mars)Let me play among the starsBy A. Tarantola, 10.01.2017
NASA's first SLS launch will send cubesats into deep spaceThe satellites will pave the way for future missions to Mars and beyond.By A. Tarantola, 02.02.2016