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Commercial Space Stations Underscore the New Route to Orbit
Four new space stations are in a race to orbit. Commercial space station executives told an audience at the 41st Space Symposium on Wednesday that their companies are eager to scale up on the capabilities that the International Space Station has proven for more than 25 years. As the ISS faces a planned retirement and deorbiting in the early 2030s, four planned commercial…
Saltzman Reveals Space Force Roadmap for 2040 Requirements
The Space Force will need thousands of additional Guardians, hundreds of new satellites, and a suite of new capabilities to fight and win as the space domain grows more contested in the next 15 years, Chief Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman told a crowd at the 41st Space Symposium on Wednesday. Saltzman debuted Space…
Meink Promises Rapid Technological Change for Space Force
Rapid procurement, lower launch costs, and game-changing technologies will put more capabilities in the hands of Space Force Guardians in months rather than years or decades, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told a capacity crowd gathered at the 41st Space Symposium on Wednesday. “This is the moment when the Space Force comes of age,” Meink said. The secretary is the…
StellarWorld Launches Lunar Cities
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 14, 2026 — StellarWorld today announced the public launch of Lunar Cities, a StellarWorld company established to develop permanent lunar settlement infrastructure and open the next phase of commercial participation in the cislunar economy. Launched at Space Symposium, Lunar Cities is being introduced as a structured program to help catalyze the…
Trump Administration Pushes Nuclear for Spacecraft, Moon
At the 41st Space Symposium on Tuesday, the White House announced a new push for nuclear power in space that includes requiring NASA and the Department of War to initiate design plans for reactors in cislunar orbit and on the lunar surface. Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy…
U.S. Space Command Plans for Maneuver Warfare in Orbit
April 14, Colorado Springs — U.S. Space Command’s Gen. Stephen Whiting told a Tuesday morning audience at the 41st Space Symposium that he needs satellites that can reposition when necessary to maintain dominance in space. The focus on maneuver warfare is new and would require innovations, to include on-orbit servicing, to accomplish. The general didn’t offer specifics but cited China’s flights of two satellites in 2025 that demonstrated on-orbit servicing and coordinated maneuvers. Those…
Isaacman on the Future of Artemis: ‘This Time, We Stay’
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman Tuesday morning laid out an optimistic, high-paced vision for the future of the Artemis Program at the 41st Space Symposium. Fresh off the success of the Artemis II splashdown, Isaacman explained the scientific and national security necessities for establishing a lunar base. “American leadership in the high ground of space is not optional,” he said. “I don’t see how…
Atomic-6 Launches ODC.space, the First Marketplace for Orbital Data Center Capacity
New platform enables streamlined purchasing of orbital data center capacity that delivers in half the time of terrestrial alternatives MARIETTA, GA —April 13, 2026 – Atomic-6, a space systems manufacturer, today announced the launch of ODC.space, a new marketplace where AI developers, software providers, and government agencies can secure orbital data center (ODC) capacity on-demand.…
Space Foundation Premieres National Space Day Video May 1
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — April 9, 2026 — Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983 to advance the global space community, will premiere its National Space Day educational video on Friday, May 1, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. MT, inviting students, educators and families to explore the future of space through engaging STEM content. Hosted…
Amentum Team Brings All the LEGOs Together
Every mode of transportation brings many different pieces together if it is to go far. But what about when all the pieces come from different countries, suppliers and manufacturers? And what about when the Moon is the destination? Who puts all of it together? Meet Jason Bollinger, a third-generation space veteran who works as the…