Missed out on tickets to see the Bayeux tapestry in London? A £1,000 hotel stay will get you inBritish Museum’s £33 tickets sold out in a day but some slots have been reserved for guests at five-star One AldwychThose hoping to snare a glimpse of the Bayeux tapestry when it comes to the British Museum this September faced nine-hour online queues, with the £33 tickets sold out within a day.But the monied guests of a five-star hotel in Covent Garden have not had to go to such arduous lengths t...
Fears for missing Sydney teen who hasn’t been seen since leaving for hike on WednesdayFresh search teams to scour Nattai national park for Lily Hooper, 18, who failed to return home from a bushwalkGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe search for an 18-year-old bushwalker missing in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales since Wednesday is continuing, with fresh teams arriving at the Nattai national park on Saturday morning.Lily Hooper left her home in Sy...
UN says 2 staff arrested by Afghan intelligence agencyTwo staff members of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan have been arrested by the country's intelligence agency, the world body told AFP on Tuesday, adding that it had no access to them for two…
KBR organizes defense technology business to pursue Golden Dome workCompany points to digital engineering, space tracking and missile-defense experience The post KBR organizes defense technology business to pursue Golden Dome work appeared first on SpaceNews.
Golden Dome and the search for new space marketsEven as many details of Golden Dome remain unsettled, the missile-defense program has become a focal point for space and defense startups looking for new markets The post Golden Dome and the search for new space markets appeared first on SpaceNews.
Need a Lift? NASA Launches Swift Rescue MissionThe LINK spacecraft aims to rendezvous, capture, and reboost NASA’s 21 year old Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
3D-printed metal: unlocking crew autonomyWhen it comes to the future of human exploration, 3D printers hold the key to crew autonomy in areas ranging from maintenance to medicine. Delivered by ESA in 2024, the first metal 3D printer in space has just produced its fifth sample, retrieved by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot during the εpsilon mission.
Show HN: Bytesalt – AI that finds bugs Playwright tests missHey! I built Bytesalt and excited to share it here.Every engineering team I've been part of has had the same problem. Playwright (or similar) scripts pass, yet critical bugs showed up when real users used our software. I don't think this is because Playwright is inherently bad - it is doing its job perfectly well - testing exactly what we told it to test.The problem is - real world bugs happen because we didn't think to test a particular path - think a support widget covering the checkout button on smaller screen phones, or a race condition when clicking through buttons in a particular order. These kind of things need real humans to test software - but that is too expensive, slow and doesn't scale, especially with the pace of software development today.With Bytesalt - you can describe what you want in plain English (for example- "Test the checkout flow on mobile") and Bytesalt fans out the work across parallel AI agents that simulate real users. Each agent explores the app with a diffe
Orbital files plans for 100,000 orbital data centersFive-month-old startup Orbital has asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to deploy up to 100,000 data center satellites, aiming to bring 10 gigawatts of computing power from space to meet rising artificial intelligence demand. The post Orbital files plans for 100,000 orbital data centers appeared first on SpaceNews.
NASA Delivers Braking Engines for ESA Rosalind Franklin Mars MissionNASA has delivered the first braking engines for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosalind Franklin mission to Mars. The braking engines are one of three major contributions NASA has committed to the mission, along with launch services and Radioisotope Heater Units (RHUs) to keep the rover’s instruments warm during cold Martian nights. The US space […] The post NASA Delivers Braking Engines for ESA Rosalind Franklin Mars Mission appeared first on European Spaceflight.
The Propulsion Imperative Behind Golden DomeMissile defense has traditionally been framed around detection, tracking and interception. Golden Dome changes that calculus, broadening the focus to the entire distributed infrastructure enabling the architecture, placing propulsion front […] The post The Propulsion Imperative Behind Golden Dome appeared first on SpaceNews.
NASA Wins Four Telly Awards for Artemis Moon Coverage, MoreNASA’s historic Artemis II mission coverage, which connected global audiences to watch the first humans to travel around the Moon in more than half a century, is among the agency’s video productions recognized with four 2026 Telly Awards. “President Trump’s leadership in establishing the Artemis program reignited America’s bold vision for space exploration and set […]
NASA Releases Technology Priorities to Energize Space IndustryNASA released the 2026 Civil Space Shortfall Ranking list on Wednesday, which integrates more than 400 responses from stakeholders including industry organizations, government agencies, and academia. Shortfalls refer to technology areas requiring further development to meet future exploration, science, and other mission needs. The goal of this document is to rank the space community’s most pervasive shortfalls to […]
CBO Estimates Golden Dome at $1.2 Trillion, Space-Based Interceptors Biggest CostThe Congressional Budget Office issued an updated estimate today of the cost of President Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense system. Lacking detailed data from the Administration, CBO based its analysis […]
Artemis II Crew Says Lunar Landing Doable SoonThe crew of the first mission to fly around the Moon since the Apollo era told reporters today they are still absorbing the experience and what it means to them […]
NASA to Host Artemis II Crew Postflight News ConferenceFresh off their return to Earth, the Artemis II astronauts will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, April 16, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss their historic mission around the Moon. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Jeremy Hansen, will […]
Watching the Artemis II Mission Unfold at JPL’s Space Flight Operations FacilityDescription Staff at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California watch the agency’s Artemis II mission unfold soon after launch on April 1, 2026, at the Space Flight Operations Facility, which operates the Deep Space Network (DSN). The DSN comprises of three complexes in Goldstone, California; Madrid, Spain; and Canberra, Australia. Each complex has several […]
Station Nation: Aaron Rose, Cold Stowage Mission ManagerAs a member of the Crew and Thermal Systems Division, Aaron Rose supports critical cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station. In this role, he works with payload developers to safely transport temperature-controlled science experiments to and from station with portable coolers, freezers, and refrigerators. For the full flight cycle, Rose and his team members ensure all cold stowage hardware, operations, and personnel are coordinated to […]
Golden Dome and the velocity race: Why ground-based optics are the key to mission persistenceWhile often described as a moonshot for missile defense, the Golden Dome for America mission is in reality something even more challenging: an exercise in disciplined systems engineering under threat. Hypersonic glide vehicles, maneuvering ballistic missiles and complex decoys are compressing timelines while raising the stakes for any gap in accuracy. In this environment, the […] The post Golden Dome and the velocity race: Why ground-based optics are the key to mission persistence appeared first on SpaceNews.


















