SPACE INDEX

What's moving in space.

447 stories from 347 sources in the last seven days, across 573 tracked companies.

447 Stories / 7d 347 Sources 573 Companies

NEWS FEED

Stream

Time

Sector

Fri, May 15

Solar power production undercut by coal pollution Ars Technica Space / John Timmer / 1mo ago MAY 15

Three's a party: US, China, and now Russia are on the prowl in GEO Ars Technica Space / Stephen Clark / 1mo ago MAY 15

AIRO’s ‘slowed rotor’ hybrid-electric VTOL drone aims to solve resupply issues Breaking Defense / Barry Rosenberg / 1mo ago MAY 15

Send the arXiv AI-generated slop, get a yearlong vacation from submissions Ars Technica Space / John Timmer / 1mo ago MAY 15

NASA, SpaceX launch Dragon mission with 6,500 pounds of science and supplies to the space station Spaceflight Now / Spaceflight Now / 1mo ago Launch Services Satellite Communications MAY 15

Pentagon informed Army ‘just a couple of days ago’ on decision to halt Poland deployment Breaking Defense / Carley Welch / 1mo ago MAY 15

Making cement from a different type of rock could clean up emissions Ars Technica Space / Scott K. Johnson / 1mo ago MAY 15

Flight 12 readies for the debut SpaceX’s next Ship evolution NASA Spaceflight / Ryan Weber / 1mo ago Launch Services Satellite Communications MAY 15

UK picks 4 companies for Apache drone wingman demonstrator project Breaking Defense / Tim Martin / 1mo ago Satellite Manufacturing Space Defense Systems MAY 15

Army’s autonomy office looks beyond drone, robot platforms to ‘packages of capability’ Breaking Defense / Barry Rosenberg / 1mo ago MAY 15

Casimir force co-opted to generate free energy, midichlorians not included Ars Technica Space / Chris Lee / 1mo ago MAY 15

Rocket Report: Cowboy up for data centers in LEO; Russia's new ICBM actually works Ars Technica Space / Stephen Clark / 1mo ago Launch Services Satellite Communications MAY 15

Preparing Smile for space ESA / 1mo ago MAY 15

Week in images: 11-15 May 2026 ESA / 1mo ago MAY 15

Intuitive Machines Bets on Lunar Comms with Goonhilly Buy Payload / Douglas Gorman / 1mo ago Satellite Communications Space Transportation & Logistics MAY 15

Iridium Boosts Air Safety Offering With Aireon Acquisition Payload / Douglas Gorman / 1mo ago MAY 15

Earth from Space: Quito’s volcanic landscape ESA / 1mo ago MAY 15

European Space Startups Jockey for ‘Infrastructure’ Financing Payload / Douglas Gorman / 1mo ago MAY 15

Rocket Lab signs new launch contracts and acquires robotics company during Q1 2026 NASA Spaceflight / Sean Yoder / 1mo ago Launch Services Satellite Manufacturing MAY 15

Thu, May 14

Men use "vocal fry" more than women, counter to stereotype Ars Technica Space / Jennifer Ouellette / 1mo ago MAY 14

ULA confirms successful solid rocket booster test as Vulcan anomaly investigation continues Spaceflight Now / Will Robinson-Smith / 1mo ago Satellite Manufacturing Space Propulsion MAY 14

Forecasters predict wildfires, floods, severe heatwaves from incoming El Niño Ars Technica Space / Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News / 1mo ago MAY 14

Wed, May 13

SpaceX’s new Starship pad readies for first launch NASA Spaceflight / Ryan Weber / 1mo ago Launch Services Satellite Communications MAY 13

Tue, May 12

SpaceX targets May 19 for debut of Starship Version 3, Launch Pad 2 Spaceflight Now / Will Robinson-Smith / 1mo ago Launch Services Satellite Communications MAY 12