Venus Aerospace Secures $90M to Propel Advanced Rocket Engine Development for Defense and Space
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Venus Aerospace Secures $90M to Propel Advanced Rocket Engine Development for Defense and Space

Venus Aerospace, a pioneer in advanced propulsion technology, has successfully closed a $90 million Series B funding round, signaling a significant acceleration in its mission to develop a new generation of rocket engines. The company, founded in 2020 by CEO Sassie Duggleby and CTO Andrew Duggleby, initially aimed to create clean-flying hypersonic jets for passenger […]
Deep Space Awakening: New Horizons Emerges from Record-Breaking Hibernation in the Outer Solar System
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Deep Space Awakening: New Horizons Emerges from Record-Breaking Hibernation in the Outer Solar System

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has successfully awakened from its longest hibernation period to date, marking a major milestone in its ongoing journey through the outer reaches of our solar system. On June 23, flight controllers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Maryland confirmed that the spacecraft had safely exited its 321-day slumber, […]
NASA Hands Over Historic ‘Area 400’ Forest to Expand Maryland Wildlife Refuge
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NASA Hands Over Historic ‘Area 400’ Forest to Expand Maryland Wildlife Refuge

In a significant move for regional conservation, NASA has officially transferred ownership of a 105-acre forested tract from its Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, to the adjacent Patuxent Research Refuge. The parcel, historically designated as “Area 400,” will now be managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This transfer integrates the land […]
Charting the Deep Space Frontier: CAPSTONE Mission Successfully Validates Next-Gen Lunar Navigation Technologies
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Charting the Deep Space Frontier: CAPSTONE Mission Successfully Validates Next-Gen Lunar Navigation Technologies

The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, widely known as CAPSTONE, has officially completed its extended mission objectives, marking a major milestone in deep-space exploration. Launched in June 2022 as the first commercial U.S. spacecraft to operate at the Moon, the microwave-sized satellite successfully validated critical navigation and communication systems. These technologies […]