NASA’s CAPSTONE 02 will prove lunar rendezvous, autonomous navigation, and cislunar comms
Two ~400 kg spacecraft from Terran Orbital will test chaser-target ops in lunar orbit starting 2027.

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Two ~400 kg spacecraft from Terran Orbital will test chaser-target ops in lunar orbit starting 2027.
The flexible-arm satellite and 3 Mission Extension Pods are headed to a 22,000-mile equator orbit, starting year-long maneuvering.
Midjourney’s acquisition of the astrology app Co-Star signals a broader AI strategy decision-makers should map to regulation and risk.
The Trump administration’s first Genesis Mission grants plus Michael Kratsios’s Capitol Hill pitch map a new AI-heavy science agenda.
Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, and Palantir sign a letter warning US policy could slow safety, innovation, and sovereignty.
The Reuters editor-in-chief says generative AI needs journalism compensation, or both news and democracy break.
The desktop rollout gives teams a new way to run workflows and steer agents, not just talk to a chatbot.
Modern EV packs are not just holding up. They are performing better than early estimates, with real policy and capital implications.
A bolt hits China’s rocket right after launch, but CASC says the payload reaches geostationary orbit anyway.
A new organ-cooling device could stretch preservation windows, changing how quickly transplants must happen.
OpenAI’s president says powerful models outpace measurement, while he argues defenders need access, not bans.
The verification is designed for real people, not bots, and it changes the arms race for trust online.