The Unknown Startups Fueling Aerospace With Fancy Tech
WIRED One aerospace accelerator doesn’t necessarily think of Silicon Valley as its incubator for genius, and it’s willing to take…
SpaceX Wants to Launch Thousands of Satellites. What on Earth For?
WIRED SpaceX plans to launch nearly 12,000 satellites to create fast internet access around the globe. But is that all…
For Modern Astronomers, It’s Learn to Code or Get Left Behind
Fledgling astronomers still don’t take meaningful courses in modern coding, data science, or their best practices. The post For Modern…
This New Goldilocks Rocket Is Juuust Right for Small Satellites
Rocket Lab’s Electron is set to become the first launcher made for, and for sale to, small satellite startups. The…
The Best Way To Transmit Satellite Data? In Trucks. Really
When you have nearly unfathomable depths of information, the quickest way to move it is still the actual highway, not…
How to Bring Satellite Data Back Down to Earth
Companies are deploying tons of tiny satellites to collect terabytes of data. But they have to bring all that data…
A Rare Journey Into the Cheyenne Mountain Complex, a Super-Bunker That Can Survive Anything
With escalating fears about North Korean nuclear capabilities, Cheyenne Mountain’s ability to predict and survive a nuclear attack resonates more…
An Aerospace Coder Drags a Stodgy Industry Toward Open Source
How one software engineer at a traditional space company convinced the bigwigs to share his command and control program. The…
Russia’s Quest to Build a Space Empire—or Go Broke Trying
Roscosmos is helping upstart space programs achieve lift off, partly because they want to turn them into customers. The post…
Why You Should Put Your Supercomputer in Wyoming
A new supercomputer for the National Center for Atmospheric Research gets to work studying climate and solar flares—and prepares for…