Issue № 255: Next up to the Moon is Nova-C. ESA commits to EnVision. To sea or not to sea. Plus space news and links! 🌑🚀🌟orbitalindex.com/archive/2024-0…

1 more week before we dig into EA apps Arcadia Science. Know someone unapologetically TypeA who wants front row seats to building a new science org/biotech start-up? I hope they quickly grow into a Chief of Staff. I value drive/generalist competence >>> experience/polish.

Homeworld Collective is thrilled to announce the results of our inaugural Garden Grants Program. TLDR; $1.3M to 16 awesome teams to take their best shots at “big, if true” ideas for climate biotech. homeworld.bio/blog/announcin… 🧵

Issue № 262: Goodbye, Delta. Weird papers, plus space news & links! ✌️🚀✨ orbitalindex.com/archive/2024-0…

Issue № 266: NASA goes sailing again but is abandoning current Mars Sample Return plans. Waiting on you, Artemis II. Plus space news and links! orbitalindex.com/archive/2024-0… 🛰️🚀🎶

Issue № 268: SpaceX does EVA. NASA awards feasibility studies for commercial Mars services. Plus papers, news & links! 👩‍🚀🚀🛰️orbitalindex.com/archive/2024-0…

Extreme G5 geomagnetic storm (Kp9)$1$sThreshold Reached: 22:54 UTC Follow live on spaceweather.live/l/kp

A large enough solar storm *will* take down the biggest high-voltage transformers, the backbone of the grid; replacing them turns out to be incredibly difficult, likely to take months if done under the best of circumstantces (there is *no* reserve, unaccountably - it's a few

We’re excited to share that we raised a $27M Series A led by eni Next and @Fontinalis_FP, with participation from Stanford University, Good Growth Capital, BlueScope Australia, Toba Capital, Climate Capital, James Fickel 🪷, Sid Sijbrandij, and Fred Ehrsam. We’re building next-gen perovskite tandem solar

Issue № 274: Cohesion on the Moon. KASA officially hangs out its shingle. Plus short papers, news & links! 🌚🚀💫 orbitalindex.com/archive/2024-0…

AI is about to change everything & Astera is on a mission to rebuild the machinery of science for a radically different future. We’re hiring a visionary team to help leverage our $2.5B endowment to make science better, faster, cheaper & more widely shared. The future is open 🧵

Issue № 275: Upcoming planetary defense missions. Papers about space rocks. ILRS slowly gains partners on its long march to the Moon. Plus news & links, of course! ☄️ orbitalindex.com/archive/2024-0…

Applications for the second cohort of the Brains Research Accelerator are now open! 1/

Less renders, more hardware. Yesterday, we revealed the final design of Haven-1. Today, we’re sharing our latest progress update as we build the team, facilities, and hardware for the launch of the world’s first commercial space station in the second half of next year. Every step

BREAKING: Tsunami warning issued for parts of California and Oregon after 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Northern California.

Here is Orbital Index’s special New Years edition, all about the most significant space industry highlights of 2024 and our predictions for 2025! orbitalindex.com/archive/2025-0…