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A 12-Kilo Welder Wants to Make Spacecraft Repairable

Sep 12, 2026

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6 min read

A 12-Kilo Welder Wants to Make Spacecraft Repairable

ArcSpace plans to test a compact electron-beam welder in orbit in 2027. The harder and more valuable challenge is turning a bead of metal into a joint customers can inspect, certify and trust.

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The Standard Port That Could End the Era of Disposable Satellites

Aug 21, 2026

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5 min read

The Standard Port That Could End the Era of Disposable Satellites

A satellite that runs dry today becomes a $200-million piece of junk. A cluster of companies is now building the thing that changes that: a standard port to refuel, repair, and upgrade satellites in orbit. 2026 is the year the demos become a business. Here is what is forming, and what is still unproven.

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NASA's telescope is falling. A robot just launched to catch it.

Jun 30, 2026

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4 min read

NASA's telescope is falling. A robot just launched to catch it.

A fridge-sized robot with three arms is chasing NASA's 22-year-old Swift telescope — a satellite built with no handle to grab — in the first commercial rescue of a government spacecraft. If it works, "satellites are repairable, not disposable" stops being a slogan.

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A Robot Tow-Truck Launches Today to Save a Falling NASA Telescope

Jun 30, 2026

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8 min read

A Robot Tow-Truck Launches Today to Save a Falling NASA Telescope

Plus: NVIDIA hands AI agents a real science lab, robots learn from video games, a world-first cell therapy cracks a solid tumour, a walk-away-safe reactor finds a grid partner, and an AI designs quantum codes humans couldn't.