{"count":36898,"next":"https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?format=json&limit=10&offset=4620&ordering=-published_at","previous":"https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?format=json&limit=10&offset=4600&ordering=-published_at","results":[{"id":35963,"title":"Space Force stands up SPACEFOR-NORTH for homeland mission","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacewar.com/reports/Space_Force_stands_up_SPACEFOR_NORTH_for_homeland_mission_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/united-states-space-force-recruitment-video-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2026\n\n\nThe U.S. Space Force has activated U.S. Space Forces Northern as its newest component field command, positioning space capabilities more directly in support of the homeland defense mission at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, on Jan 30, 2026. \n\nThe command, known as SPACEFOR-NORTH, serves as the U.S. Space Force service component to U.S. Northern Command, becoming the seventh Space Force","published_at":"2026-02-04T15:53:40Z","updated_at":"2026-02-04T14:50:15.022317Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":35965,"title":"DARPA taps Raytheon for new maritime defense system","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacewar.com/reports/DARPA_taps_Raytheon_for_new_maritime_defense_system_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/rtx-advanced-maritime-defense-technologies-uav-drone-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2026\n\n\nRaytheon, an RTX business, has been selected by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop an advanced sensing and targeting system to protect commercial shipping and naval logistics vessels from emerging maritime threats such as unmanned surface vehicles. \n\nUnder the Pulling Guard program, Raytheon s Advanced Technology team will design, build and demonstrate a system that","published_at":"2026-02-04T15:53:40Z","updated_at":"2026-02-04T14:50:15.064593Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":35968,"title":"Rock microbes reveal hidden groundwater carbon engine","authors":[{"name":"SpaceDaily","socials":null}],"url":"https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Rock_microbes_reveal_hidden_groundwater_carbon_engine_999.html","image_url":"https://www.spxdaily.com/images-bg/fsu-jena-microbial-worlds-alisha-sharma-groundwater-well-bg.jpg","news_site":"SpaceDaily","summary":"Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026\n\n\nDeep underground, microbial communities living on rock surfaces are emerging as powerful but largely overlooked drivers of groundwater chemistry and carbon storage. 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The study, published in Nature Geoscience, links changes in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to variations in marine algae growth over several glacial cycles, but in a wa","published_at":"2026-02-04T15:53:40Z","updated_at":"2026-02-04T14:50:15.147042Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":35971,"title":"FireSat adds orbit-visualization software to help firefighters plan around satellite passes","authors":[{"name":"Sandra Erwin","socials":null}],"url":"https://spacenews.com/firesat-adds-orbit-visualization-software-to-help-firefighters-plan-around-satellite-passes/","image_url":"https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Logo-Art-for-FireSat-Press-Release_5_3_24_no_logos-01-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C410&ssl=1","news_site":"SpaceNews","summary":"\nExoAnalytic tool aims to show when fire-monitoring satellites can actually see the ground\nThe post FireSat adds orbit-visualization software to help firefighters plan around satellite passes appeared first on SpaceNews.","published_at":"2026-02-04T15:50:47Z","updated_at":"2026-02-04T16:01:41.601082Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":35970,"title":"Space telescopes at light speed","authors":[{"name":"Jeff Foust","socials":{"x":"https://x.com/jeff_foust","youtube":"","instagram":"","linkedin":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jefffoust","mastodon":"https://mastodon.social/@jfoust","bluesky":"https://bsky.app/profile/jfoust.bsky.social"}}],"url":"https://spacenews.com/space-telescopes-at-light-speed/","image_url":"https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/complete-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","news_site":"SpaceNews","summary":"Light is the fastest phenomenon in the universe, clocking in at just under 300,000 kilometers per second. The telescopes that observe that light, from radio waves to gamma rays, are built at rather slower speeds. Take, as one example, the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA began feasibility studies for the mission in the mid-1990s and […]\r\nThe post Space telescopes at light speed appeared first on SpaceNews.","published_at":"2026-02-04T15:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-02-04T15:34:21.351835Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":35959,"title":"NASA finally acknowledges the elephant in the room with the SLS rocket","authors":[{"name":"Eric Berger","socials":null}],"url":"https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/02/nasa-finally-acknowledges-the-elephant-in-the-room-with-the-sls-rocket/","image_url":"https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Artemis-II-at-the-pad-Full-Snow-Moon-02012026_8large.jpg","news_site":"Arstechnica","summary":"\"You know, you're right, the flight rate—three years is a long time.\"","published_at":"2026-02-04T14:41:30Z","updated_at":"2026-02-04T14:56:04.665989Z","featured":false,"launches":[{"launch_id":"41699701-2ef4-4b0c-ac9d-6757820cde87","provider":"Launch Library 2"}],"events":[]},{"id":35958,"title":"Isar Aerospace to Expand Testing Facilities as it Prepares for Next Spectrum Flight","authors":[{"name":"European Spaceflight","socials":null}],"url":"https://europeanspaceflight.com/isar-aerospace-to-expand-testing-facilities-as-it-prepares-for-next-spectrum-flight/","image_url":"https://europeanspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Isar-Aerospace-to-Expand-Testing-Facilities-as-it-Prepares-for-Next-Spectrum-Flight.webp","news_site":"European Spaceflight","summary":"German rocket builder Isar Aerospace has announced plans to expand its testing facilities at the Esrange Space Center in Sweden. The announcement comes as the company prepares for the second flight of its Spectrum rocket, currently expected no earlier than 19 March. Isar Aerospace was founded in 2018 and is developing a 28-metre-tall rocket designed […]\r\nThe post Isar Aerospace to Expand Testing Facilities as it Prepares for Next Spectrum Flight appeared first on European Spaceflight.","published_at":"2026-02-04T14:18:14Z","updated_at":"2026-02-04T14:59:39.600659Z","featured":false,"launches":[{"launch_id":"1b23eb18-e06e-4058-9b42-e95ca0980511","provider":"Launch Library 2"}],"events":[]},{"id":35956,"title":"Tracking Glacial Change with Landsat and Radar","authors":[{"name":"NASA","socials":null}],"url":"https://science.nasa.gov/missions/landsat/nasa-scientist-explains-how-glaciers-flow-with-the-seasons/","image_url":"https://assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/science/esd/eo/images/iotd/2025/satellites-detect-seasonal-pulses-in-earth%E2%80%99s-glaciers/baltoroseasonal_hls_2024_hires.gif","news_site":"NASA","summary":"NASA Scientist Alex Gardner highlights how Landsat made his research into the dynamics of glacial flow possible.","published_at":"2026-02-04T14:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-02-04T14:10:10.294678Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]},{"id":35957,"title":"Silicon as strategy: the hidden battleground of the new space race","authors":[{"name":"Elad Baram","socials":null}],"url":"https://spacenews.com/silicon-as-strategy-the-hidden-battleground-of-the-new-space-race/","image_url":"https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/200mm_Si_Wafer.png?fit=1024%2C902&ssl=1","news_site":"SpaceNews","summary":"\nIn the consumer electronics playbook, custom silicon is the final step in the marathon: you use off-the-shelf components to prove a product, achieve mass scale and only then invest in proprietary chips to create differentiation, improve operations, and optimize margins. In the modern satellite communications (SATCOM) ecosystem, this script has been flipped. For the industry’s […]\nThe post Silicon as strategy: the hidden battleground of the new space race appeared first on SpaceNews.","published_at":"2026-02-04T14:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-02-04T14:10:26.883412Z","featured":false,"launches":[],"events":[]}]}