TransAstra won NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts funding in 2021 for Sutter Ultra, a space-based telescope designed to rapidly detect asteroids and characterize their mineral resources.

Space logistics startup TransAstronautica announced a partnership Aug. 9 with online astronomy platform Slooh to offer U.S. schools access to a global telescope network of ground-based and space-based telescopes.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...