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Singapore Airshow to mark 10th edition with first-ever space summit

A key topic to be discussed, the space economy, is projected to hit US$1.8 trillion in value by 2035

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Along with a constant supply of solar energy, data centres are easier to cool in space, advocates note.

Eyes turn to space to feed power-hungry data centres

TECH firms are floating the idea of building data centres in space and tapping into the sun’s energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race.

Carbon-neutral facilities in low-earth orbit could be a solution to the land, water and energy demands of data centres.

Data centres to boldly go where no man has gone before: NTU researchers show the way

The NTU researchers’ study follows a 10- to 20-year forecast from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for data centres in space

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off carrying Nasa's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission.

Nasa launches mission to study space weather

It can monitor solar storms, which can interfere with technology and power systems on Earth

Palantir is best known for its work with the US Department of Defense and allied countries.

Boeing taps Palantir to bring AI to defence, space factories

Artificial intelligence has emerged as a key focus for defence companies amid rising geopolitical tensions

At the roundtable on Aug 28 related to the space summit are (from left): Jonathan Hung, executive director of the Office for Space Technology and Industry; Leck Chet Lam, managing director of Experia Events; Sia Kheng Yok, chief executive of the Association of Aerospace Industries (Singapore).

Singapore can support global space industry as a geospatial data hub, says government space office

Rather than competing with other national programmes in the sector, the Republic can complement them with data analytics

Lovell travelled to the Moon twice but never walked on the lunar surface.

US astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13, dead at 97

[WASHINGTON] US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the age of 97, the National Aeronauti...

Blue Origin has now launched 14 tourist missions on its New Shepard to date, the company says.

Crypto mogul flies to space aboard latest Blue Origin flight

Other celebrities have taken on the suborbital mission, including pop star Katy Perry and Bezos’ now-wife Lauren Sanchez

Nasa has offered employees two separate opportunities in 2025 to leave through the government’s Deferred Resignation Programme.

Nasa says thousands of employees set to resign from space agency

The prospect of a mass exodus of employees from the agency has raised alarm bells within the industry and at the agency