orbiting

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The company also plans to send orbiting data centers powered by the sun that would perform AI calculations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Solar winds can now also pose a danger to satellites orbiting the Earth, as well as astronauts sheltering inside space stations.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

These tests are intended to prepare the mission team for searching for possible moonlets orbiting the asteroid Psyche later in the mission.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

Ariel Ekblaw, CEO of the Aurelia Institute, spoke about how self-assembling structures could make orbiting research habitats a reality, unlocking scientific and medical breakthroughs that only the weightless environment of space can deliver.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The task of building a worldwide network of tracking stations that would maintain two-way communication between the orbiting spacecraft and Mission Control fell to Langley.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly