The New Space Race Is Being Run by AI: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Satellites and Rocket Launches in 2026
By Daniel Reitberg For decades, space missions were built around one basic assumption: the smartest decisions would be made on Earth. A satellite would collect data, send it back to a ground station, and wait for instructions. A spacecraft would follow carefully pre-programmed commands. A rover on Mars would pause while human teams studied images, …