Illustration: the night side of North America seen from orbit, city lights under a thin blue atmosphere.

Mars is the finish line.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off at night from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral on November 2, 2025, carrying the Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission with Starcloud-1 aboard. U.S. Space Force photograph.

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Meet Starcloud, the Company Trying to Put Data Centers in Orbit

One satellite the size of a small fridge, one Nvidia chip, and a plan for tens of thousands more. What Starcloud has done, what it says it will do, and the hard problems in the way.

The Earth setting behind the Moon's far side, photographed by the Artemis II crew from Orion on April 6, 2026.

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Artemis II crew, Apr 6, 2026 · NASA

Artemis II (crewed lunar flyby)Apr 2026

Artemis III (Orion + lander docking test)Mid 2027

Artemis IV (crew on the Moon)2028

Sustained lunar presence2029+

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