Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2024
NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology aboard the Psyche spacecraft has successfully transmitted engineering data from beyond 140 million miles away, showcasing its capacity for future space communication. The technology, although not essential for Psyche's data transmission needs, interfaced effectively with the spacecraft's existing radio frequency transmitter. The tr

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 24, 2024
Researchers at Tohoku University and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have made significant progress in understanding and manipulating the quantum metric-a geometric description of electronic states in magnetic materials under normal conditions. The team has detected the quantum metric as an electric signal, separate from standard electrical conduction, showcasing a novel aspect of quantum p

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2024
Maritime Launch Services Inc. (Cboe: MAXQ, OTCB: MAXQF) and The Spaceport Company have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to lease a containerized tracking and telemetry station (TTS) for the inaugural orbital launch from Canada, with options to purchase additional units for future launches. "This agreement allows us to provide Maritime Launch customers alternatives for on-site and downrange

London, UK (SPX) Apr 26, 2024
SaxaVord Spaceport has been granted a range control licence by the UK Civil Aviation Authority to enable the company to provide a number of safety critical services before and during launch. The regulator's latest licence for SaxaVord means it can issue warning notices to keep people out of hazardous areas, perform surveillance of those areas, and monitor the progress of rockets in flight.

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 26, 2024
Orienspace, renowned for producing the world's mightiest solid-propellant carrier rocket, is now embarking on the development of a new liquid-fuel rocket, as revealed by the chief designer of the upcoming model. The chief designer, Huang Shuai, outlined the details of the Gravity 2 model on Wednesday in Wuhan, Hubei province, stating that the new reusable rocket would come in two versions:

Space Coast FL (SPX) Apr 26, 2024
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, both retired U.S. Navy captains, arrived at Kennedy Space Center's Launch and Landing Facility in Florida on April 25. They traveled from Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston aboard a T-38 jet, echoing their naval aviation days. This arrival marks their participation in NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test, where they will b

Jiuquan, China (AFP) April 25, 2024
A spaceship carrying three astronauts from China's Shenzhou-18 mission safely docked at Tiangong space station Friday, state-run media reported, the latest step in Beijing's space programme that aims to send astronauts to the Moon by 2030. The crew took off in a capsule atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China's northwest at 8:59 pm local time !1259 GMT)

Image: Transporting second booster for first Ariane 6