University Park PA (SPX) Jan 26, 2025
Across cosmic history, powerful forces have acted on matter, reshaping the universe into an increasingly complex web of structures. Now, new research led by Joshua Kim and Mathew Madhavacheril at the University of Pennsylvania and their collaborators at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory suggests our universe has become "messier and more complicated" over the roughly 13.8 billion years it's b

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2025
Blue Origin is preparing for the 29th flight of its New Shepard rocket, set to launch on January 28 at 10:00 AM CST / 1600 UTC from Launch Site One in West Texas. The mission, known as NS-29, will simulate the Moon's gravity for the first time and carry 30 payloads, nearly all of which are focused on testing technologies crucial for lunar exploration. The webcast will begin 15 minutes before lif

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 26, 2025
The Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in China has begun the second phase of its development, which will feature two new launch pads specifically designed for liquid propellant rockets. The expansion is part of an effort to enhance the site's launch capabilities and meet the growing demand for commercial space missions in the country. The second phase will span over 133 hectares alo

Paris, France (SPX) Jan 26, 2025
The European Space Agency's Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) Test Facilities at the ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands have been pivotal in supporting Lithuanian company Blackswan Space in testing their autonomous satellite navigation technology. The collaboration focused on the use of the GRALS (Guidance, Navigation, and Control Rendezvous, Approach, and Landing Simulator), which i

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured Cyclone Dikeledi south of Madagascar on 16 January, just a few days after it made landfall on Africa’s southeastern coast causing widespread destruction in several countries and islands.

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ESA’s Civil Security from Space programme aims to save lives and livelihoods by reinforcing terrestrial systems that can become compromised by natural disasters or malicious actions.

It aims to deliver a faster response than is presently possible by ensuring that real-time data is available anywhere through state-of-the-art space-enabled systems, making use of secure networks and reliable cloud computing to ensure the information is resilient and reliable. The programme also aims to enable governments and emergency services to act on an unfolding situation by using smart data gathering and intelligent processing to create a holistic awareness of the situation.

Paris, France (SPX) Jan 23, 2025
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) has awarded a key contract to Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), to contribute to NASA's Surface Biology and Geology - Thermal Infrared (SBG-TIR) Earth Observation mission. This agreement follows a 2023 collaboration pact between ASI and NASA for the SBG-TIR mission. The partnership underscores a long-standing commit

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 22, 2025
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite is poised to launch in the coming months, bringing an innovative capability to track Earth's surface changes with remarkable precision. Using synthetic aperture radar (SAR), the satellite will deliver high-resolution data, monitoring everything from tectonic shifts to ecosystem changes. NISAR will survey nearly all of Earth's solid l

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 21, 2025
The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has revealed the official logos for three prominent missions scheduled for 2025: the crewed spaceflights Shenzhou XX and Shenzhou XXI, and the cargo spacecraft Tianzhou 9. The announcement was made on Monday as part of efforts to highlight China's expanding presence in space exploration. Each of these newly unveiled logos is designed to represent the br

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 23, 2025
In fall 2024, NASA developed and tested a 3D-printed antenna to demonstrate a low-cost capability to communicate science data to Earth. The antenna, tested in flight using an atmospheric weather balloon, could open the door for using 3D printing as a cost-effective development solution for the ever-increasing number of science and exploration missions. h3>Printing /h3> For this technolog