AI systems proposed to boost launch cadence reliability and traffic management
Friday, 26 December 2025 04:45
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 26, 2025
The global space sector is entering a phase of large-scale satellite constellations and expanded human lunar activity, driving a sharp increase in demand for access to orbit. Within the next two decades, the total mass launched to space is expected to reach several hundred thousand tons, with annual launch counts projected in the tens of thousands and continuing to grow. Launch providers therefo
The global space sector is entering a phase of large-scale satellite constellations and expanded human lunar activity, driving a sharp increase in demand for access to orbit. Within the next two decades, the total mass launched to space is expected to reach several hundred thousand tons, with annual launch counts projected in the tens of thousands and continuing to grow. Launch providers therefo China debuts Long March 12A reusable rocket in Jiuquan test flight
Friday, 26 December 2025 04:45
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 26, 2025
China conducted the debut flight of the Long March 12A carrier rocket on Tuesday, with the launch mission succeeding while the recovery attempt ended in failure.
A 70.4-meter-high Long March 12A, the tallest space vehicle China has ever built, blasted off at 10 am from a newly constructed service tower at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
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China conducted the debut flight of the Long March 12A carrier rocket on Tuesday, with the launch mission succeeding while the recovery attempt ended in failure.
A 70.4-meter-high Long March 12A, the tallest space vehicle China has ever built, blasted off at 10 am from a newly constructed service tower at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
Af Curiosity Blog, Sols 4750-4762: See You on the Other Side of the Sun
Friday, 26 December 2025 04:45
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 26, 2025
As we all prepare for the holiday season here on Earth, we have been planning a few last activities before Curiosity and the team of scientists and engineers take a well-deserved, extended break. This holiday season coincides with conjunction - every two years, because of their different orbits, Earth and Mars are obstructed from one another by the Sun; this one will last from Dec. 27 to Jan. 20
As we all prepare for the holiday season here on Earth, we have been planning a few last activities before Curiosity and the team of scientists and engineers take a well-deserved, extended break. This holiday season coincides with conjunction - every two years, because of their different orbits, Earth and Mars are obstructed from one another by the Sun; this one will last from Dec. 27 to Jan. 20 Lunar dust model maps how charged grains stick to spacecraft
Friday, 26 December 2025 04:45
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 26, 2025
Researchers from Beijing Institute of Technology, China Academy of Space Technology, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a theoretical model that links electrostatic forces and contact mechanics to describe how low-velocity charged lunar dust particles either adhere to or escape from spacecraft surfaces within a surrounding plasma sheath. The work aims to clarify mechanisms that d
Researchers from Beijing Institute of Technology, China Academy of Space Technology, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a theoretical model that links electrostatic forces and contact mechanics to describe how low-velocity charged lunar dust particles either adhere to or escape from spacecraft surfaces within a surrounding plasma sheath. The work aims to clarify mechanisms that d NASA team presses MAVEN recovery before Mars solar conjunction
Friday, 26 December 2025 04:45
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2025
NASA engineers continue attempts to regain contact with the MAVEN Mars orbiter, which last communicated with Earth on Dec. 6. Working with the Deep Space Network, the team is uplinking recovery commands and listening for any signal that would confirm the spacecraft has resumed communications.
Specialists are processing fragments of tracking data captured on Dec. 6 during a radio science ca
NASA engineers continue attempts to regain contact with the MAVEN Mars orbiter, which last communicated with Earth on Dec. 6. Working with the Deep Space Network, the team is uplinking recovery commands and listening for any signal that would confirm the spacecraft has resumed communications.
Specialists are processing fragments of tracking data captured on Dec. 6 during a radio science ca Wind-Sculpted Landscapes: Investigating the Martian Megaripple 'Hazyview'
Friday, 26 December 2025 04:45
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2025
While much of Perseverance's work focuses on ancient rocks that record Mars' long-lost rivers and lakes, megaripples offer a rare opportunity to examine processes that are still shaping the surface today. Megaripples are sand ripples up to 2 meters (about 6.5 feet) tall that are mainly built and modified by wind. However, when water in the atmosphere interacts with dust on the ripple surface, a
While much of Perseverance's work focuses on ancient rocks that record Mars' long-lost rivers and lakes, megaripples offer a rare opportunity to examine processes that are still shaping the surface today. Megaripples are sand ripples up to 2 meters (about 6.5 feet) tall that are mainly built and modified by wind. However, when water in the atmosphere interacts with dust on the ripple surface, a AST BlueBird 6 enters orbit as record low Earth orbit cellular array
Friday, 26 December 2025 04:45
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2025
AST SpaceMobile Inc. has confirmed the successful orbital launch of its BlueBird 6 satellite, described as the largest commercial communications array deployed in low Earth orbit and designed to support space-based cellular broadband services for commercial and government users.
The mission lifted off at 10:25 p.m. EST on December 23 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Indi
AST SpaceMobile Inc. has confirmed the successful orbital launch of its BlueBird 6 satellite, described as the largest commercial communications array deployed in low Earth orbit and designed to support space-based cellular broadband services for commercial and government users.
The mission lifted off at 10:25 p.m. EST on December 23 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Indi Axelspace sets multi launch framework with Exolaunch for AxelLiner mission growth
Friday, 26 December 2025 04:45
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 26, 2025
Axelspace Corporation has signed a multi-launch agreement with Exolaunch to support a series of missions using Axelspace microsatellites. The framework covers multiple launches and is intended to secure launch access and mission management for Axelspace programs, including new spacecraft assigned to in-orbit demonstration services.
Under the agreement, one satellite is scheduled to launch
Axelspace Corporation has signed a multi-launch agreement with Exolaunch to support a series of missions using Axelspace microsatellites. The framework covers multiple launches and is intended to secure launch access and mission management for Axelspace programs, including new spacecraft assigned to in-orbit demonstration services.
Under the agreement, one satellite is scheduled to launch When 5G networks bolster satellite navigation
Friday, 26 December 2025 04:45
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 26, 2025
Finding accurate positions in dense urban areas remains difficult for satellite-based navigation systems, where high-rise buildings and signal blockages can cause large errors or complete loss of service. A recent study outlines a deeply integrated positioning method that combines commercial 5G New Radio (NR) signals with Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to address these issues. By rei
Finding accurate positions in dense urban areas remains difficult for satellite-based navigation systems, where high-rise buildings and signal blockages can cause large errors or complete loss of service. A recent study outlines a deeply integrated positioning method that combines commercial 5G New Radio (NR) signals with Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to address these issues. By rei Space ground fluid AI framework targets satellite powered 6G edge intelligence
Friday, 26 December 2025 04:45
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 26, 2025
The race toward sixth generation 6G mobile networks is intensifying, with commercial deployment expected around 2030. The International Telecommunication Union ITU expects 6G systems to support scenarios such as integrated artificial intelligence and communication and ubiquitous connectivity. In this context, a recent article in the journal Engineering titled Space-Ground Fluid AI for 6G Edge In
The race toward sixth generation 6G mobile networks is intensifying, with commercial deployment expected around 2030. The International Telecommunication Union ITU expects 6G systems to support scenarios such as integrated artificial intelligence and communication and ubiquitous connectivity. In this context, a recent article in the journal Engineering titled Space-Ground Fluid AI for 6G Edge In Starlight falls short in giant star wind power
Friday, 26 December 2025 04:45
Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Dec 24, 2025
Astronomers report that starlight acting on stardust around the red giant star R Doradus cannot by itself power the strong stellar winds that spread key elements for life across the galaxy.
For decades, models of red giant winds have assumed that radiation pressure on newly formed dust grains is the main driver of mass loss in these evolved stars, which enrich interstellar space with carbo
Astronomers report that starlight acting on stardust around the red giant star R Doradus cannot by itself power the strong stellar winds that spread key elements for life across the galaxy.
For decades, models of red giant winds have assumed that radiation pressure on newly formed dust grains is the main driver of mass loss in these evolved stars, which enrich interstellar space with carbo SPHEREx completes first full sky infrared map of the cosmos
Friday, 26 December 2025 04:45
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 19, 2025
Launched in March 2025, NASA's SPHEREx space telescope has completed its first infrared map of the entire sky, capturing data in 102 distinct wavelengths that are invisible to human eyes but common throughout the cosmos.
SPHEREx, which stands for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer, surveys the sky from Earth orbit about 14.5 times p
Launched in March 2025, NASA's SPHEREx space telescope has completed its first infrared map of the entire sky, capturing data in 102 distinct wavelengths that are invisible to human eyes but common throughout the cosmos.
SPHEREx, which stands for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer, surveys the sky from Earth orbit about 14.5 times p CoDICE instrument returns first-light particle data for IMAP mission
Friday, 26 December 2025 04:45
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025
December 16, 2025 - Southwest Research Institute's Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument aboard NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft has begun returning first-light particle measurements. IMAP launched in September to help researchers better understand the boundary of the heliosphere, the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects our solar
December 16, 2025 - Southwest Research Institute's Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument aboard NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft has begun returning first-light particle measurements. IMAP launched in September to help researchers better understand the boundary of the heliosphere, the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects our solar Webb maps carbon rich atmosphere on distorted pulsar planet
Friday, 26 December 2025 04:45
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2025
Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have identified an exoplanet with an atmosphere unlike any seen before, orbiting a rapidly spinning neutron star known as a pulsar. The object, officially designated PSR J2322-2650b, has a mass comparable to Jupiter but is stretched into a lemon-like shape by the strong gravitational pull of its compact host star. Its atmosphere appears dominate
Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have identified an exoplanet with an atmosphere unlike any seen before, orbiting a rapidly spinning neutron star known as a pulsar. The object, officially designated PSR J2322-2650b, has a mass comparable to Jupiter but is stretched into a lemon-like shape by the strong gravitational pull of its compact host star. Its atmosphere appears dominate Hubble pinpoints asteroid smash ups in nearby Fomalhaut system
Friday, 26 December 2025 04:45
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 19, 2025
In a historical milestone, catastrophic collisions in a nearby planetary system were witnessed for the first time by astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. As they observed the bright star Fomalhaut, the scientists saw the impact of massive objects around the star. The Fomalhaut system appears to be in a dynamical upheaval, similar to what our solar system experienced in its firs
In a historical milestone, catastrophic collisions in a nearby planetary system were witnessed for the first time by astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. As they observed the bright star Fomalhaut, the scientists saw the impact of massive objects around the star. The Fomalhaut system appears to be in a dynamical upheaval, similar to what our solar system experienced in its firs