Space station reaches new record with all docking ports in use
Wednesday, 03 December 2025 08:18
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
For the first time in the history of the International Space Station, all eight of its docking ports are occupied following the reinstallation of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft on the Earth-facing port of the Unity module. The visiting vehicles now attached are two SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, the Cygnus XL cargo ship, JAXA's HTV-X1 cargo vehicle, two Roscosmos Soyuz crew spacecraft,
For the first time in the history of the International Space Station, all eight of its docking ports are occupied following the reinstallation of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft on the Earth-facing port of the Unity module. The visiting vehicles now attached are two SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, the Cygnus XL cargo ship, JAXA's HTV-X1 cargo vehicle, two Roscosmos Soyuz crew spacecraft, Mars Rover Uncovers Evidence of Ancient Wet Climate in Jezero Crater
Wednesday, 03 December 2025 08:18
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
NASA's Perseverance rover identified light-colored rocks in Jezero crater that consist of white, aluminum-rich kaolinite clay. These rocks formed after prolonged exposure to water leached other minerals from parent rocks and sediments. The process required millions of years of rainfall in a humid environment.
Perseverance's SuperCam and Mastcam-Z instruments analyzed the kaolinite fragment
NASA's Perseverance rover identified light-colored rocks in Jezero crater that consist of white, aluminum-rich kaolinite clay. These rocks formed after prolonged exposure to water leached other minerals from parent rocks and sediments. The process required millions of years of rainfall in a humid environment.
Perseverance's SuperCam and Mastcam-Z instruments analyzed the kaolinite fragment Scientists trace ancient mega watersheds on Mars
Wednesday, 03 December 2025 08:18
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Billions of years ago, rainfall on Mars fed rivers that cut valleys, overtopped crater rims and carved canyons, with some flows likely reaching a northern ocean basin on the planet.
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have now organized these fluvial features into large drainage systems, producing the first global inventory of major Martian river basins and identifying 16 larg
Billions of years ago, rainfall on Mars fed rivers that cut valleys, overtopped crater rims and carved canyons, with some flows likely reaching a northern ocean basin on the planet.
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have now organized these fluvial features into large drainage systems, producing the first global inventory of major Martian river basins and identifying 16 larg Helium escape mapped from superpuff exoplanet WASP 107b by JWST
Wednesday, 03 December 2025 08:18
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
An international team including astronomers from the University of Geneva and the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS has used the James Webb Space Telescope to study helium escaping from the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-107b. The analysis, published in Nature Astronomy, links this large-scale atmospheric escape to the evolution and present-day properties of the planet.
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An international team including astronomers from the University of Geneva and the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS has used the James Webb Space Telescope to study helium escaping from the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-107b. The analysis, published in Nature Astronomy, links this large-scale atmospheric escape to the evolution and present-day properties of the planet.
A SwRI opens NOUR lab to track chemical pathways from nebulae to planetary systems
Wednesday, 03 December 2025 08:18
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has established the Nebular Origins of the Universe Research (NOUR) Laboratory to investigate how the chemistry of interstellar material leads to the formation of planetary systems. The lab, located within SwRI's Space Science Division and led by Senior Research Scientist Dr. Danna Qasim, is designed to connect pre-planetary chemical evolution with the later s
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has established the Nebular Origins of the Universe Research (NOUR) Laboratory to investigate how the chemistry of interstellar material leads to the formation of planetary systems. The lab, located within SwRI's Space Science Division and led by Senior Research Scientist Dr. Danna Qasim, is designed to connect pre-planetary chemical evolution with the later s Mars clocks run ahead of Earth by microseconds each day
Wednesday, 03 December 2025 08:18
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have produced the first detailed calculation of how fast time passes on Mars compared with Earth, providing a parameter that future human and robotic missions will need for navigation and communications. They determine that clocks on the Martian surface run on average 477 microseconds faster per Earth day than clocks on Earth, with
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have produced the first detailed calculation of how fast time passes on Mars compared with Earth, providing a parameter that future human and robotic missions will need for navigation and communications. They determine that clocks on the Martian surface run on average 477 microseconds faster per Earth day than clocks on Earth, with Auroral radio signal offers new insight into intense magnetic storms
Wednesday, 03 December 2025 08:18
Southampton, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
A University of Southampton team has identified a distinct low frequency radio signature that appears when small-scale auroral structures known as auroral beads emerge, providing a new clue to how intense auroral substorms are triggered.
Magnetospheric substorms are bursts of activity in Earth's aurora that can rapidly transform faint arcs into bright, dynamic displays stretching across th
A University of Southampton team has identified a distinct low frequency radio signature that appears when small-scale auroral structures known as auroral beads emerge, providing a new clue to how intense auroral substorms are triggered.
Magnetospheric substorms are bursts of activity in Earth's aurora that can rapidly transform faint arcs into bright, dynamic displays stretching across th Hot dust near a nearby star system
Wednesday, 03 December 2025 08:18
Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Seventy light-years from Earth, astronomers studying the star Kappa Tucanae A have identified dust heated to more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit orbiting very close to the star, where such material should either vaporize or be blown out of the system. The team has now detected a companion star moving through this same inner region, offering a new way to investigate how this hot exozodiacal dust f
Seventy light-years from Earth, astronomers studying the star Kappa Tucanae A have identified dust heated to more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit orbiting very close to the star, where such material should either vaporize or be blown out of the system. The team has now detected a companion star moving through this same inner region, offering a new way to investigate how this hot exozodiacal dust f AI eXpress 1 Plus completes first generation in orbit AI satellite trio
Wednesday, 03 December 2025 08:18
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Planetek Italia has placed the AI eXpress 1 Plus (AIX-1+) satellite in orbit, completing the first generation of its AI eXpress constellation for in-orbit artificial intelligence processing of Earth observation data.
AIX-1+ launched on November 28, 2025, at 10:44 a.m. PT (7:44 p.m. GMT+1) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission (Transporter 15) from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg
Planetek Italia has placed the AI eXpress 1 Plus (AIX-1+) satellite in orbit, completing the first generation of its AI eXpress constellation for in-orbit artificial intelligence processing of Earth observation data.
AIX-1+ launched on November 28, 2025, at 10:44 a.m. PT (7:44 p.m. GMT+1) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission (Transporter 15) from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Orbit Fab to lead ESA backed ASTRAL refuelling demo in orbit
Wednesday, 03 December 2025 08:18
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Orbit Fab has secured up to $3.8 million in funding through the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency's Directorate of Connectivity and Secure Communications to lead a European consortium that will advance satellite refuelling technology. The Advancing Satcom Technology with Refuelling and Logistics (ASTRAL) project will receive total UK funding of up to $3.8 million (3.3 million euros),
Orbit Fab has secured up to $3.8 million in funding through the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency's Directorate of Connectivity and Secure Communications to lead a European consortium that will advance satellite refuelling technology. The Advancing Satcom Technology with Refuelling and Logistics (ASTRAL) project will receive total UK funding of up to $3.8 million (3.3 million euros), EIB launches Space TechEU finance program for European space sector
Wednesday, 03 December 2025 08:18
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has launched Space TechEU, its first financing programme dedicated to companies in Europe's space sector, under its wider TechEU initiative. The bank presented the facility at the European Space Agency (ESA) Council of Ministers meeting in Bremen. Space TechEU will provide up to 500 million euro in EIB financing to companies across the space value chain, from upstream manufacturing and launch activities to downstream applications
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has launched Space TechEU, its first financing programme dedicated to companies in Europe's space sector, under its wider TechEU initiative. The bank presented the facility at the European Space Agency (ESA) Council of Ministers meeting in Bremen. Space TechEU will provide up to 500 million euro in EIB financing to companies across the space value chain, from upstream manufacturing and launch activities to downstream applications Roadmap sets circular economy agenda for space hardware and debris mitigation
Wednesday, 03 December 2025 08:18
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Every rocket launch discards large amounts of material and releases substantial greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances into the atmosphere, prompting researchers to examine how circular economy principles could be built into space activities from the outset.
In a commentary published December 1 in the Cell Press journal Chem Circularity, sustainability specialists and space scient
Every rocket launch discards large amounts of material and releases substantial greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances into the atmosphere, prompting researchers to examine how circular economy principles could be built into space activities from the outset.
In a commentary published December 1 in the Cell Press journal Chem Circularity, sustainability specialists and space scient Leaf Space scales support for multi-satellite rideshare missions
Wednesday, 03 December 2025 08:18
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Leaf Space is providing ground segment services for 31 satellites on a single upcoming SpaceX rideshare mission, the largest number of spacecraft it has supported on one launch to date and representing about 30 percent of all payloads on the flight.
These newly supported spacecraft join 140 satellites already operating through the company's Leaf Line ground station network, used by commerc
Leaf Space is providing ground segment services for 31 satellites on a single upcoming SpaceX rideshare mission, the largest number of spacecraft it has supported on one launch to date and representing about 30 percent of all payloads on the flight.
These newly supported spacecraft join 140 satellites already operating through the company's Leaf Line ground station network, used by commerc China consolidates new commercial space regulator and industry roadmap
Wednesday, 03 December 2025 08:18
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
The China National Space Administration has set up a Commercial Space Department to serve as a dedicated regulator for the country's expanding private space sector. The new office is responsible for overseeing commercial launches, satellite operations, and related services while coordinating policy and planning for non-state space activities.
Officials have tied the move to the Action Plan
The China National Space Administration has set up a Commercial Space Department to serve as a dedicated regulator for the country's expanding private space sector. The new office is responsible for overseeing commercial launches, satellite operations, and related services while coordinating policy and planning for non-state space activities.
Officials have tied the move to the Action Plan Zhuque-3 reaches orbit on test flight, first stage lost during landing attempt
Wednesday, 03 December 2025 05:54