Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 24, 2024
Beijing-based CAS Space, an enterprise under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has successfully conducted the third flight of its Kinetica 1 rocket, previously known as ZK 1A. This launch, which took place on Tuesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, marks a significant step in China's burgeoning space industry. The Kinetica 1 Y3 rocket, notable for its designation indicating the th

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2024
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has announced a strategic investment through its venture capital arm, Booz Allen Ventures, LLC, in Albedo. This investment marks a significant step in the deployment of Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellite constellations, offering ultra-high resolution commercial imagery from space. Chris Bogdan, executive vice president at Booz Allen and leader of the firm

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2024
NASA has released the outcomes of its 2023 Moon to Mars Architecture Concept Review. This significant step reflects the agency's ongoing commitment to advancing humanity's exploration of the solar system. The 2023 Moon to Mars review, a comprehensive process incorporating insights from U.S. industry, academia, international partners, and NASA's own workforce, has refined the existing strat

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 24, 2024
China has unveiled detailed plans for the Chang'e 7 mission, aimed at probing the moon's south pole, particularly focusing on water ice. This revelation, detailed in a paper in the National Science Review, outlines the mission's scientific goals and the sophisticated array of payloads aboard the lunar probe. Slated for launch around 2026, the Chang'e 7 mission represents a new chapter in C

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 24, 2024
Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) has unveiled the completed designs for its Horizontal Integration Facility (HIF) buildings at the Arnhem Space Centre (ASC). These state-of-the-art facilities are tailored to meet the sophisticated demands of up to seven rocket launch companies, solidifying ELA's commitment to supporting a broad spectrum of space missions. The newly designed HIF buildings,

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 24, 2024
Sierra Space has completed an important test of its full-scale, expandable space station structure. The company, known for its innovative approach to space technology, alongside its exclusive softgoods technology partner ILC Dover, has been at the forefront of developing the LIFE (Large Integrated Flexible Environment) habitat. This structure, notable for its expandable "softgoods" design, has r

A groundbreaking study that combines satellite data and Artificial Intelligence has thrown new light on the number of vessels at sea. Astonishingly, the study reveals that around 75% of the world's industrial fishing vessels have previously been ‘dark’ to public tracking systems.

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ESA has teamed up with Xbox and the epic space game Starfield for a spacesuit design competition that is out of this world.

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Based at the ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands, ESA’s Navigation Laboratory has a high-flying new recruit: this drone can carry different types of satellite navigation receivers to collect data for follow-on analysis.