Satellite expands Chinas disaster warning network through global electromagnetic monitoring
Thursday, 19 June 2025 10:47
China has launched a new satellite designed to improve the country's early warning capabilities for natural disasters by monitoring Earth's electromagnetic environment. Developed in partnership with Italy, the satellite lifted off Saturday aboard a Long March 2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert.
The spacecraft, Zhangheng 1B, entered its designated orbit as SpaceX's Starship explodes in pre-flight test
Thursday, 19 June 2025 10:47
A SpaceX heavy-lift Starship launch vehicle exploded late Wednesday during a pre-flight test at Starbase in Texas.
The two-stage rocket exploded at about 11 p.m. CT Wednesday as it was preparing for its 10th flight, SpaceX said in a statement on X. Both X and SpaceX are owned by Elon Musk.
The Texas-based company said the Starship had "experienced a major anomaly."
"A safe Space lasers, AI used by geospatial scientist to measure forest biomass
Thursday, 19 June 2025 10:47
Satellite data used by archaeologists to find traces of ancient ruins hidden under dense forest canopies can also be used to improve the speed and accuracy to measure how much carbon is retained and released in forests.
Understanding this carbon cycle is key to climate change research, according to Hamdi Zurqani, an assistant professor of geospatial science for the Arkansas Forest Resource Honda hails successful test of reusable rocket
Thursday, 19 June 2025 10:47
Japan's second-biggest carmaker Honda has successfully tested an experimental reusable rocket, the company said, as it seeks to expand into the space sector.
Honda, which hopes to develop the tech prowess for a suborbital launch by 2029, conducted a test flight of its rocket on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
"The test was completed successfully, the first time Honda landed a r India grants licence to Musk's Starlink
Thursday, 19 June 2025 10:47
New Delhi had granted a licence to Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service, opening India's "next frontier of connectivity", according to the country's communications minister.
The launch of Starlink, which provides high-speed internet access to remote locations using low Earth orbit satellites, has sparked fierce debate in India over issues ranging from predatory pricing to spectrum Queer astronaut documentary takes on new meaning in Trump's US
Thursday, 19 June 2025 10:47
When director Cristina Costantini started making a documentary about the first US woman in space, she thought it would be looking back on the "sexism and homophobia of yesteryear".
But the story of astronaut Sally Ride, whose queer identity was a secret when she blasted off more than four decades ago, took on a "completely different meaning" after the re-election of President Donald Trump, C After Resilience’s moon landing attempt, why openness is key to the lunar economy
Thursday, 19 June 2025 10:00
Last week, I looked at the faces of our guests at our moon landing event and watched as awe, wonder and hopefulness transformed into disappointment.
Using a space elevator to get water off Ceres
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SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodes, but no injuries reported
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Starship destroyed in test stand explosion
Thursday, 19 June 2025 06:45
A SpaceX Starship upper stage being prepared for the company’s next flight exploded June 19 during preparations for a static-fire test.
First MetOp-SG and Sentinel-5 arrive at launch site
Thursday, 19 June 2025 06:18
Europe will soon be taking another leap forward in its weather forecasting capacity as the first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, satellite arrives safely at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, marking a pivotal moment on the road to launch.
This new polar-orbiting weather satellite also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-5 instrument to deliver daily global data on air pollutants and other atmospheric trace gases.
“The models were right”: astronomers find ‘missing’ matter
Thursday, 19 June 2025 06:00
Astronomers have discovered a huge filament of hot gas bridging four galaxy clusters. At 10 times as massive as our galaxy, the thread could contain some of the Universe’s ‘missing’ matter, addressing a decades-long mystery.
Ariane 6 payload on board: MetOp-SG-A1 arrives in Kourou
Thursday, 19 June 2025 03:24
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Ariane 6 payload on board: MetOp-SG-A1 arrives in Kourou Trump officially nominates Space Force Gen. Guetlein to lead ‘Golden Dome’
Wednesday, 18 June 2025 22:26
The nomination, submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee, elevates Guetlein from his current role as vice chief of space operations
Firefly announces commercial lunar imagery service
Wednesday, 18 June 2025 19:36
Firefly Aerospace says it plans to offer a commercial lunar imaging service for use by governments and companies, one that could supplement or replace an existing, but aging, NASA orbiter.