Dawn Aerospace begins sales of Aurora suborbital spaceplane
Thursday, 22 May 2025 20:30
Dawn Aerospace announced May 22 that it has started taking orders for an uncrewed spaceplane capable of taking small payloads on suborbital flights.
NASA's Dragonfly mission sets sights on Titan's mysteries
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Pentagon boosts budget for Palantir’s AI software in major expansion of Project Maven
Thursday, 22 May 2025 12:11
DoD increases contract ceiling to $1.3 billion as artificial intelligence transforms battlefield targeting
Media invitation: embark a tall ship for a dive into ocean science
Thursday, 22 May 2025 12:00
On the morning of 4 June 2025, ESA offers media representatives the exclusive opportunity to step aboard the iconic Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl, docked at Quai Amiral Infernet in Nice, France. This remarkable vessel arrives following ESA’s six-week Advanced Ocean Training Course, a transformative journey from Tromsø, Norway, where emerging researchers have been immersed in the world of ocean science.
ESA seeks funding for ‘security and resilience’ satellite program
Thursday, 22 May 2025 10:33
The European Space Agency will request funding from member states for an Earth observation satellite system for security applications, blurring the line between its traditional civil focus and defense work.
PiLogic raises $4 million for bespoke satellite AI models
Thursday, 22 May 2025 09:00
Californian software startup PiLogic announced $4 million in seed funding May 22 to develop satellite diagnostics and other artificial intelligence tools tailored for space applications.
Do photons wear out? An astrophysicist explains light's ability to travel vast cosmic distances without losing energy
Thursday, 22 May 2025 07:34
My telescope, set up for astrophotography in my light-polluted San Diego backyard, was pointed at a galaxy unfathomably far from Earth. My wife, Cristina, walked up just as the first space photo streamed to my tablet. It sparkled on the screen in front of us.
"That's the Pinwheel galaxy," I said. The name is derived from its shape - albeit this pinwheel contains about a trillion stars. Tracing ancient cyanobacteria reveals early origins of circadian clocks
Thursday, 22 May 2025 07:34
To shed light on the evolutionary roots of the cyanobacterial circadian clock, a Japanese research team has traced the development of timekeeping proteins from ancient bacterial ancestors. Their study focused on the oscillatory behavior of KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC proteins, comparing the mechanisms in modern cyanobacteria to those of ancestral versions.
"Extant cyanobacteria utilize a circadia ATLAS showcases secure software platform to enhance US military satellite operations
Thursday, 22 May 2025 07:34
ATLAS Space Operations and its subsidiary Freedom Space Technologies have successfully demonstrated the capabilities of their Freedom software platform for the U.S. Air Force Research Lab and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), validating a new model for secure and scalable satellite ground operations under the Hybrid Space Architecture initiative.
The demonstrations confirmed Freedom's abi Navigate revisions to laws on hazardous chemicals in the EU
Thursday, 22 May 2025 06:30
Changes to regulations and processes will introduce new restrictions on the use of hazardous chemicals in the EU. These could impact space programmes, the space sector and its supply chains – PFAS, chromates and the REACH revision take centre stage. Register for ESA’s free workshop on 17 June providing clarification on these changes and join us for a panel discussion.
Revolutionary Passive Systems Transform Plant Watering in Microgravity
Thursday, 22 May 2025 04:50
NASA is advancing innovative microgravity fluid management technologies that pave the way for efficient plant watering in space-without the need for moving parts.
Feeding astronauts on deep space missions with fresh produce will require robust plant cultivation methods. However, watering plants in microgravity presents unique problems. Without gravity, bubbles don't rise and droplets don't China places six satellites in orbit with latest Kinetica 1 mission
Thursday, 22 May 2025 04:50
CAS Space, a commercial aerospace firm under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, launched its Kinetica 1-Y7 solid-propellant rocket on Wednesday, successfully deploying six satellites into space.
The rocket lifted off at 12:05 pm local time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. Onboard were three remote-sensing satellites, one radar satellite, a mini weather satellite, China opens international call for instruments on Tianwen-3 Mars mission
Thursday, 22 May 2025 04:50
China is encouraging international researchers to join its Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission by proposing scientific payloads for inclusion on the spacecraft.
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has issued a global call for proposals, welcoming submissions from institutions abroad, including those in Hong Kong and Macao, for the development of instruments to be used on the up Rocky road geology reveals billion year story inside martian crater
Thursday, 22 May 2025 04:50
A newly released image from the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission reveals a crater layered with geological history and sculpted by ancient martian forces. Captured in October 2024 by the orbiter's High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), the scene features Deuteronilus Cavus, a 120-kilometer-wide depression in Mars's mid-latitudes where planetary highlands meet lowlands.
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