Northrop invests $50 million into Firefly for launch vehicle development
Thursday, 29 May 2025 17:50
Northrop Grumman is investing $50 million into Firefly Aerospace to further development of a medium-lift launch vehicle with a new name.
New report details China’s push to dominate artificial intelligence
Thursday, 29 May 2025 17:16
At the core of Beijing's campaign are advanced data centers, on Earth and in orbit
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Space power satellites at the moon could keep a lunar base warm
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The power of daily Earth imaging
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:46
In this week's episode of Space Minds Ashley Johnson, President and CFO of Planet, explains the company's ambitious goal to make global change visible, accessible and actionable.
China launches space probe seeking asteroid samples: Xinhua
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:13
China on Thursday launched a space probe on the country's first mission to retrieve samples from an asteroid and bring them home for research, the Xinhua state news agency reported.
Beijing has ploughed billions of dollars into its space programme in recent years in an effort to achieve what President Xi Jinping describes as the country's "space dream".
It has built a space station orbit The hunt for mysterious 'Planet Nine' offers up a surprise
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:13
It's an evocative idea that has long bedevilled scientists: a huge and mysterious planet is lurking in the darkness at the edge of our solar system, evading all our efforts to spot it.
Some astronomers say the strange, clustered orbits of icy rocks beyond Neptune indicate that something big is out there, which they have dubbed Planet Nine.
Now, a US-based trio hunting this elusive world Kymeta and Eutelsat OneWeb deploy dual-orbit SATCOM terminal to support defense networks
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:13
The new Goshawk u8 flat-panel terminal from Kymeta is now officially available on Eutelsat OneWeb's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network, enhancing multi-orbit connectivity options for global government and military customers. Designed to function seamlessly across both LEO and Geostationary Orbit (GEO) networks, the terminal addresses a growing demand for resilient and versatile communicatio Nanchang satellite drives environmental protection and low altitude innovation
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:13
Jiangxi province has marked a technological milestone with the launch of its first domestically developed ecological monitoring satellite, "Nanchang Aerospace-1". Lifted into orbit aboard a Zhuque-2 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on May 17 at 12:12 pm, the satellite was co-developed by Nanchang Hangkong University and Changsha Tianyi Space Science and Technology Resear
Dawn Aerospace Opens Orders for Aurora Suborbital Spaceplane with 2027 Deliveries Planned
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:13
Dawn Aerospace has begun taking orders for its Aurora spaceplane, a fully reusable suborbital vehicle slated for delivery beginning in 2027. This development marks a historic first: a spaceplane engineered to cross the Karman line (100 km) is now commercially available for purchase. Self powered jellyfish cyborgs offer eco friendly tools for ocean monitoring
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:13
Unlike fish, jellyfish move through the sea with minimal energy thanks to a simple muscle-driven propulsion system. This natural motion, known as "embodied intelligence," lets them travel efficiently without a brain or bones-qualities that researchers are now adapting for sustainable marine monitoring.
A team led by Dai Owaki, associate professor in Tohoku University's Department of Roboti Overlooked cells might explain the human brain's huge storage capacity
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:13
The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help the brain store memories and send information and commands throughout the brain and the nervous system.
The brain also contains billions of astrocytes - star-shaped cells with many long extensions that allow them to interact with millions of neurons. Although they have long been thought to be m China launches Tianwen-2 asteroid and comet study mission
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:13
China Wednesday launched its Tianwen-2 space mission to collect asteroid samples and conduct a main-belt comet study. A LongMarch 3B rocket lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
The Long March 3B Y110 rocket lifted off toward the near-Earth asteroid 469219 Kamo'oalewa and is expected to take a year to reach the asteroid.
Asteroid samples are scheduled to return to Eart Maxar Intelligence taps tech veteran to lead commercial business
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:00
Todd Surdey will head Maxar’s business enterprise segment
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Chinese launch startup conducts vertical takeoff and splashdown test
Thursday, 29 May 2025 09:13