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.
Regulators clear Starlink-enabled texting trial in war-torn Ukraine
Wednesday, 18 June 2025 18:00
Local regulators have approved Ukrainian telco Kyivstar’s plans to start testing space-enabled texting services this summer using SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, targeting areas crippled by Russian strikes and other terrestrial coverage gaps.
Varda to launch its first in-house built spacecraft for on-orbit manufacturing
Wednesday, 18 June 2025 13:00
The company secured a Federal Aviation Administration five-year reentry license that allows unlimited landings in Australia
ESA at Le Bourget 2025 – Day Three Highlights
Wednesday, 18 June 2025 12:46
The European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius attended the third day of the International Paris Air Show.
Learning from the past: How history can guide space and cyber rules today
Wednesday, 18 June 2025 12:00
Maxar partners with Array Labs to expand 3D imaging technology
Wednesday, 18 June 2025 11:10
Array Labs, based in Palo Alto, California, is developing a 3D radar imaging constellation designed to operate in clusters
Trump's plan to kill dozens of NASA missions threatens US space supremacy
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ESA - European Commission Press Conference at Paris Air Show 2025
Wednesday, 18 June 2025 10:01
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Watch the replay of the ESA-European Commission press conference with Josef Aschbacher, Director General of ESA, and Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space, held at the Paris Air Show 2025 (Le Bourget) on 18 June 2025.
Call with Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski at Paris Air Show 2025
Wednesday, 18 June 2025 10:00
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Watch the replay of the call between Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General, Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space, and Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, ESA project astronaut. This call took place at the Paris Air Show 2025 (Le Bourget) on 18 June. Project astronaut Uznański-Wiśniewski joined from quarantine ahead of the upcoming Ignis mission mission.
Sponsored by the Polish government and supported by ESA, the Polish Ministry of Economic Development and Technology (MRiT), and the Polish Space Agency (POLSA), the Ignis mission features an ambitious technological and scientific programme. It includes several experiments proposed by the Polish space industry
Venturi Space announces European lunar rover design
Wednesday, 18 June 2025 08:00
Venturi Space, a company working with Astrolab on lunar rover concepts, unveiled an all-European rover design it hopes to offer to European space agencies.