Artemis II to test new models that predict solar particle storms up to a day ahead
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Optical terminals still a bottleneck in Pentagon’s proliferated constellation
Thursday, 02 April 2026 18:39
GP Sandhoo: ‘From an optical communications terminal perspective, we’re not there yet on how many we need’
Artemis astronauts await green light for lunar orbit
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Artemis II's moonbound toilet is working again to astronauts' relief after overnight fix
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Pentagon awards Raytheon $45 million for GPS ground system as program future is reassessed
Thursday, 02 April 2026 16:17
The ‘unpriced change order’ supports satellite launches while officials reassess long-delayed ground system
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How to follow the Smile launch live
Thursday, 02 April 2026 14:00
ESA will be broadcasting live as the European-Chinese Smile mission launches at 07:29 BST/08:29 CEST (03:29 local time) on 9 April 2026.
Smile will launch on a European Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Times subject to change at short notice.
Moog Technology Successfully Steers Artemis II Launch
Thursday, 02 April 2026 13:55
East Aurora, NY — Moog Inc.
Carmel Ortiz on the evolving landscape of satellite communications
Thursday, 02 April 2026 13:42
In this week’s episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss interviews Carmel Ortiz, senior vice president of medium-Earth-orbit constellation programs at SES.
Phantom Space buys thermal specialist to support orbital data center push
Thursday, 02 April 2026 12:06
Relativity, Hermeus, Astrion and Divergent executives join Fortastra C-suite
Thursday, 02 April 2026 12:00
SAN FRANCISCO – Los Angeles startup Fortastra has hired veterans from Relativity Space, Hermeus, Astrion and Divergent Technologies to design and operate maneuverable spacecraft for on-orbit security.
Five things Juice has revealed about Comet 3I/ATLAS
Thursday, 02 April 2026 12:00
‘Extreme but not exotic,’ – a glimpse at Comet 3I/ATLAS through the eyes of the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice).
A silicon chip that can do it all
Thursday, 02 April 2026 12:00
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A silicon chip that can do it all Smile: A global answer to a global mystery
Thursday, 02 April 2026 12:00
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The European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are joining hands to uncover how Earth defends itself against dangerous particles and radiation from the Sun.
It’s the first time we will have images and videos of what happens when this solar wind crashes into our magnetic field. Smile will witness this interaction in action, using four onboard instruments to watch the drama unfold.
Life can only exist as we know it when nestled safe inside this giant magnetic bubble surrounding our planet. By imaging the bubble as a whole for the first time, Smile will help us
The Critical Burn: How Artemis 2’s Translunar Injection Commits Four Astronauts to the Moon
Thursday, 02 April 2026 10:46
In the hours after launch, four astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion capsule will circle Earth in what amounts to a holding pattern 200 miles up, waiting for a single engine burn that will either send them to the Moon or end the mission early. Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen will sit inside […]
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