Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2025
York Space Systems completed the initial commissioning of the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) payload on the BARD mission, validating the mission's operations concept and advancing wideband space communications for NASA. During a continuous wave pass, York's operations team established first-contact telemetry download. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) acquired signal w

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 11, 2025
In the first fraction of a second after the Big Bang, long before atoms or light-filled galaxies existed, the newborn cosmos may already have been seeded with complex structures. A new theoretical study published in Physical Review D by researchers from SISSA, in collaboration with INFN, IFPU, and the University of Warsaw, suggests that primordial halos of matter could have collapsed to form the

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 11, 2025
A Long March 12 rocket placed the latest batch of low Earth orbit satellites into space on November 10, 2025, launching from the Hainan commercial spacecraft site in southern China. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) confirmed the successful deployment shortly after liftoff. This group represents the 13th installment of hardware for China's internet satellite network

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 11, 2025
The European Southern Observatory's Paranal site in Chile marked a milestone as four lasers, each launched from an eight-metre telescope, began operations to create artificial stars. These lasers power a new adaptive optics system for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), correcting atmospheric blur anywhere in the southern sky and enabling the VLTI to observe a much wider range of tar

A new solid rocket production facility is expected to be operational by early 2028, though Avio has not yet disclosed its location.

November 10, 2025 – Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. — November 10, 2025 — SpaceNews, the leading source of global space industry reporting and analysis, partnered with the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center to launch a new […]

In a few days, ESA’s fourth European Service Module will leave the integration halls of Airbus in Bremen, Germany, setting sail across the Atlantic Ocean in the next step of its journey. The module will propel NASA’s Orion spacecraft towards the Moon during Artemis IV, supplying the crew with water, air, electricity and a comfortable temperature throughout their voyage.