Map Africa project to deliver continentwide geospatial data for 54 nations
Thursday, 31 July 2025 09:16
Esri has partnered with Microsoft and Space42 to launch the Map Africa Initiative, a five-year project aimed at building the most detailed and scalable geospatial basemap of Africa to date. The effort, formalized at the 2025 Esri User Conference, will span all 54 African nations and provide high-resolution mapping data intended to support over 1.4 billion people.
Many African nations lack NASA readying for crewed Artemis II moon flight
Thursday, 31 July 2025 09:16
NASA is preparing for its April 2026 Artemis II 10-day mission that will send a crew of four around the moon to prepare for future crewed moon landings.
The Artemis II mission will demonstrate a variety of capabilities that are needed to complete deep-space missions, including those to the moon and Mars, the space agency said.
The Artemis II crew is comprised of mission commander Google joins EU code for powerful AI models rebuffed by Meta
Thursday, 31 July 2025 09:16
Google on Wednesday said it would join the likes of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and sign the EU's set of recommendations for the most powerful artificial intelligence models that has been rebuffed by Meta.
The European Union this month published long-delayed recommendations for a code of practice that would apply to the most advanced AI models such as Google's Gemini, in a code of practice.
The China unveils decades spanning Landsat dataset to advance environmental research
Thursday, 31 July 2025 09:16
China has released a comprehensive Landsat composite dataset covering nearly four decades of Earth observations. Spanning from 1985 to 2023, the new 30-meter resolution dataset introduces the first seamless, annual Leaf-On Landsat data cube for the country, significantly enhancing access to high-quality satellite imagery for environmental and land use studies.
Developed by Yaotong Cai and MicroCarb satellite launches to map global carbon dioxide emissions from space
Thursday, 31 July 2025 09:16
The MicroCarb satellite, developed by the French space agency CNES in partnership with the UK Space Agency, has been successfully launched from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. As Europe's first mission dedicated to monitoring and mapping atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), MicroCarb aims to deliver high-precision measurements to better understand the sources and sinks of this critical China launches remote sensing satellite for Pakistan with Kuaizhou-1A rocket
Thursday, 31 July 2025 08:45
Senate Commerce Committee advances Jacobs nomination for NOAA administrator
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 23:41
The Senate Commerce Committee advanced the nomination of Neil Jacobs to lead NOAA as that agency’s top satellite official remains on administrative leave.
NASA acting administrator to meet with head of Roscosmos at KSC
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 19:22
The acting administrator of NASA will meet with his Russian counterpart in the first face-to-face meeting between agency heads in several years.
Water recycling is paramount for space stations and long-duration missions
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Radar satellite launched by India and NASA will track miniscule changes to Earth's land and ice
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Webb traces details of complex planetary nebula
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 13:00
More than one star contributes to the irregular shape of NGC 6072 – Webb’s newest look at this planetary nebula in the near- and mid-infrared shows what may appear as a very messy scene resembling splattered paint. However, the unusual, asymmetrical scene hints at more complicated mechanisms underway, as the star central to the scene approaches the very final stages of its life and expels shells of material, losing up to 80 percent of its mass.
KSAT and AWS expand alliance in satellite communications
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 13:00
SAN FRANCISCO — Kongsberg Satellite Services and Amazon Web Services are expanding their alliance to speed up the flow of satellite data to customers.
China launches new group of Guowang satellites from commercial spaceport
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 12:10