Orlando, FL (SPX) Dec 01, 2025
X-MAT has announced the release of X-FOAM, a 1,300°C ceramic foam engineered for use in harsh environments demanding high thermal insulation and structural performance. This machinable ceramic foam has a thermal conductivity of only 0.034 W/m·K, on par with some aerogel products; but is stiff and hard, with a compressive strength in the hundreds to thousands of PSI. It is also very light, with a density of only 0.15g/cc, seven times less dense than water.

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
South Korea has completed the fourth mission of its domestically built Nuri launch vehicle, placing a primary satellite and a group of smaller payloads into orbit from the coastal village of Goheung in the south of the country. The 200-metric-ton rocket lifted off at 1:13 am local time after controllers resolved an abnormal signal from a pressure sensor that briefly delayed the planned lau

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Meet Envision. Europe’s next mission to Venus. Planned for launch in 2031.

Envision will study Venus from its core to its upper atmosphere to reveal more about the planet’s history, geological activity, and climate. It will help us understand why Earth’s closest neighbour – in distance as well as in physical characteristics – has evolved into such a hostile planet.

A mission like Envision takes years of planning, involving much teamwork between scientists and engineers. It’s as much a human as a technical endeavour. This video provides a peek behind the scenes at this process.

This short episode is the introduction

ESA Discovery and Preparation has launched a new podcast series highlighting the innovative space technologies being developed through its activities.

China launched the latest in a series of experimental, often opaque satellites Sunday, while the debut flight of the commercial Zhuque-3 faces a delay.

Paris, France (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
Oledcomm is developing a new optical terminal called LUCI to provide inter-satellite communications for the French space agency CNES within the France 2030 program. The company, which focuses on wireless optical links, will build and demonstrate a bidirectional inter-satellite service using this compact terminal for the program's space component. LUCI, short for Ultra-Compact Inter-Satelli

Bremen, Germany (AFP) Nov 27, 2025
The European Space Agency announced Thursday it had secured a record budget of 22.1 billion euros to fund its programmes for the next three years, as the continent seeks greater independence in space. The ESA also approved a plan to bolster defence cooperation and laid out plans for scientific space missions at a ministerial council meeting in the German city of Bremen. The agency's 23 m

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
Ten people are now onboard the International Space Station after the arrival of three new crew members on the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft. While back on Earth, damage to the Baikonur launch pad raises questions about Russia's ability to sustain future crewed missions in the immediate term and what this means for ISS operations as pressure builds to retire and eventually deorbit the station. Soy

Providence RI (SPX) Nov 27, 2025
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles. But melting ice sheets don't affect sea level and temperatures in the same way everywhere. In a new study, our team of scientists investigated how ice melting in Antarctica affects global climate