Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 11, 2025
Shenzhou 20 astronauts - Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie - are pushing forward with wide-ranging scientific experiments and technology tests aboard China's space station, advancing knowledge across multiple research domains. In space medicine, the crew used electroencephalogram equipment for experiments including visual field studies, executive-function training and exploratory utili

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025
Exolaunch will deploy 59 satellites on the upcoming Transporter-15 rideshare flight with SpaceX, scheduled no earlier than November 2025. The mission, Exolaunch's largest to date, spans more than 30 customers across 16 countries, underscoring the company's role as a premier launch services provider with a proven record of reliability. Transporter-15 highlights Exolaunch's expanding market

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025
Whether building alloys that can power rovers on Venus or devising portable sensors to detect rare earths on Earth, University of Pittsburgh researcher Paul Ohodnicki is advancing materials science for critical frontiers. His team has earned two 2025 R and D 100 Awards for VulcanAlloy and eMission Critical Sensor technologies. The annual awards honor innovation with practical impact across

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 11, 2025
Physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report a more than 90% probability that astronomers could witness an exploding black hole within the next decade. If observed, the event would provide unprecedented insight into the foundations of physics and the origins of the universe. Such an explosion would strongly suggest the existence of primordial black holes (PBHs), theoretical

Washington (AFP) Sept 10, 2025
NASA has begun barring Chinese nationals with valid visas from joining its programs, underscoring the intensifying space race between the rival powers. The policy shift was first reported by Bloomberg News and confirmed by the US government agency. "NASA has taken internal action pertaining to Chinese nationals, including restricting physical and cybersecurity access to our facilities, m

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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 10, 2025
The space technology industry is an impressive and rapidly growing sector in the world. With the potential for satellite communications, spacecraft design, space exploration, and astrophysics to expand indefinitely, students from Canada, the UK, India, Brazil, and others also know that studying abroad can offer advantages that cannot be obtained in their home countries. h2>Access to Advan

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2025
In aerospace engineering, impellers play an important role in high-performance propulsion and fluid systems, which have complicated geometry-usually with twisted blades, variable chord lengths and complex hub profiles.

Washington DC (UPI) Sep 9, 2025
SpaceX is set to launch an Indonesian communication satellite after unfavorable weather scrubbed the initial flight on Tuesday night. The new launch window is 8:01 p.m. EDT - 9:57 p.m. EDT for the launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station after Monday night's poor weather didn't allow a liftoff. Tuesday night's forecast is a 15% favorable chance during the window and it incr

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2025
MSBAI (Microsurgeonbot Inc.) has received a Direct-to-Phase II SBIR contract worth $1.2 million to advance its OrbitGuard hybrid-intelligence system for space domain awareness. The Department of Defense CDAO originated the opportunity, with selection by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and execution by the Air Force Digital Transformation Office. The 18-month effort positions OrbitGuard fo