Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
The Long March 2D rocket has completed its 100th successful flight, placing two experimental satellites into orbit in a milestone mission for China's space program. The vehicle lifted off at 11 am local time from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province, carrying Shiyan 30A and 30B. Both satellites were deployed into their planned orbits, according to China Aerospace Science

Paris, France (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
Arianespace and French start-up BULL are strengthening their cooperation on sustainable spaceflight through joint work on space debris mitigation technology for the Ariane 6 launcher. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding in 2024 to explore the integration of BULL's HORN Post Mission Disposal (PMD) device onto the Ariane 6 Dual Launch System. Initial feasibility studies co

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
With repeated strikes of a 10-pound (4.5-kilogram) sledgehammer, a team of NASA-supported researchers has demonstrated a low-tech but powerful method to locate caves that may one day provide shelter for astronauts on the Moon and Mars. The experiments, conducted near Flagstaff, Arizona, and Tulelake, California, used terrain with geologic features similar to those of planetary lava fields.

Pomona CA (SPX) Sep 30, 2025
A new analysis of the aerosols in Venus' clouds, from data originally collected in 1978 during the Pioneer Venus mission, has found evidence for substantial water and iron. The study, Re-analysis of Pioneer Venus data: Water, iron sulfate, and sulfuric acid are major components in Venus' aerosols, was led by Rakesh Mogul, a professor in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at California Sta

The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) HydroGNSS mission, which will investigate the Earth’s water cycle, has landed in California and is ready to start preparations for launch.

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Watch the one-to-one interview with Josef Aschbacher, Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), extracted from Plenary 1 of the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025). In this session, he shares his insights into ESA's strategic vision.

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The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided the first direct measurements of the chemical and physical properties of a potential moon-forming disc encircling a large exoplanet. The carbon-rich disc surrounding the world called CT Cha B, which is located 625 light years away from Earth, is a possible construction yard for moons, although no moons are detected in the Webb data. The disc offers insight into how the moons of Solar System gas giants like Jupiter might have formed.