Emil Michael, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering: ‘How do we create an environment where new companies that have real solutions can come in?’

Over the summer, the European Space Agency ran an optical communication demonstration campaign using two observatories on Earth and NASA’s Psyche mission. All four optical links were successful.

Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image shows high concentrations of chlorophyll in yellow-green along the coastline of South Australia, near Adelaide. Chlorophyll-a is a key indicator of the presence of algae in the ocean.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has requested funding to participate in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a European reconnaissance satellite and several secondary payloads Aug.

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 26, 2025
Aerospacelab has closed an extended Series B funding round worth 94 million EUR (110 million USD), strengthening its industrial roadmap and positioning as a leading European satellite manufacturer. The round combined 56 million EUR (66 million USD) in new financing with a 38 million EUR (44 million USD) commitment from a European financial institution. The investment is fueling the company

Denver CO (SPX) Aug 26, 2025
York Space Systems has shipped its final spacecraft for the upcoming Tranche 1 Transport Layer mission, completing delivery of all 21 satellites that will constitute the launch payload. The launch will mark the first operational deployment of the Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, designed to support frontline warfighters with secure communications and resilie

Washington DC (SPX) Aug 26, 2025
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured new data on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using its Near-Infrared Spectrograph during observations on August 6. Researchers are now analyzing the results, with a preprint already available for review. The Webb observations add to efforts by other NASA missions. The Hubble Space Telescope and the newly launched SPHEREx mission are also gathering

Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Aug 26, 2025
A team of astronomers led by Dr. Phil Massey of Lowell Observatory has taken the sharpest look yet at one of the heaviest pairs of stars in our galaxy, known as NGC 3603-A1. Using previously unpublished archival data from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and new, precisely timed observations, the team measured the properties of this extraordinary system at a level never before achieved. The stud