Musk's megarocket faces crucial new test after failures
Saturday, 23 August 2025 22:51
Washington (AFP) Aug 24, 2025
Elon Musk's SpaceX is gearing up for the next test of its Starship megarocket on Sunday, after a string of recent failures that has prompted some observers to question its viability.
The world's most powerful launch vehicle is set to lift off from the company's Starbase in southern Texas at 6:30 pm local time (2330 GMT) for its tenth flight.
The mission aims to put the upper stage t
Elon Musk's SpaceX is gearing up for the next test of its Starship megarocket on Sunday, after a string of recent failures that has prompted some observers to question its viability.
The world's most powerful launch vehicle is set to lift off from the company's Starbase in southern Texas at 6:30 pm local time (2330 GMT) for its tenth flight.
The mission aims to put the upper stage t Small GEOs, big impact
Friday, 22 August 2025 19:00
Astranis CEO John Gedmark discusses the rising demand for small geostationary satellites as the company scales production and helps shape a new era of high-orbit connectivity.
1,800 Global Leaders Converge in Paris for the Most Powerful Week in Space
Friday, 22 August 2025 13:57
Urban Sky wins STRATFI contract for stratospheric balloon technologies
Friday, 22 August 2025 13:02
Stratospheric ballooning company Urban Sky has won a contract from the U.S. Air Force to support development of technologies that enable small balloons to complement, or replace, satellites.
Week in images: 18-22 August 2025
Friday, 22 August 2025 12:10
Week in images: 18-22 August 2025
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NASA needs bold leadership — or we’ll be watching on TV while Beijing lands on the moon
Friday, 22 August 2025 12:00
New rocket plans continue to emerge to support China’s growing space ambitions
Friday, 22 August 2025 08:18
Space Force establishes Systems Delta 85 to strengthen space defense integration
Friday, 22 August 2025 08:12
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2025
Space Systems Command has officially activated Systems Delta 85, a new organization designed to unify acquisition and operational support for space defense missions. The command and activation ceremony took place Aug. 8 at Peterson Space Force Base, with Col. Jason West assuming leadership of SYD 85 under the authority of U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Michelle Idle.
The new SYD 85 brings toget
Space Systems Command has officially activated Systems Delta 85, a new organization designed to unify acquisition and operational support for space defense missions. The command and activation ceremony took place Aug. 8 at Peterson Space Force Base, with Col. Jason West assuming leadership of SYD 85 under the authority of U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Michelle Idle.
The new SYD 85 brings toget Researchers use electrochemistry to boost nuclear fusion rates
Friday, 22 August 2025 08:12
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Aug 21, 2025
Using a small bench-top reactor, researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have demonstrated that electrochemically loading a solid metal target with deuterium fuel can boost nuclear fusion rates.
Large-scale magnetic confinement fusion-which puts plasmas under extreme temperatures and pressure-is being widely explored as a method for clean energy generation. The experiment p
Using a small bench-top reactor, researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have demonstrated that electrochemically loading a solid metal target with deuterium fuel can boost nuclear fusion rates.
Large-scale magnetic confinement fusion-which puts plasmas under extreme temperatures and pressure-is being widely explored as a method for clean energy generation. The experiment p Spacesuit milestone reached with 20 spacewalks on Chinese station
Friday, 22 August 2025 08:12
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2025
The extravehicular spacesuit B aboard China's space station has achieved a major milestone by supporting 20 spacewalks, according to the China Astronaut Research and Training Center. Astronaut Chen Dong most recently used the suit on Aug 15 during the Shenzhou XX crew's third series of extravehicular activities.
This accomplishment marks the first time a Chinese spacesuit has met its exten
The extravehicular spacesuit B aboard China's space station has achieved a major milestone by supporting 20 spacewalks, according to the China Astronaut Research and Training Center. Astronaut Chen Dong most recently used the suit on Aug 15 during the Shenzhou XX crew's third series of extravehicular activities.
This accomplishment marks the first time a Chinese spacesuit has met its exten AI assistant supports Chinese space station astronauts
Friday, 22 August 2025 08:12
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 21, 2025
The crew of China's Tiangong space station recently conducted their third spacewalk with the help of a new artificial intelligence system named Wukong AI, marking the first use of a large-scale AI model aboard the orbital complex.
Delivered by the Tianzhou 9 cargo craft on July 15, Wukong AI arrived along with upgraded spacesuits, fresh produce, and other supplies. The system, named after
The crew of China's Tiangong space station recently conducted their third spacewalk with the help of a new artificial intelligence system named Wukong AI, marking the first use of a large-scale AI model aboard the orbital complex.
Delivered by the Tianzhou 9 cargo craft on July 15, Wukong AI arrived along with upgraded spacesuits, fresh produce, and other supplies. The system, named after BlackSky expands non Earth imaging partnership with HEO under new seven figure contract
Friday, 22 August 2025 08:12
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025
BlackSky Technology Inc. has signed a seven figure Gen 2 space domain awareness expansion contract with HEO to provide fully automated low latency non Earth imaging services for defense, intelligence and commercial missions. The agreement marks the fourth phase of the program, following full automation of the tasking to delivery process.
"BlackSky's high resolution Gen 2 high cadence monit
BlackSky Technology Inc. has signed a seven figure Gen 2 space domain awareness expansion contract with HEO to provide fully automated low latency non Earth imaging services for defense, intelligence and commercial missions. The agreement marks the fourth phase of the program, following full automation of the tasking to delivery process.
"BlackSky's high resolution Gen 2 high cadence monit CerraCap backs Space Kinetic to accelerate space superiority and missile defense
Friday, 22 August 2025 08:12
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 20, 2025
CerraCap Ventures has invested in Space Kinetic Corp., a cleared national security innovator based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The move aligns with CerraCap's push to speed space defense technologies and bolster the United States strategic edge as space becomes increasingly contested
CerraCap Ventures has invested in Space Kinetic Corp., a cleared national security innovator based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The move aligns with CerraCap's push to speed space defense technologies and bolster the United States strategic edge as space becomes increasingly contested Another US military mini shuttle launches on a secret mission
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SpaceX launches eighth mission of the X-37B military spaceplane
Friday, 22 August 2025 03:00
The U.S. Air Force’s autonomous reusable vehicle has flown to space since 2010 for long missions that last years