Synthetic biology could support future outposts on the moon and Mars
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Frontgrade Introduces the Industry’s Highest-Density, Space-Grade Managed NAND with eMMC 5.1 Interface
Tuesday, 15 July 2025 16:09
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – July 15, 2025 – Pushing the boundaries of in-orbit data storage, Frontgrade Technologies, the leading provider of high-reliability microelectronics for space and national security, has unveiled […]
Private spaceflight ends with a Pacific splashdown for astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary
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Satellite constellations are too bright—may threaten astronomy and our night sky
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Study finds link between Grand Canyon landslide and Meteor Crater impact
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A lunar base could start with a dome over a crater made of regolith
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Φsat-2 begins science phase for AI Earth images
Tuesday, 15 July 2025 13:31
Φsat-2, a miniature satellite, has completed its commissioning and has begun delivery of science data, using algorithms to efficiently process and compress Earth observation images, as well as detect wildfires, ships, marine pollution and more.
Smile passes gruelling set of tests
Tuesday, 15 July 2025 13:01
All its parts have been built and put together. It has been wrapped in shiny gold insulating foil. Its launch is getting closer. But the Smile spacecraft had one major phase to pass before it could be certified ready for space – and it involved testing, testing and yet more testing.
Testing, testing, testing – Let’s Smile (episode 3)
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Smile is a brand-new space mission currently in the making. It will study how Earth responds to the solar wind and solar storms.
At the European Space Agency’s technical heart in the Netherlands, engineers have spent the last four months carrying out ‘spacecraft environment testing’ – putting Smile through its paces to make sure it is ready for the shaky rocket launch, the vacuum of space and the extreme temperatures it will face in orbit around Earth.
Now all complete, Smile is one step closer to launch in 2026.
This video provides a glimpse into the testing process. It
Space Forge and Intuitive Machines team up to boost US orbital chip production
Tuesday, 15 July 2025 12:29
Space Forge Inc., a leader in orbital materials engineering, has entered into a strategic partnership with Intuitive Machines to deploy its semiconductor manufacturing payload aboard the Zephyr orbital return vehicle. The collaboration forms part of Intuitive Machines' Earth Reentry Program and is backed by the Texas Space Commission.
This joint effort aims to rapidly advance the U.S. dome New Martian rock reveals clues about volcanic history on the Red Planet
Tuesday, 15 July 2025 12:29
In a major breakthrough, scientists from Chengdu University of Technology have analyzed a newly discovered Martian meteorite that could help explain how volcanoes once shaped Mars. The meteorite, named Northwest Africa (NWA) 16254, is a rare type known as a gabbroic shergottite and offers a unique glimpse into the planet's deep interior and ancient volcanic systems.
The research, published Six Chinese universities to launch new low altitude space major this fall
Tuesday, 15 July 2025 12:29
In a concerted push to support China's rapidly expanding low-altitude space sector, six leading universities will introduce an undergraduate major in the field this fall. The program, approved in April by the Ministry of Education, is part of a national strategy to cultivate professionals for an industry projected to surpass 1.5 trillion yuan ($207 billion) in value by the end of 2025.
The Newly discovered interstellar object 'may be oldest comet ever seen'
Tuesday, 15 July 2025 12:29
A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen - possibly predating our solar system by more than three billion years, researchers say.
The "water ice-rich" visitor, named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third known object from beyond our solar system ever spotted in our cosmic neighbourhood and the first to reach us from a completely different region o The Mars mission that could prep for a human landing
Tuesday, 15 July 2025 12:29
If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.
Enter M-MATISSE, a potential precursor to a crewed mission to the Red Planet which could use UK instrumentation being promoted at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting 2025 in Durham to revolutionise our understanding of space weather on Mars. Chang'e-6 mission reveals ancient volcanic and magnetic secrets from Moon's farside
Tuesday, 15 July 2025 12:29
The Moon's near and far sides differ dramatically in terrain, crust, and volcanic history-a mystery that has long perplexed scientists. This disparity is now better understood thanks to China's Chang'e-6 mission, which launched on May 3, 2024, and returned 1,935.3 grams of lunar material from the South Pole-Aitken Basin (SPA) on June 25, 2024. The SPA, a 2,500-kilometer-wide structure, is the ol