Satellite operators want better space weather models
Thursday, 20 March 2025 10:51
Satellite operators need better space weather models to maximize the life of their satellites and to avoid collisions in low Earth orbit.
NASA defends decisions about astronauts, says they never were 'stranded'
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NASA examining options for another Starliner test flight
Thursday, 20 March 2025 09:31
NASA is evaluating options for another test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle before beginning regular ISS missions.
Who else has been stuck in space? A short history of long spaceflights
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The spring equinox is here. What does that mean?
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As the rescued astronauts return, space law is still in orbit over who's responsible when missions go wrong
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Laws governing space are 50 years old. New ones are needed to prevent it becoming a 'wild west'
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What to know about the satellite communications race
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 12:19
Elon Musk's SpaceX subsidiary Starlink is the most widely-known firm offering satellite communications, but the sector is the scene of hot competition between several groups.
Depending on their technology, different players can offer widely varying capacity and applications for connectivity via space.
From their orbits around the Earth, satellites serve as "relays between one point on th Sidus Space launches third LizzieSat satellite with enhanced onboard AI
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 12:19
Sidus Space has confirmed the successful launch and deployment of its LizzieSat-3 satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO), reinforcing the company's growing multi-satellite network. This latest satellite was launched on March 14th aboard SpaceX's Transporter-13 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. LizzieSat-3 now joins its predecessors, LizzieSat-1 and LizzieSat-2, whic Smiles, thumbs ups and a safe return for 'stranded' NASA astronauts
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 12:19
Home at last: After an unexpected nine-month stay in space, a pair of NASA astronauts finally returned to Earth on Tuesday, concluding a mission that captured global attention and became a political flashpoint.
A SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship carrying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams - alongside fellow American Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov - streaked through the atmosp Moon navigation system advances with Thales Alenia Space leading orbital segment
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 12:19
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has entered into a contract with Telespazio, itself a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), to handle the design and development of the orbital segment for the European Space Agency's Moonlight Lunar Communications and Navigation Services (LCNS) initiative.
Spearheaded by ESA and led by Telespazi Ghostly lunar sunsets shot by private lander
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 12:19
A private US lander has captured eerie high-definition images of a lunar sunset, which NASA hopes will help unravel the mystery of a strange haze first observed on the Moon in the 1960s.
Texas-based Firefly Aerospace, which published the pictures on Tuesday, became the first private company to land a robotic spacecraft upright on the Moon earlier this month.
Its Blue Ghost lander - rou Meteorite origins mapped to regions of asteroid belt
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 12:19
A comprehensive review in *Meteoritics and Planetary Science* reveals how astronomers have traced the source of various meteorite types to specific, previously unknown regions within the asteroid belt. Through a decade of meticulous observations and analysis, researchers have begun to chart the first geologic map of the asteroid belt's impact zones.
"This has been a decade-long detective s NASA and USGS join forces to advance space resource detection
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 12:19
NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently convened a diverse group of stakeholders from government, industry, and the international space community to focus on the technologies needed for future resource exploration, both on Earth and in space. The event, held in February at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley, centered on tools and methods for locating and utili