A new approach to space diplomacy: Hard-hitting calculations outweigh foreign-policy considerations
Wednesday, 09 July 2025 10:00
China prepares for Mars sample return with HKU astrobiologist on mission team
Wednesday, 09 July 2025 09:55
China has formally initiated its Tianwen-3 Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, targeting a 2028 launch to collect and return Martian soil and rock for detailed study. Among the key contributors is Professor Yiliang LI, an astrobiologist at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), who leads a team focused on selecting a scientifically valuable landing site.
As a core member of the Tianwen-3 science Robots could one day crawl across the moon
Wednesday, 09 July 2025 09:55
The future of moon exploration may be rolling around a non-descript office on the CU Boulder campus.
Here, a robot about as wide as a large pizza scoots forward on three wheels. It uses an arm with a claw at one end to pick up a plastic block from the floor, then set it back down.
To be sure, this windowless office, complete with gray carpeting, is nothing like the moon. And the robo Clingy exoplanet may be triggering destructive stellar flares
Wednesday, 09 July 2025 09:55
Astronomers using ESA's Cheops mission have observed a young exoplanet seemingly causing powerful flares from its host star-flares so intense they are rapidly stripping away the planet's delicate atmosphere.
The planet, HIP 67522 b, orbits its star in just seven days and is bombarded by radiation due to frequent energetic outbursts. These flares, nearly 100 times more energetic than predic Atomic 6 receives 2M Space Force award to advance next generation solar arrays
Wednesday, 09 July 2025 09:55
Atomic-6 has secured a $2 million Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) from the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command to accelerate development of its Light Wing solar array. The award supports a 21-month effort to mature and qualify the technology for commercial and defense missions.
The all-composite Light Wing array offers more than four times the power-per-kilogram of current systems, Experimental satellite enters orbit aboard Long March 4C from Sichuan
Wednesday, 09 July 2025 09:55
China successfully deployed an experimental satellite into orbit on Thursday afternoon, using a Long March 4C rocket launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province. The launch occurred at 5:35 pm local time, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC).
The satellite, designated Shiyan 28B01, was developed by the Innovation Academy for Microsatell Synspective signs multi-launch agreement with Exolaunch
Wednesday, 09 July 2025 08:02
Synspective, a Japanese company developing a radar imaging constellation, has signed an agreement with Exolaunch to launch 10 of the company’s satellites.
Probing the cosmic 'Dark Ages' from the far side of the moon
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Artificial solar eclipses in space could reveal inner workings of the sun
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Honda still in R&D phase of reusable launch vehicle technology
Tuesday, 08 July 2025 21:30
Despite a successful test flight of a reusable launch vehicle prototype last month, Honda has yet to decide whether to pursue development of an operational vehicle.
Neuraspace tackles GNSS signal noise with ESA-funded satellite collision avoidance project
Tuesday, 08 July 2025 21:26
Neuraspace is developing AI-powered software with support from the European Space Agency to help operators better harness navigation signals for satellite tracking and collision avoidance, the Portuguese space traffic management startup announced July 8.
Space Force unveils first international strategy, while GAO flags barriers to space cooperation
Tuesday, 08 July 2025 17:54
The strategy reflects a growing recognition that the U.S.
Northrop Grumman stakes role in Golden Dome missile shield
Tuesday, 08 July 2025 12:00
The company’s Golden Dome efforts are led by Raymond Sharp, vice president of Northrop Grumman’s missile defense solutions business unit
