A bipartisan group of House members is proposing to increase funding for tactically responsive launch to $150 million in 2023

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Dust storms and changing seasons will limit the ability of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter to fly for the next several months, a project engineer said May 27.

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Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) May 31, 2022
Astrocast, a leading global nanosatellite IoT network operator, has announced the signature of an agreement to acquire Hiber, a Netherlands-based, IoT-as-a-Service provider. Under the agreement, Astrocast agreed to acquire all of Hiber's shares in exchange for the issuance of new Astrocast shares, representing 16.5% of Astrocast's share capital, calculated prior to its previously announced publi

Tysons VA (SPX) May 31, 2022
Omnispace and Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), reports a successful launch and delivery of "Omnispace Spark-2" satellite into orbit. This marks the completion of the deployment phase of the "Omnispace Spark" program, the initial phase in the company's development and delivery of the world's first 5G capable satellite network. Omnispace Spark-1,

Houston TX (SPX) May 31, 2022
Axiom Space, a leader in human spaceflight currently building the world's first commercial space station, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Italian government to further their existing collaboration, including the potential for the development of space infrastructure integrated with the future Axiom Station. The agreement was signed by the President and CEO of Axiom Space,

Newark DE (SPX) May 31, 2022
ILC Dover, the leading provider of spacesuits since the Apollo era, has announced that it was selected to be one of two providers of Boeing's Ascent/Entry Suit (AES) for the company's Commercial Crew Program and has developed a bespoke AES spacesuit for CST-100 Starliner crews. "We are proud to utilize our expertise to create a new AES for the Starliner spacecraft," said Patty Stoll, Presi

Adelaide, Australia (SPX) May 31, 2022
Australian spaceport and space mission provider, Southern Launch, has been awarded an Australian Space Agency Moon to Mars Grant for their mobile launch rail. The almost $1 million grant will enable Southern Launch to design, construct, and commission a mobile launch rail that will be capable of launching sub-orbital vehicles ranging in mass from 20kg to 3,500kg. The mobility of the rocket

Bern, Switzerland (SPX) May 31, 2022
In spring 2023, the time will have come: The JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) space probe of the European Space Agency ESA will begin its journey into space. The Jupiter system is almost 780 million kilometers away from the sun and an icy, dark world: The average temperature on the surface of the icy moons is below minus 140 degrees Celsius. After an almost eight-year journey, JUICE will

Washington DC (SPX) May 31, 2022
No object in the solar system experiences the Sun's solar wind more powerfully than Mercury. The planet's magnetic field deflects the Sun's stream of electrically charged particles at a distance of only 1,000 kilometers from Mercury's surface, a point called the magnetopause. The Sun's magnetic field lines are carried by the solar wind and bend as they collide with those of Mercury. When c

Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) May 31, 2022
Classifying celestial objects is a long standing problem. With sources at near unimaginable distances, sometimes it's difficult for researchers to distinguish, for example, between stars, galaxies, quasars1 or supernovae2. Instituto de Astrofisica e Ciencias do Espaco's (IA3) researchers Pedro Cunha and Andrew Humphrey tried to solve this classical problem by creating SHEEP, a machine lear