Washington DC (UPI) Oct 16, 2025
The Aurora Borealis, typically only seen in the farthest northern reaches in the coldest winter months, could be visible in 15 U.S. states Thursday night, scientists reported. The National Atmospheric Oceanic and Administration issued a geomagnetic storm watch for Thursday, which is responsible for the Northern Lights' unusual geographical visibility. The storm has prompted a ser

The launch campaign of the next satellite to join the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission is progressing on schedule for launch on Tuesday, 4 November, on board an Ariane 6 rocket.

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 19, 2025
SpaceX launched a pair of Falcon 9 rockets from opposite coasts Sunday, sending a total of 56 satellites into low-Earth orbit, adding to the growing Starlink commercial fleet. The first launch occurred at 1:39 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral. Space Force Station and the second lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California at 12:24 p.m. PDT. The first launch mar

Washington DC (UPI) Oct 16, 2025
SpaceX set a milestone Thursday morning as it marked the 130th launch of its Falcon 9 rocket. The Falcon 9 that launched 28 Starlink satellites took off at 5:57 a.m. EDT Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and deployed the devices into low-Earth orbit some 64 minutes after leaving the planet. It represented Falcon 9's 130th flight of the year, only

Image: A European lunar landscape: a 1:1 model of ESA’s Argonaut lunar lander at Europe’s Moon on Earth, LUNA.

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ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer walks across the dusty terrain of LUNA, Europe's Moon on Earth. Nearby, ESA's Argonaut lander mock-up stands ready as he carefully navigates the simulated regolith - the dust, soil and rock on the Moon's surface. Alongside a fellow operator, he rehearses a moonwalk under the harsh glare of Sun simulators that mimic lunar lighting to test scientific tools designed to analyse lunar soil and rock.

ESA's robotic explorers, Interact and Spot, join the scene. Spot, the agile robot dog, picks up a sample while Interact, a wheeled robotic arm, supports this rehearsal of autonomous

China is on track to land its first crew on the lunar surface by 2030 and establish a base at the resource-rich south pole — a site that offers continuous sunlight, access to water ice and control of the most valuable real estate beyond Earth.