NASA plans to have a permanent base on the moon by 2030: How it can be done
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Voyager opens defense and space tech hub in Long Beach
New facility to support electronics and software development for missile defense and space programs
NASA clears its Artemis moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts following repairs
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ESA’s HydroGNSS on track to scout for water
Just three months after launch, the European Space Agency’s twin HydroGNSS satellites are already proving their capabilities in orbit. By exploiting reflected signals from navigation satellites – the sophisticated technique they use to generate Delay Doppler Maps in order to ‘scout’ for water across Earth’s surface – these compact satellites are beginning to reveal the scientific potential they were built to unlock, even while still in their commissioning phase.
NASA working toward April 1 launch of Artemis 2
NASA is pushing ahead with an Artemis 2 launch as soon as April 1 after completing repairs to a helium line that required rolling the rocket back from the pad.
China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission moves into spacecraft construction phase
Earth from Space: Maritime highways in the Øresund Strait
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This image from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission shows us the maritime traffic passing through the Øresund Strait in 2025. A cosmic ray simulator for extreme science on Earth
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A cosmic ray simulator for extreme science on Earth Plato readies for space-like tests
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The European Space Agency’s mission to discover Earth-like exoplanets, Plato, is now sealed in the Large Space Simulator (LSS) chamber at ESA’s Test Centre for a series of vital tests under space‑like conditions.
Engineers placed Plato in the LSS on 18 February, and since the beginning of March the spacecraft has been experiencing the extreme temperatures and vacuum of space. This photo captures the satellite standing in the centre of the simulator, moments before the chamber was bolted closed.
The picture was taken from the top opening of the LSS and gives us a direct view of Plato’s 26
