Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 02, 2025
Linear motion is used when a part needs to move in a straight line. In aerospace, this type of motion is found in many systems, both inside and outside the aircraft or spacecraft. It's used in machines that build aerospace parts and in the vehicles themselves. h3>What Is Linear Motion Technology? /h3> a href="https://zoke-automation.com/blog/linear-motion/something-about-linear-motion/"

Paris, France (SPX) Jul 02, 2025
The European Space Agency has successfully launched the MTG-S1 satellite, marking the second deployment in the Meteosat Third Generation program and the first flight of the Copernicus Sentinel-4 instrument. The launch took place on Tuesday, 1 July, at 23:04 CEST via a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Now in geostationary orbit at 36,000 km above the equator, MTG-S1 is equipped

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 02, 2025
Bengaluru-based SatSure has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hyderabad's Dhruva Space to establish a comprehensive Earth Observation-as-a-Service (EOaaS) offering, combining both companies' full-stack capabilities across the satellite ecosystem. This alliance leverages homegrown technologies to support strategic and commercial sectors with high-reliability, end-to-end solutions. T

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 02, 2025
Observations of pulsars-spinning neutron stars with immense magnetic fields-are proving vital in preparing the SKA Observatory for early science operations. A recent release features data from an early build of the SKA-Low telescope, now under construction in Western Australia. Known for their regular radio pulses, pulsars act as remarkably precise celestial clocks, with accuracy rivaling

Washington DC (UPI) Jun 30, 2025
NASA plans to launch its live-streamed programming on Netflix - featuring rocket liftoffs, astronaut spacewalks and live views of Earth from the International Space Station - to the "broadest possible audience," starting this summer, the space agency announced Monday. Through Netflix, NASA+ could expand the space agency's reach to a global audience of more than 700 million viewers. NA

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 02, 2025
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have secured $500,000 in funding from NASA's TechLeap Prize initiative to conduct a parabolic flight test of a novel electrolyzer system aimed at supporting future space missions. The test will assess the electrolyzer's performance in low-gravity conditions simulating lunar or Martian environments. The pr

Washington DC (UPI) Jun 30, 2025
Blue Origin launched six more tourists into space and back on Sunday from Texas on its 13th passenger flight. The company's New Shepard rocket lifted off Sunday 10:39 a.m. EDT with Allie and Carl Kuehner, Leland Larson, Freddie Rescigno, Jr., Owolabi Salis and James Sitkn on board. The rocket's hydrogen-fueled BE-3 engine fired up for about two and a half minutes, boosting the sp

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 02, 2025
China's Tianwen 2 probe has traveled over 12 million kilometers from Earth on its mission to collect asteroid samples, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced Tuesday. Now more than a month into its flight, the spacecraft remains fully operational as it follows a transfer trajectory toward its target, near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3. The CNSA released two images taken by the

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 02, 2025
A pioneering 3D printing technology developed by Chinese researchers is enabling the creation of lunar structures using only soil collected directly from the Moon, eliminating the need to transport building materials from Earth. Engineers at the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory in Hefei, Anhui province, have built a working prototype of a lunar regolith 3D printer. According to senior eng

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 02, 2025
Infrared imaging from Japan's Himawari-8 and -9 meteorological satellites has enabled researchers to track temperature changes in the upper atmosphere of Venus over a ten-year period. Led by the University of Tokyo, the study uncovered variations in cloud-top temperatures and wave structures by analyzing archived satellite data captured from 2015 to 2025. The results highlight a new use for mete