Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2024
Firefly Aerospace has announced the completion of an oversubscribed $175 million Series D funding round, elevating the company's valuation beyond $2 billion. The funding was led by RPM Ventures, a venture capital firm known for backing innovative and industry-leading enterprises for over two decades. The round also attracted participation from existing backers as well as new investors, such as G

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 13, 2024
An international team of researchers has achieved a significant milestone by designing practical photonic time crystals-unique materials capable of exponentially amplifying light. This advancement paves the way for new opportunities in fields such as communications, imaging, and sensing, promising faster and more compact optical devices, including lasers and sensors. "This work could lead

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2024
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing (NYSE: BA) subsidiary, has successfully completed two spacecraft for NASA's TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission, aimed at studying the interaction between solar wind and Earth's magnetic field. "TRACERS will ultimately inform how we understand space weather," said Dave Machuga, CEO of Millennium Space S

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 13, 2024
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has been appointed to design and construct the initial fleet of Data Storage Spacecraft for Lonestar, a premier provider of data storage and Resiliency As A Service (RAAS). With this selection, Sidus becomes Lonestar's exclusive satellite manufacturing partner for a series of six spacecraft intended for lunar orbit. These satellites will deliver sophisticated data stor

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 13, 2024
During its recent exploration of the crater rim, Perseverance diverted to explore a strange, scattered field of bright white rocks which sparked the interest of the team scientists. Perseverance has been climbing up the steep slopes of the Jezero crater rim for over two months now, and ever since approaching the edge of the crater has been spying increasingly diverse and strange-looking ro

A new European Space Agency-backed study shows that the extreme heatwaves of 2023, which fuelled huge wildfires and severe droughts, also undermined the land’s capacity to soak up atmospheric carbon. This diminished carbon uptake drove atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to new highs, intensifying concerns about accelerating climate change.

A model of the CHIME instrument has recently undergone rigorous testing to confirm it can endure the stresses of launch and the harsh conditions of space. This new Copernicus mission will provide critical data to support sustainable agriculture, and more.

Seoul (AFP) Nov 9, 2024
North Korea staged GPS jamming attacks on Friday and Saturday, an operation that was affecting several ships and dozens of civilian aircraft in South Korea, Seoul's military said. The jamming allegations come about a week after the North test-fired what it said was its most advanced and powerful solid-fuel ICBM missile, its first such launch since being accused of sending soldiers to help Ru

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 12, 2024
Optimum Technologies LLC (OpTech), known for its expertise in space mission design and advanced space hardware services, has secured a $4.5 million contract from the United States Space Force (USSF)'s Space Systems Command (SSC)'s Space Safari Office. The agreement, awarded on October 28, 2024, under a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 3 initiative, funds the development of an opti