NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander
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Next generation engine initiative launched by ArianeGroup with CNES support
Saturday, 21 June 2025 03:36
ArianeGroup has signed a new agreement with the French Space Agency (CNES) to spearhead the development and validation of next-generation, high-thrust rocket engines. These engines are expected to deliver between 200 and 300 tons of thrust-twice the output of the Vulcain 2.1, which powers today's Ariane 6 launch vehicle.
The project will focus on creating advanced technologies tailored for New Ocula imaging service to deliver detailed lunar data from orbit
Saturday, 21 June 2025 03:36
Firefly Aerospace has unveiled a new lunar imaging service called Ocula, set to debut as early as 2026 aboard its Elytra spacecraft. Enabled by high-resolution ultraviolet and visible spectrum telescopes from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Ocula will support mineral detection, landing site scouting, and enhanced cislunar domain awareness.
"Ocula will be one of the first, if Hot gas filament spanning galaxy clusters may resolve missing matter puzzle
Saturday, 21 June 2025 03:36
A European-led team of astronomers has identified a colossal, high-temperature filament of gas stretching across 23 million light-years and connecting four galaxy clusters. The discovery sheds light on the elusive warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM), a form of matter suspected to contain a significant portion of the universe's missing normal matter.
Utilizing the Japanese Suzaku and Europ Shaping of rocky planets traced to final stages of formation
Saturday, 21 June 2025 03:36
Southwest Research Institute and Yale University scientists have compiled recent advancements in understanding how late-stage accretion shaped the evolution of the solar system's rocky planets. Their review in Nature emphasizes how the final stages of planetary growth dramatically influenced geophysical, chemical and potentially habitable conditions on worlds like Earth, Mars, Venus and Mercury. NASA prepares sensor breakthrough for upcoming hypersonic rocket flights
Saturday, 21 June 2025 03:36
NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center is preparing for the first hypersonic test flights of its Fiber Optic Sensing System (FOSS), a compact and lightweight technology that measures temperature and strain on high-speed vehicles. These upcoming rocket launches, scheduled for summer 2025, mark a key milestone in the advancement of hypersonic research.
On March 26, Armstrong engineers condu Redwire finalizes Hammerhead satellite integration for ESA ALTIUS mission
Saturday, 21 June 2025 03:36
Redwire Corporation has completed integration of its Hammerhead spacecraft platform for the European Space Agency's upcoming ALTIUS mission, marking a key milestone at its satellite processing facility in Kruibeke, Belgium. Redwire serves as the prime contractor for the mission.
The Hammerhead spacecraft, designed for low Earth orbit applications, will next undergo system-level testing and SkyMapper and SETI launch real time global astronomy data network
Saturday, 21 June 2025 03:36
SkyMapper has partnered with the SETI Institute to create a decentralized astronomical data network aimed at providing continuous, real-time sky observations to scientists, educators, and citizen astronomers worldwide.
The initiative will allow sky-observing stations and telescopes, including the SETI Institute's LaserSETI, CAMS, and Unistellar programs, to receive and respond to live obse Tidal forces from the Sun may have shaped Mercury's tectonic features
Saturday, 21 June 2025 03:36
New research from the University of Bern reveals that tidal forces from the Sun may have significantly contributed to the formation of Mercury's hills and cliffs, challenging the long-standing belief that these features resulted solely from planetary cooling and contraction. The findings draw on models of Mercury's orbit and rotation, and future studies will be supported by data from ESA and JAX Northrop Grumman expands use of NVIDIA AI to boost autonomous space operations
Saturday, 21 June 2025 03:36
Northrop Grumman Corporation is deepening its collaboration with NVIDIA by integrating the NVIDIA Omniverse simulation platform into space applications and utilizing the NVIDIA Isaac Lab framework to advance AI for autonomous spacecraft operations.
The aerospace company plans to develop a comprehensive AI robotics architecture capable of supporting a broad range of complex space environmen Thick Martian clays may have formed in stable ancient lakebeds
Saturday, 21 June 2025 03:36
New research led by the University of Texas at Austin reveals that thick layers of clay on Mars likely formed in ancient, stable lakebeds, creating environments that could have supported early life. These clay-rich regions, often spanning hundreds of feet, owe their formation to abundant water and minimal geological disruption, according to findings published in Nature Astronomy.
The study Pentagon struggles to build unified satellite network
Friday, 20 June 2025 18:12
The goal is creating what DoD calls "enterprise satcom" — a virtualized, software-defined network that could automatically reroute communications.
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Macron says Europe must become 'space power' again
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Tabletop exercises can help us understand and avoid potential conflicts over the moon
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President of France Emmanuel Macron visits the Paris Space Hub
Friday, 20 June 2025 12:18
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Marking the first public day of this year’s International Paris Air Show, the President of France Emmanuel Macron visited the Paris Space Hub.
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and Director of Human and Robotic Exploration Daniel Neuenschwander welcomed President Macron, introducing him to the assembled French astronauts and a group of young space professionals in attendance.
French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot joined by video link from the United States, where she is training for her upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Sophie detailed some of her training, explaining that no two days are alike. Fellow astronauts Thomas Pesquet, Jean-François Clervoy and