China adds new satellites to Guowang constellation, eyes accelerated launch rate
Monday, 28 July 2025 10:13
Satellite ready to test link for global 5G-broadband
Monday, 28 July 2025 09:00
A small satellite designed to deliver direct 5G-broadband access from space to a compact ground device, supported by the European Space Agency (ESA), has made it into orbit after its launch. The planned demonstration link is an early step in exploring space-enabled fast connectivity for inaccessible regions – highlighting future possibilities such as connecting rural schools and providing remote healthcare access.
Vega C launch deploys Earth observation and climate monitoring satellites
Monday, 28 July 2025 07:42
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
Vega C has completed its VV27 mission, successfully delivering the CO3D and MicroCarb satellites into their respective orbits. Liftoff occurred at 23:03 local time on July 25 (04:03 CEST on July 26), powered by the P120C solid rocket motor which fired for 2 minutes and 23 seconds. The launch sequence continued with ignitions of the Zefiro 40 and Zefiro 9 stages.
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Vega C has completed its VV27 mission, successfully delivering the CO3D and MicroCarb satellites into their respective orbits. Liftoff occurred at 23:03 local time on July 25 (04:03 CEST on July 26), powered by the P120C solid rocket motor which fired for 2 minutes and 23 seconds. The launch sequence continued with ignitions of the Zefiro 40 and Zefiro 9 stages.
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Monday, 28 July 2025 07:42
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 26, 2025
SpaceX early Saturday launched another 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Florida, days after a short service outage hit the space-based internet provider.
The Falcon 9 lifted off at 5:01 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Pad 40.
The first-stage booster launched for the 22nd time, including Crew-6 and 17 previous Starlink missions.
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SpaceX early Saturday launched another 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Florida, days after a short service outage hit the space-based internet provider.
The Falcon 9 lifted off at 5:01 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Pad 40.
The first-stage booster launched for the 22nd time, including Crew-6 and 17 previous Starlink missions.
About 8 mi How to Master Terraria: Essential Tips from a Pro Player
Monday, 28 July 2025 07:42
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 26, 2025
Playing Terraria on Master Mode can be brutal. A single hit from a slime could kill you if you're not wearing armor. The game gets much harder at higher difficulty levels, and you'll need solid preparation and strategy.
Playing Terraria on Master Mode can be brutal. A single hit from a slime could kill you if you're not wearing armor. The game gets much harder at higher difficulty levels, and you'll need solid preparation and strategy. NASA: Senegal is 56th country to sign Artemis Accords
Monday, 28 July 2025 07:42
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 25, 2025
Senegal has become the 56th country to sign the Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration, NASA announced Friday.
Signing the Artemis Accords means to explore peaceably and transparently, to render aid to those in need, to ensure unrestricted access to scientific data that all of humanity can learn from, to ensure activities do not interfere with those of others, to preserve histor
Senegal has become the 56th country to sign the Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration, NASA announced Friday.
Signing the Artemis Accords means to explore peaceably and transparently, to render aid to those in need, to ensure unrestricted access to scientific data that all of humanity can learn from, to ensure activities do not interfere with those of others, to preserve histor ULA tempers expectations for 2025 launch volume amid transition to Vulcan-centric fleet
Sunday, 27 July 2025 08:30
The company is now targeting ~10 missions this year, down from ambitious 20-launch projection made in 2024
Mars glaciers are purer and more uniform than previously thought
Sunday, 27 July 2025 07:04
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
On the slopes of Martian mountains and craters clings what appears to be flowing honey, coated in dust and frozen in time. In reality, these features are incredibly slow-moving glaciers, and their contents were once thought to be mostly rock enveloped in some ice.
Work over the last 20 years has demonstrated that at least some of these glaciers are mostly pure ice with only a thin cover of
On the slopes of Martian mountains and craters clings what appears to be flowing honey, coated in dust and frozen in time. In reality, these features are incredibly slow-moving glaciers, and their contents were once thought to be mostly rock enveloped in some ice.
Work over the last 20 years has demonstrated that at least some of these glaciers are mostly pure ice with only a thin cover of Curiosity Rovers Boxwork Campaign Reaches New Heights on Mount Sharp
Sunday, 27 July 2025 07:04
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
Curiosity has made significant progress in its ongoing exploration of the intricate boxwork terrain along the slopes of Mount Sharp. The past several sols have brought the rover from the base of a steep ridge to a resting point within a nearby hollow, offering increasingly detailed views of these unique Martian formations. This marks a new phase in Curiosity's campaign to analyze the composition
Curiosity has made significant progress in its ongoing exploration of the intricate boxwork terrain along the slopes of Mount Sharp. The past several sols have brought the rover from the base of a steep ridge to a resting point within a nearby hollow, offering increasingly detailed views of these unique Martian formations. This marks a new phase in Curiosity's campaign to analyze the composition Skyfall Mars helicopter fleet to scout future astronaut landing sites
Sunday, 27 July 2025 07:04
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
Skyfall, a forward-looking Mars helicopter concept developed by AeroVironment (AV) in collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), aims to support future human exploration of the Red Planet by 2028. The system features a fleet of six autonomous scout helicopters designed to explore potential astronaut landing zones.
Each rotorcraft would operate independently, capturing high-
Skyfall, a forward-looking Mars helicopter concept developed by AeroVironment (AV) in collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), aims to support future human exploration of the Red Planet by 2028. The system features a fleet of six autonomous scout helicopters designed to explore potential astronaut landing zones.
Each rotorcraft would operate independently, capturing high- Lunar habitat module project advances under Thales Alenia Space and ASI agreement
Sunday, 27 July 2025 07:04
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to carry out the preliminary design and technology development for the Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH) module, set to become the first human habitat on the Moon's surface. The MPH module is scheduled for launch in 2033 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center under the Artemis Accords between NASA and ASI.
As part of the
Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to carry out the preliminary design and technology development for the Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH) module, set to become the first human habitat on the Moon's surface. The MPH module is scheduled for launch in 2033 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center under the Artemis Accords between NASA and ASI.
As part of the China Focus: Chinese scientist details first planned Mars sample-return mission Tianwen 3
Sunday, 27 July 2025 07:04
Beijing (XNA) Jul 25, 2025
China's first Mars sample-return mission, Tianwen 3, is scheduled for launch around 2028, with the goal of returning no less than 500 grams of Martian samples to Earth by around 2031, according to the mission's chief scientist.
Hou Zengqian, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and chief scientist of the Tianwen 3 mission, together with his collaborators, recently published an
China's first Mars sample-return mission, Tianwen 3, is scheduled for launch around 2028, with the goal of returning no less than 500 grams of Martian samples to Earth by around 2031, according to the mission's chief scientist.
Hou Zengqian, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and chief scientist of the Tianwen 3 mission, together with his collaborators, recently published an Sidus Space debuts LunarLizzie 800kg lunar platform built for real time AI terrain intelligence
Sunday, 27 July 2025 07:04
Merritt Island FL (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
Sidus Space has introduced LunarLizzie, its most advanced 800kg-class spacecraft engineered specifically for lunar and cislunar missions. Equipped with onboard AI, LiDAR, and hyperspectral imaging, the platform aims to deliver near real-time intelligence on lunar terrain and environmental conditions without ground-based dependency.
Designed for both government and commercial missions, Luna
Sidus Space has introduced LunarLizzie, its most advanced 800kg-class spacecraft engineered specifically for lunar and cislunar missions. Equipped with onboard AI, LiDAR, and hyperspectral imaging, the platform aims to deliver near real-time intelligence on lunar terrain and environmental conditions without ground-based dependency.
Designed for both government and commercial missions, Luna Moon erosion by solar wind far less than expected finds lunar rock study
Sunday, 27 July 2025 07:04
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
The Moon's fragile exosphere, a sparse envelope of gas surrounding the lunar body, is mainly generated by interactions between the Moon's surface and external forces. Until now, scientists believed the solar wind played a major role in this process. But new research led by Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) challenges that assumption.
Using original lunar rock from NASA's Apollo 16
The Moon's fragile exosphere, a sparse envelope of gas surrounding the lunar body, is mainly generated by interactions between the Moon's surface and external forces. Until now, scientists believed the solar wind played a major role in this process. But new research led by Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) challenges that assumption.
Using original lunar rock from NASA's Apollo 16 China eyes Neptune for groundbreaking ice giant mission
Sunday, 27 July 2025 07:04
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
China is preparing to push deeper into the solar system with an ambitious new phase in its deep space exploration program, including a Mars sample-return mission and a journey to Jupiter. Now, Chinese scientists are setting their sights even farther-toward the ice giants Uranus and Neptune.
These remote, largely unexplored planets contain clues to the solar system's origins, according to Y
China is preparing to push deeper into the solar system with an ambitious new phase in its deep space exploration program, including a Mars sample-return mission and a journey to Jupiter. Now, Chinese scientists are setting their sights even farther-toward the ice giants Uranus and Neptune.
These remote, largely unexplored planets contain clues to the solar system's origins, according to Y