Arctic Weather Satellite in shape
Monday, 20 November 2023 13:44
Embracing the New Space approach, it has taken just 36 months to develop and build ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite. Now complete, this remarkable microsatellite has been shipped from OHB in Sweden to Germany where it is starting a series of tests to make sure that it will survive liftoff next year and its subsequent life in orbit.
Emirati university signs up to China’s moon base project
Monday, 20 November 2023 13:04
Australians vote on name for home-made Moon rover
Monday, 20 November 2023 11:14
Sydney (AFP) Nov 20, 2023
Australians began voting Monday on a name for the country's first home-made Moon rover, with a shortlist including "Mateship", "Roo-ver" and "Kakirra" - an Indigenous word for the Earth's satellite.
Australia's space industry will develop the semi-autonomous rover to collect lunar soil under an agreement signed two years ago with NASA, which plans to fly it to the Moon's surface as soon as
Australians began voting Monday on a name for the country's first home-made Moon rover, with a shortlist including "Mateship", "Roo-ver" and "Kakirra" - an Indigenous word for the Earth's satellite.
Australia's space industry will develop the semi-autonomous rover to collect lunar soil under an agreement signed two years ago with NASA, which plans to fly it to the Moon's surface as soon as OpenAI stands by decision to fire Sam Altman despite pressure
Monday, 20 November 2023 11:14
San Francisco (AFP) Nov 20, 2023
The board of ChatGPT creator OpenAI on Sunday rejected pressure from Microsoft and other major investors to reverse its stunning decision to fire CEO Sam Altman, US media reported.
OpenAI and Altman rocketed to fame with the launch of ChatGPT last year, showcasing advances in generative artificial intelligence that set off a gold rush in the sector.
But the company's board shocked the in
The board of ChatGPT creator OpenAI on Sunday rejected pressure from Microsoft and other major investors to reverse its stunning decision to fire CEO Sam Altman, US media reported.
OpenAI and Altman rocketed to fame with the launch of ChatGPT last year, showcasing advances in generative artificial intelligence that set off a gold rush in the sector.
But the company's board shocked the in 
World View ends plans to go public through a SPAC merger
Monday, 20 November 2023 09:53
Watch live: Ariane 6 eight-minute hot-fire test
Monday, 20 November 2023 09:36
Watch live on ESA Web TV on 23 November as Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket goes through a full-scale rehearsal in preparation for its first flight, when teams from ArianeGroup, France’s space agency CNES, and ESA on the ground will complete a launch countdown rehearsal. The test includes the ignition of the core stage Vulcain 2.1 engine, followed by 470 seconds of stabilised operation covering the entire core stage flight phase, as it would function on a launch into space.
Rocket engine startup Ursa Major to venture into solid propulsion
Monday, 20 November 2023 07:07
SpaceX Starship disintegrates after successful stage separation
Sunday, 19 November 2023 12:44
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 18, 2021
SpaceX's Starship spacecraft test launch ended with "rapid unscheduled disassembly," Saturday when the booster stage and spacecraft disintegrated shortly after completing a successful stage separation.
The Starship test launch was originally planned for Friday but had to be delayed as technicians replaced a grid fin actuator, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
In April, the first
SpaceX's Starship spacecraft test launch ended with "rapid unscheduled disassembly," Saturday when the booster stage and spacecraft disintegrated shortly after completing a successful stage separation.
The Starship test launch was originally planned for Friday but had to be delayed as technicians replaced a grid fin actuator, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
In April, the first Advanced Space's CAPSTONE operates one year at the Moon
Sunday, 19 November 2023 12:44
Westminster CO (SPX) Nov 20, 2023
Advanced Space, a leading space tech solutions company, announced today that their Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) mission has successfully operated on-orbit around the Moon for a full year.
This milestone puts the company in an elite category logging over 365 days of continuous operations in the cislunar environment. As the
Advanced Space, a leading space tech solutions company, announced today that their Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) mission has successfully operated on-orbit around the Moon for a full year.
This milestone puts the company in an elite category logging over 365 days of continuous operations in the cislunar environment. As the Cube Quest concludes: Wins an lessons learned from Centennial Challenge
Sunday, 19 November 2023 12:44
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 20, 2023
Artemis I launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 16, 2022, penning a new era of space exploration and inching the agency closer to sending the first woman and first person of color to the lunar surface.
Aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket were 10 small satellites, no bigger than shoeboxes, whose goal was to detach and capably perform operations near and beyond
Artemis I launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 16, 2022, penning a new era of space exploration and inching the agency closer to sending the first woman and first person of color to the lunar surface.
Aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket were 10 small satellites, no bigger than shoeboxes, whose goal was to detach and capably perform operations near and beyond Maritime Launch reports non-brokered private placement of convertible debentures
Sunday, 19 November 2023 12:44
Halifax, Canada (SPX) Nov 20, 2023
Maritime Launch Services Inc. (NEO: MAXQ, OTCQB: MAXQF) has reported a non-brokered private placement of unsecured convertible debentures (the "Debentures") for minimum gross proceeds of $2,000,000 (the "Offering"). The Debentures will bear cash interest ("Cash Interest") at a rate of 10% per annum, payable quarterly, as well as paid in-kind interest ("PIK Interest") consisting of 5% of the outs
Maritime Launch Services Inc. (NEO: MAXQ, OTCQB: MAXQF) has reported a non-brokered private placement of unsecured convertible debentures (the "Debentures") for minimum gross proceeds of $2,000,000 (the "Offering"). The Debentures will bear cash interest ("Cash Interest") at a rate of 10% per annum, payable quarterly, as well as paid in-kind interest ("PIK Interest") consisting of 5% of the outs Maxar hands over JUPITER 3, to EchoStar
Sunday, 19 November 2023 12:44
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2023
Maxar Space Systems today announced that it had successfully handed over operations of the largest commercial communications satellite ever manufactured in their Palo Alto, California facility, the JUPITER 3 satellite, for EchoStar.
The satellite includes 14 solar panels on board that when fully deployed could span a 10-story building. Maxar Space Systems manufactured the spacecraft, which
Maxar Space Systems today announced that it had successfully handed over operations of the largest commercial communications satellite ever manufactured in their Palo Alto, California facility, the JUPITER 3 satellite, for EchoStar.
The satellite includes 14 solar panels on board that when fully deployed could span a 10-story building. Maxar Space Systems manufactured the spacecraft, which OLS using Eutelsat for maritime connectivity off Brazilian coast
Sunday, 19 November 2023 12:44
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 20, 2023
Eutelsat has reported that Offshore Link Sat (OLS) has expanded its capacity on EUTELSAT 8 West B for GEO maritime connectivity services off the Brazilian coast.
OLS, a Brazilian telecommunication service provider specialised in offshore connectivity for the oil and gas industry (offshore platforms and vessels), further leverages Eutelsat Group's in-orbit assets to strengthen its tailored
Eutelsat has reported that Offshore Link Sat (OLS) has expanded its capacity on EUTELSAT 8 West B for GEO maritime connectivity services off the Brazilian coast.
OLS, a Brazilian telecommunication service provider specialised in offshore connectivity for the oil and gas industry (offshore platforms and vessels), further leverages Eutelsat Group's in-orbit assets to strengthen its tailored PSI unveils Mercury's hidden glaciers, suggesting new astrobiological insights
Sunday, 19 November 2023 12:44
Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 18, 2023
Scientists from the Planetary Science Institute have uncovered evidence of potential salt glaciers on Mercury, opening a new frontier in astrobiology by revealing a volatile environment that might echo habitability conditions found in Earth's extreme locales.
"Our finding complements other recent research showing that Pluto has nitrogen glaciers, implying that the glaciation phenomenon ext
Scientists from the Planetary Science Institute have uncovered evidence of potential salt glaciers on Mercury, opening a new frontier in astrobiology by revealing a volatile environment that might echo habitability conditions found in Earth's extreme locales.
"Our finding complements other recent research showing that Pluto has nitrogen glaciers, implying that the glaciation phenomenon ext