Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 20, 2024
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a leading global provider of satellite communications, has been chosen by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to supply resilient networking solutions for the Replicator initiative. This program is focused on delivering autonomous systems designed to support warfighter operations with advanced command and control (C2) capabilities. The initiative is a key part of the U

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 31, 2024
China's Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center, part of the China National Space Administration, has approved its eighth batch of lunar sample research applications. These applications allow scientists to borrow lunar material collected during the Chang'e 5 and Chang'e 6 missions. A total of 8,550.4 milligrams of lunar samples will be distributed among 18 researchers representing 1

On March 7, 1967, a Red Bank, New Jersey, resident named F.C. Stetter sat down at their typewriter and wrote a letter to Sen.

Washington DC (UPI) Dec 29, 2024
SpaceX completed back-to-back missions of two Falcon 9 rockets over the weekend, delivering 22 Starlink satellites and Astranis's One to Many Mission into orbit, the 132nd and 133rd missions of the year. "We're now targeting 134 launches - two shy of our last goal - to finish 2024 strong," Kiko Dontchev, SpaceX's vice president of launch wrote on social media. "Here's to an awesome la

SpaceX successfully launched four Astranis-built broadband spacecraft toward geostationary orbit Dec.

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 27, 2024
A study of farside basalts returned by China's Chang'e-6 mission has unveiled evidence of a significant resurgence in the Moon's magnetic field approximately 2.8 billion years ago (Ga). This discovery offers key insights into the lunar dynamo and its impact on the Moon's interior and surface evolution. The Chang'e-6 mission provided the first basalt samples from the Moon's farside, filling

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 27, 2024
Powered descent guidance (PDG) plays a critical role in enabling reusable rockets to achieve precise landings on Earth. Unlike lunar or planetary landings, endoatmospheric PDG must contend with complex nonlinear dynamics and challenging conditions such as engine thrust fluctuations, aerodynamic uncertainties, and wind disturbances. These factors can significantly affect landing accuracy, increas