Earth from Space: Cloud-free Iceland
Friday, 30 May 2025 07:00
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The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission shows us a rare, cloud-free view of Iceland captured on 17 May 2025. Elevating Europe in space for fifty years
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For half a century, the European Space Agency (ESA) has been serving Europe as its space agency and inspiring its citizens. On 30 May 1975, the ESA Convention was signed by 10 founding Member States and has since now expanded to 23 Member States, three Associate Members, four Cooperating States and a Cooperation Agreement with Canada. This anniversary year provides the opportunity to reflect not only on ESA’s past achievements, but even more so on its future perspectives.
With strategic acquisitions, Rocket Lab pursues prime defense contractor status
Thursday, 29 May 2025 21:34
China launches classified Shijan-26 satellite with Long March 4B rocket
Thursday, 29 May 2025 20:01
Northrop invests $50 million into Firefly for launch vehicle development
Thursday, 29 May 2025 17:50
Northrop Grumman is investing $50 million into Firefly Aerospace to further development of a medium-lift launch vehicle with a new name.
New report details China’s push to dominate artificial intelligence
Thursday, 29 May 2025 17:16
At the core of Beijing's campaign are advanced data centers, on Earth and in orbit
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Space power satellites at the moon could keep a lunar base warm
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The power of daily Earth imaging
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:46
In this week's episode of Space Minds Ashley Johnson, President and CFO of Planet, explains the company's ambitious goal to make global change visible, accessible and actionable.
China launches space probe seeking asteroid samples: Xinhua
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:13
China on Thursday launched a space probe on the country's first mission to retrieve samples from an asteroid and bring them home for research, the Xinhua state news agency reported.
Beijing has ploughed billions of dollars into its space programme in recent years in an effort to achieve what President Xi Jinping describes as the country's "space dream".
It has built a space station orbit The hunt for mysterious 'Planet Nine' offers up a surprise
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:13
It's an evocative idea that has long bedevilled scientists: a huge and mysterious planet is lurking in the darkness at the edge of our solar system, evading all our efforts to spot it.
Some astronomers say the strange, clustered orbits of icy rocks beyond Neptune indicate that something big is out there, which they have dubbed Planet Nine.
Now, a US-based trio hunting this elusive world Kymeta and Eutelsat OneWeb deploy dual-orbit SATCOM terminal to support defense networks
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:13
The new Goshawk u8 flat-panel terminal from Kymeta is now officially available on Eutelsat OneWeb's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network, enhancing multi-orbit connectivity options for global government and military customers. Designed to function seamlessly across both LEO and Geostationary Orbit (GEO) networks, the terminal addresses a growing demand for resilient and versatile communicatio Nanchang satellite drives environmental protection and low altitude innovation
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:13
Jiangxi province has marked a technological milestone with the launch of its first domestically developed ecological monitoring satellite, "Nanchang Aerospace-1". Lifted into orbit aboard a Zhuque-2 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on May 17 at 12:12 pm, the satellite was co-developed by Nanchang Hangkong University and Changsha Tianyi Space Science and Technology Resear
Dawn Aerospace Opens Orders for Aurora Suborbital Spaceplane with 2027 Deliveries Planned
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:13
Dawn Aerospace has begun taking orders for its Aurora spaceplane, a fully reusable suborbital vehicle slated for delivery beginning in 2027. This development marks a historic first: a spaceplane engineered to cross the Karman line (100 km) is now commercially available for purchase. Self powered jellyfish cyborgs offer eco friendly tools for ocean monitoring
Thursday, 29 May 2025 12:13
Unlike fish, jellyfish move through the sea with minimal energy thanks to a simple muscle-driven propulsion system. This natural motion, known as "embodied intelligence," lets them travel efficiently without a brain or bones-qualities that researchers are now adapting for sustainable marine monitoring.
A team led by Dai Owaki, associate professor in Tohoku University's Department of Roboti