SuperSharp advances toward 2026 mission with funding boost and prototype completion
Thursday, 20 March 2025 11:20
SuperSharp Space Systems Ltd (SuperSharp), a spin-off from the University of Cambridge, has marked two major achievements on its path toward space deployment. The UK Space Agency has awarded the company Pounds 5 million to support an in-orbit demonstration of its innovative unfolding thermal infrared (TIR) telescope, designed to aid climate change mitigation. Simultaneously, SuperSharp has final Webb telescope captures its first direct images of carbon dioxide outside solar system
Thursday, 20 March 2025 11:20
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a key target for planet formation studies.
The observations provide strong evidence that the system's four giant planets formed in much the same way as Jupiter and Saturn, by slowly building solid Axiom Space selects Siemens software to boost orbital infrastructure programs
Thursday, 20 March 2025 11:20
Axiom Space has partnered with Siemens to enhance the design and development of its commercial space projects by implementing tools from the Siemens Xcelerator software suite. This collaboration aims to streamline workflows and support the creation of next-generation space infrastructure, including Axiom's commercial space station and its advanced spacesuit initiatives.
"After an extensive Chinese scientists unveil six-legged robot for future asteroid and lunar mining
Thursday, 20 March 2025 11:20
A research team from China has engineered a six-legged robotic system inspired by insects, aiming to revolutionize how space mining is conducted on the moon and asteroids.
Unlike mining on Earth, extraterrestrial excavation faces unique obstacles due to low-gravity environments. The moon's gravity is about one-sixth of Earth's, and asteroids often have even weaker gravitational pull, makin Exolaunch surpasses 500 satellite deployments and debuts new Quadro system on SpaceX rideshare
Thursday, 20 March 2025 11:20
Exolaunch, a global leader in satellite deployment and mission management, has marked a significant milestone with the successful deployment of its 500th satellite. During SpaceX's Transporter-13 rideshare mission, Exolaunch deployed 27 satellites, delivering close to 1,500 kilograms of payload into orbit for clients from fourteen different countries.
This mission also marked the inaugural Satellite operators want better space weather models
Thursday, 20 March 2025 10:51
Satellite operators need better space weather models to maximize the life of their satellites and to avoid collisions in low Earth orbit.
NASA defends decisions about astronauts, says they never were 'stranded'
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NASA examining options for another Starliner test flight
Thursday, 20 March 2025 09:31
NASA is evaluating options for another test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle before beginning regular ISS missions.
Who else has been stuck in space? A short history of long spaceflights
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The spring equinox is here. What does that mean?
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As the rescued astronauts return, space law is still in orbit over who's responsible when missions go wrong
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Laws governing space are 50 years old. New ones are needed to prevent it becoming a 'wild west'
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What to know about the satellite communications race
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 12:19
Elon Musk's SpaceX subsidiary Starlink is the most widely-known firm offering satellite communications, but the sector is the scene of hot competition between several groups.
Depending on their technology, different players can offer widely varying capacity and applications for connectivity via space.
From their orbits around the Earth, satellites serve as "relays between one point on th Sidus Space launches third LizzieSat satellite with enhanced onboard AI
Wednesday, 19 March 2025 12:19
Sidus Space has confirmed the successful launch and deployment of its LizzieSat-3 satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO), reinforcing the company's growing multi-satellite network. This latest satellite was launched on March 14th aboard SpaceX's Transporter-13 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. LizzieSat-3 now joins its predecessors, LizzieSat-1 and LizzieSat-2, whic