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SpaceX launches classified NROL-69 mission from Cape Canaveral
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Companies in the Space Force commercial reserve program will not be publicly identified
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 11:21
The CASR initiative is designed to establish a reserve fleet of commercial satellites to augment government-owned systems in times of crisis.
Space Force gets $40 million boost for commercial space services
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 11:00
The funding represents a vote of confidence in the U.S.
Maxar launches GPS-alternative navigation system for drones
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 10:58
The software provides a terrain-based positioning system for drones in GPS-denied environments
Hera asteroid mission tested self-driving technique at Mars
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 10:54
As ESA’s Hera planetary defence mission flew past planet Mars it autonomously locked onto dozens of impact craters and other prominent surface features to track them over time, in a full-scale test of the self-driving technology that the spacecraft will employ to navigate around its target asteroids.
NASA terminating $420 million in contracts
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 10:49
NASA is terminating $420 million in contracts the agency says are redundant or “misaligned” with its core priorities, but has provided few details about what is being cut.
Delft and Brown researchers unveil ultrathin sails for laser propulsion in space
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 10:28
Researchers from Delft University of Technology and Brown University have introduced a breakthrough in nanotechnology with the development of large-scale, ultrathin lightsails, poised to accelerate advances in both space travel and experimental physics. Published in Nature Communications, their work outlines novel materials and techniques that yield the thinnest extensive reflectors ever fabrica Mainland Europe's first orbital rocket launch postponed
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 10:28
A German start-up on Monday postponed a test flight of its Spectrum rocket from Norway's Andoya Spaceport in the Arctic, seen as a key step in Europe's new space economy.
The Munich-based company Isar Aerospace said in a statement it had cancelled Monday's flight "due to unfavourable winds" and that it was working to find a new launch date.
A re-scheduled launch would be the first flight NASA's Curiosity Rover Detects Largest Organic Molecules Found on Mars
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 10:28
Researchers analyzing pulverized rock onboard NASA's Curiosity rover have found the largest organic compounds on the Red Planet to date. The finding, published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests prebiotic chemistry may have advanced further on Mars than previously observed.
Scientists probed an existing rock sample inside Curiosity's Sample Analysis at South Pole Aitken Basin impact dated to early Moon history by Chang'e 6 samples
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 10:28
Scientists have precisely determined the age of the Moon's largest and most ancient impact crater, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, using rock samples retrieved by China's Chang'e-6 lunar mission. A research team led by Prof. CHEN YI at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences analyzed the first samples ever collected from the SPA region and established that t AI boosts accuracy in stellar classification efforts
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 10:28
AI tools are revolutionizing the way astronomers study celestial bodies, offering new levels of precision and automation in classifying stars. A global research collaboration recently demonstrated how deep learning algorithms and large language models can efficiently and accurately categorize stars based on their light curves. The findings, published on February 26 in *Intelligent Computing*, ar Exolaunch to Deploy Canadian CubeSats in Support of STEM Space Initiative
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 10:28
Exolaunch has finalized a Launch Services Agreement (LSA) with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to facilitate the deployment of CubeSats under the CUBICS (CubeSats Initiative in Canada for STEM) program. This initiative seeks to enhance Canada's space technology capabilities while equipping the next generation of Canadian space professionals with hands-on experience.
The agreement covers th KONGSBERG enters satellite operations with inaugural launch
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 10:28
Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has taken a major step into the space sector by launching and now operating its first microsatellite, marking the company's transition into satellite-based service provision.
The microsatellite, named ARVAKER 1 N3X, was deployed from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard SpaceX's Transporter 13 mission. This launch not only signifies K NASA Uses Advanced Radar to Track Groundwater in California
Tuesday, 25 March 2025 10:28
Where California's towering Sierra Nevada surrender to the sprawling San Joaquin Valley, a high-stakes detective story is unfolding. The culprit isn't a person but a process: the mysterious journey of snowmelt as it travels underground to replenish depleted groundwater reserves.
The investigator is a NASA jet equipped with radar technology so sensitive it can detect ground movements thinne