Northrop Grumman selected to provide cargo services for final phase of ISS
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 10:02
NASA has selected Northrop Grumman to provide cargo delivery services to the International Space Station once a spacecraft designed to deorbit the station is installed.
Gamma-ray observation may provide first direct evidence for dark matter
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 08:07
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 26, 2025
In the 1930s, astronomer Fritz Zwicky noted that galaxies moved faster than expected for their visible mass, suggesting an unseen matter now known as dark matter. Since then, dark matter remained unobserved except through its gravitational effect on visible matter.
Researchers have targeted areas dense in dark matter to find signals predicted by theoretical models. A leading hypothesis hol
In the 1930s, astronomer Fritz Zwicky noted that galaxies moved faster than expected for their visible mass, suggesting an unseen matter now known as dark matter. Since then, dark matter remained unobserved except through its gravitational effect on visible matter.
Researchers have targeted areas dense in dark matter to find signals predicted by theoretical models. A leading hypothesis hol NASA's Mars Spacecraft Capture Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 08:07
Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 21, 2025
Two orbiters and a rover captured images of the interstellar object - from the closest location any of the agency's spacecraft may get - that could reveal new details.
At the start of October, three of NASA's Mars spacecraft had front row seats to view 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object so far discovered in our solar system. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) snapped a close-u
Two orbiters and a rover captured images of the interstellar object - from the closest location any of the agency's spacecraft may get - that could reveal new details.
At the start of October, three of NASA's Mars spacecraft had front row seats to view 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object so far discovered in our solar system. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) snapped a close-u Researchers use X ray analysis to examine flown European satellite
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 08:07
Dubendorf, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 25 2025
Empa specialists carried out a comprehensive study of the EURECA European satellite, employing non-destructive X-ray imaging to investigate its internal features after the spacecraft's return from orbit. EURECA, launched in 1992 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis by Swiss astronaut Claude Nicollier, completed eleven months in orbit before its recovery by Space Shuttle Endeavour and return to Earth in
Empa specialists carried out a comprehensive study of the EURECA European satellite, employing non-destructive X-ray imaging to investigate its internal features after the spacecraft's return from orbit. EURECA, launched in 1992 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis by Swiss astronaut Claude Nicollier, completed eleven months in orbit before its recovery by Space Shuttle Endeavour and return to Earth in White dwarf magnetic field study reveals inner accretion dynamics
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 08:07
Cambridge, MA (SPX) Nov 21, 2025
Some 200 light years from Earth, the core of a dead star is circling a larger star in a macabre cosmic dance. The dead star is a type of white dwarf that exerts a powerful magnetic field as it pulls material from the larger star into a swirling, accreting disk. The spiraling pair is what's known as an "intermediate polar" - a type of star system that gives off a complex pattern of intense radiat
Some 200 light years from Earth, the core of a dead star is circling a larger star in a macabre cosmic dance. The dead star is a type of white dwarf that exerts a powerful magnetic field as it pulls material from the larger star into a swirling, accreting disk. The spiraling pair is what's known as an "intermediate polar" - a type of star system that gives off a complex pattern of intense radiat ESA members to decide on Europe’s future in space at ministerial conference
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 07:06
ESA and its supporters will discover in the next two days how successful they have been in convincing European governments to significantly increase investments in space and bolster European autonomy.
NASA changes Starliner contract: First ISS mission to carry only cargo
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 03:56
Miami FL (UPI) Nov 26, 2025
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will only fly cargo to the International Space Station after NASA changed the contract with Boeing that also cut the number of missions for the craft.
On Monday, NASA announced the update to the 2014 contract. It originally said there would be six crewed flights to the ISS after a successful uncrewed flight test. Now the contract says the total will be four mi
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will only fly cargo to the International Space Station after NASA changed the contract with Boeing that also cut the number of missions for the craft.
On Monday, NASA announced the update to the 2014 contract. It originally said there would be six crewed flights to the ISS after a successful uncrewed flight test. Now the contract says the total will be four mi Soyuz rocket positioned at Baikonur for ISS crew launch as Cygnus XL temporarily removed
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 03:56
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 26, 2025
The Soyuz MS-28 rocket was set upright at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on November 24 for the crewed mission scheduled for November 27. NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev will launch aboard Soyuz MS-28 at 4:27 a.m. EDT and dock to the space station's Rassvet module after two Earth orbits to begin an eight-month research mission.
The Soyuz MS-28 rocket was set upright at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on November 24 for the crewed mission scheduled for November 27. NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev will launch aboard Soyuz MS-28 at 4:27 a.m. EDT and dock to the space station's Rassvet module after two Earth orbits to begin an eight-month research mission. ESCAPADE spacecraft capture first images while en route to Mars
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 03:56
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 26, 2025
About a week after liftoff, the twin spacecraft of NASA's ESCAPADE mission returned their first images as they journey away from Earth. On November 21, one of the two spacecraft used its Visible and Infrared Observation System - developed at Northern Arizona University - to photograph the edge of a solar panel.
The pair of self-portraits includes a visible-light photo and an infrared image
About a week after liftoff, the twin spacecraft of NASA's ESCAPADE mission returned their first images as they journey away from Earth. On November 21, one of the two spacecraft used its Visible and Infrared Observation System - developed at Northern Arizona University - to photograph the edge of a solar panel.
The pair of self-portraits includes a visible-light photo and an infrared image NASA Orbiter Shines New Light on Long-Running Martian Mystery
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 03:56
Pasadena, Calif. (SPX) Nov 26, 2025
Results from an enhanced radar technique have demonstrated improvement to subsurface observations of Mars.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revisited and raised new questions about a mysterious feature buried beneath thousands of feet of ice at the Red Planet's south pole. In a recent study, researchers conclude from data obtained using an innovative radar technique that an are
Results from an enhanced radar technique have demonstrated improvement to subsurface observations of Mars.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has revisited and raised new questions about a mysterious feature buried beneath thousands of feet of ice at the Red Planet's south pole. In a recent study, researchers conclude from data obtained using an innovative radar technique that an are Second CHAPEA Crew Begins Extended Mars Habitat Mission at NASA Johnson
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 03:56
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2025
NASA's second CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) mission is underway with four volunteers - Ross Elder, Ellen Ellis, Matthew Montgomery, and James Spicer - beginning a 378-day simulated Mars stay inside a 1,700-square-foot 3D-printed habitat at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The mission started October 19, 2025, and will conclude on October 31, 2026.
The crew will re
NASA's second CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) mission is underway with four volunteers - Ross Elder, Ellen Ellis, Matthew Montgomery, and James Spicer - beginning a 378-day simulated Mars stay inside a 1,700-square-foot 3D-printed habitat at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The mission started October 19, 2025, and will conclude on October 31, 2026.
The crew will re OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft completes Earth flyby on its journey to explore Apophis
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 03:56
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2025
NASA's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft flew within 2,136 miles of Earth on Tuesday, Sept. 23, as part of its mission to study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis.
During its close approach, the spacecraft recorded images and data of Earth. These observations are being used to calibrate its science instruments. Approximately nine hours after passing by, OSIRIS-APEX was 142,000 miles from Earth and trave
NASA's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft flew within 2,136 miles of Earth on Tuesday, Sept. 23, as part of its mission to study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis.
During its close approach, the spacecraft recorded images and data of Earth. These observations are being used to calibrate its science instruments. Approximately nine hours after passing by, OSIRIS-APEX was 142,000 miles from Earth and trave Decoded star reveals signs of distant stellar merger and black hole companion
Wednesday, 26 November 2025 03:56
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2025
Astronomers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy analyzed the vibrations of a distant red giant star now orbiting a quiet black hole in the Gaia BH2 system. Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), the team observed patterns of faint starquakes, providing a detailed look at the star's core via its oscillations.
Lead author Daniel Hey explained, "Just like s
Astronomers at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy analyzed the vibrations of a distant red giant star now orbiting a quiet black hole in the Gaia BH2 system. Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), the team observed patterns of faint starquakes, providing a detailed look at the star's core via its oscillations.
Lead author Daniel Hey explained, "Just like s Space Force awards first prototype deals for space-based interceptors under Golden Dome
Tuesday, 25 November 2025 22:04
The Space Systems Command issued multiple awards for space-based interceptor (SBI) prototype demonstrations through competitive Other Transaction Agreements
Lithuanian space company Astrolight launches Greenland optical ground station project
Tuesday, 25 November 2025 17:08