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Good to go – Let's Smile (episode 4)
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Smile is a brand-new space mission currently in the making. It will study how Earth responds to the solar wind and solar storms.
At the European Space Agency’s technical heart in the Netherlands, engineers have taken Smile through the final steps of testing and past its qualification and flight acceptance review – confirming that it is ready for launch in spring 2026.
This video let’s viewers peek into the testing and review process. It is the fourth episode in a series of short videos, and includes interviews with David Agnolon (ESA Smile Project Manager), Xia Jiayi (CAS Thermal
With two launches in the books, Blue Origin announces even more powerful New Glenn is coming
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A new angle of study for unveiling black hole secrets
Friday, 21 November 2025 08:30
St. Louis, MO (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
An international collaboration of physicists including researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has made measurements to better understand how matter falls into black holes and how enormous amounts of energy and light are released in the process.
The scientists pointed a balloon-borne telescope called XL-Calibur at a black hole, Cygnus X-1, located about 7,000 light-years from Ear
An international collaboration of physicists including researchers at Washington University in St. Louis has made measurements to better understand how matter falls into black holes and how enormous amounts of energy and light are released in the process.
The scientists pointed a balloon-borne telescope called XL-Calibur at a black hole, Cygnus X-1, located about 7,000 light-years from Ear Water production on exoplanets revealed by pressure experiments
Friday, 21 November 2025 08:30
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Researchers led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory postdoctoral scientist Harrison Horn have demonstrated a pathway for producing water on sub-Neptune exoplanets. The team recreated the boundary conditions between hydrogen atmospheres and magma cores using a laser-heated diamond-anvil cell.
Horn stated, "Our experiments are the first to look at interactions between hydrogen and sili
Researchers led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory postdoctoral scientist Harrison Horn have demonstrated a pathway for producing water on sub-Neptune exoplanets. The team recreated the boundary conditions between hydrogen atmospheres and magma cores using a laser-heated diamond-anvil cell.
Horn stated, "Our experiments are the first to look at interactions between hydrogen and sili How smarter satellite teamwork can speed up connections in space
Friday, 21 November 2025 08:30
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Low Earth orbit (LEO) mega-constellations are rapidly changing how we connect to the world, offering potential for faster communications, more accurate earth observation, and better disaster forecasting. Unlike previous, smaller satellite configurations, these mega-constellations involve thousands of satellites operating together, creating huge challenges for ground-based controllers struggling
Low Earth orbit (LEO) mega-constellations are rapidly changing how we connect to the world, offering potential for faster communications, more accurate earth observation, and better disaster forecasting. Unlike previous, smaller satellite configurations, these mega-constellations involve thousands of satellites operating together, creating huge challenges for ground-based controllers struggling NASA's X-59 soars on historic first flight, marks breakthrough for quiet supersonic travel
Friday, 21 November 2025 08:30
Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
After years of design, development, and testing, NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Oct. 28, marking a historic moment for aeronautics research and the agency's Quesst mission.
The X-59, designed to fly at supersonic speeds and reduce the sound of loud sonic booms to quieter sonic thumps, took off at 11:14 a.m. EDT and flew for 67 minutes. T
After years of design, development, and testing, NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Oct. 28, marking a historic moment for aeronautics research and the agency's Quesst mission.
The X-59, designed to fly at supersonic speeds and reduce the sound of loud sonic booms to quieter sonic thumps, took off at 11:14 a.m. EDT and flew for 67 minutes. T New satellites boost China's orbital technology capabilities
Friday, 21 November 2025 08:30
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
China launched three multifunctional satellites into orbit on Wednesday using a Long March 2C carrier rocket, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC). Designated Shijian 30A, 30B, and 30C, the satellites were successfully placed into their intended orbits following liftoff from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. This operation ext
China launched three multifunctional satellites into orbit on Wednesday using a Long March 2C carrier rocket, according to China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC). Designated Shijian 30A, 30B, and 30C, the satellites were successfully placed into their intended orbits following liftoff from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. This operation ext Next-generation satellites from Spire Global prepared for SpaceX Falcon 9 Twilight mission
Friday, 21 November 2025 08:30
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2025
Spire Global has shipped nine satellites, designed and built in-house, to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California for an upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 Twilight mission. This shipment comprises Spire's latest Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HyMS) demonstrator - a compact, space-ready sensor developed in collaboration with RAL Space and STAR-Dundee Ltd. The HyMS satellite is engineered to gather hig
Spire Global has shipped nine satellites, designed and built in-house, to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California for an upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 Twilight mission. This shipment comprises Spire's latest Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HyMS) demonstrator - a compact, space-ready sensor developed in collaboration with RAL Space and STAR-Dundee Ltd. The HyMS satellite is engineered to gather hig NASA backs dust tolerant wireless power links for Moon and Mars vehicles
Friday, 21 November 2025 08:30
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Yank Technologies has received a 1 million US dollar NASA Phase III Small Business Innovation Research commercialization contract to advance Dust-Tolerant Resonant Connectors for bi-directional vehicle-to-vehicle power transfer on the Moon and Mars. The award builds on the companys earlier NASA Phase I SBIR work on the same technology.
Under the new contract with NASA, Yank Technologies wi
Yank Technologies has received a 1 million US dollar NASA Phase III Small Business Innovation Research commercialization contract to advance Dust-Tolerant Resonant Connectors for bi-directional vehicle-to-vehicle power transfer on the Moon and Mars. The award builds on the companys earlier NASA Phase I SBIR work on the same technology.
Under the new contract with NASA, Yank Technologies wi Redwire to Deliver Spacecraft for DARPA Otter VLEO Demonstration
Friday, 21 November 2025 08:30
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Redwire Corporation has secured a 44 million dollar phase 2 contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to advance the Otter Very Low Earth Orbit mission. The contract supports the completion, manufacturing, and delivery of a spacecraft that will demonstrate the first air-breathing platform in VLEO, using Redwire's SabreSat design.
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Redwire Corporation has secured a 44 million dollar phase 2 contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to advance the Otter Very Low Earth Orbit mission. The contract supports the completion, manufacturing, and delivery of a spacecraft that will demonstrate the first air-breathing platform in VLEO, using Redwire's SabreSat design.
Tom Campbell, President of Space Missions Cassini study reveals organic compounds from Enceladus ocean plume
Friday, 21 November 2025 08:30
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
Scientists analyzing NASA Cassini data have identified previously unknown organic compounds in ice particles emitted from Saturn's moon Enceladus. Evidence suggests these molecules originated from the moon's subsurface ocean and may indicate active organic chemistry beneath the icy shell.
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy reports the presence of both familiar and new molecules i
Scientists analyzing NASA Cassini data have identified previously unknown organic compounds in ice particles emitted from Saturn's moon Enceladus. Evidence suggests these molecules originated from the moon's subsurface ocean and may indicate active organic chemistry beneath the icy shell.
A recent study published in Nature Astronomy reports the presence of both familiar and new molecules i Chinese experiment tests lunar construction bricks after space exposure
Friday, 21 November 2025 08:30
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 20, 2025
China has advanced its lunar exploration program with the return of experimental lunar regolith bricks, which spent a year exposed to the space environment aboard China's space station. These bricks, developed by Ding Lieyun and a team from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, were retrieved last week on the Shenzhou XXI spacecraft and found in good condition during initial inspections
China has advanced its lunar exploration program with the return of experimental lunar regolith bricks, which spent a year exposed to the space environment aboard China's space station. These bricks, developed by Ding Lieyun and a team from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, were retrieved last week on the Shenzhou XXI spacecraft and found in good condition during initial inspections