NASA opens next round in Moon recycling challenge
Sunday, 17 August 2025 06:55
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
NASA has launched Phase 2 of its LunaRecycle Challenge, inviting U.S. innovators to create systems for recycling trash generated during deep space missions. The goal is to convert materials such as fabrics, plastics, foam, and metals into useful resources for lunar surface operations.
This phase features a milestone round, with submissions due January 2026, followed by the announcement of
NASA has launched Phase 2 of its LunaRecycle Challenge, inviting U.S. innovators to create systems for recycling trash generated during deep space missions. The goal is to convert materials such as fabrics, plastics, foam, and metals into useful resources for lunar surface operations.
This phase features a milestone round, with submissions due January 2026, followed by the announcement of EDGX secures multi million euro seed funding to advance satellite AI computing
Sunday, 17 August 2025 06:55
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
Belgian space technology company EDGX has raised euro 2.3 million in seed financing to accelerate the rollout of its Sterna edge AI computer for satellites.
The firm also confirmed a euro 1.1 million multi-unit sale to a satellite operator and plans for an in-orbit demonstration aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 in February 2026.
The round was co-led by the imec.istart future fund, with the
Belgian space technology company EDGX has raised euro 2.3 million in seed financing to accelerate the rollout of its Sterna edge AI computer for satellites.
The firm also confirmed a euro 1.1 million multi-unit sale to a satellite operator and plans for an in-orbit demonstration aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 in February 2026.
The round was co-led by the imec.istart future fund, with the Zoomlion names first engineering machinery satellite and expands digital intelligent and green ambitions into space
Sunday, 17 August 2025 06:55
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co Ltd (1157.HK) has achieved a sector first with the successful orbital deployment of the Zoomlion corporate-named satellite. Launched at 00:31 Beijing time aboard a Jielong-3 rocket from coastal waters near Rizhao, Shandong, the satellite is part of the Geely Constellation Group 04 mission.
This milestone extends Zoomlion's presence from glo
Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co Ltd (1157.HK) has achieved a sector first with the successful orbital deployment of the Zoomlion corporate-named satellite. Launched at 00:31 Beijing time aboard a Jielong-3 rocket from coastal waters near Rizhao, Shandong, the satellite is part of the Geely Constellation Group 04 mission.
This milestone extends Zoomlion's presence from glo Automated collision avoidance system moves closer to space deployment
Sunday, 17 August 2025 06:55
Paris, France (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
Earth orbit is growing more congested, with over 11,000 active satellites and more on the way, plus more than 1.2 million debris fragments larger than 1 cm. This rising population makes collision risks a daily operational challenge. ESA is developing automation to help satellite operators respond faster and more effectively.
Central to this is the Collision Risk Estimation and Automated Mi
Earth orbit is growing more congested, with over 11,000 active satellites and more on the way, plus more than 1.2 million debris fragments larger than 1 cm. This rising population makes collision risks a daily operational challenge. ESA is developing automation to help satellite operators respond faster and more effectively.
Central to this is the Collision Risk Estimation and Automated Mi Astronaut crew tests new generation spacewalk suits and conducts health research aboard Tiangong
Sunday, 17 August 2025 06:55
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
The Shenzhou XX mission astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station have recently completed key assignments, including unpacking and testing two newly delivered spacewalk suits, the China Manned Space Agency reported.
Commander Senior Colonel Chen Dong and crewmates Colonel Chen Zhongrui and Colonel Wang Jie moved the suits, delivered by the Tianzhou 9 cargo craft, to the spacewalk pr
The Shenzhou XX mission astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station have recently completed key assignments, including unpacking and testing two newly delivered spacewalk suits, the China Manned Space Agency reported.
Commander Senior Colonel Chen Dong and crewmates Colonel Chen Zhongrui and Colonel Wang Jie moved the suits, delivered by the Tianzhou 9 cargo craft, to the spacewalk pr Rocket Lab completes Geost acquisition adding EOIR payload expertise to national security portfolio
Sunday, 17 August 2025 06:55
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has finalized its $275 million acquisition of Geost, LLC's parent holding company from Lightridge Solutions, a portfolio firm of ATL Partners. The deal, initially announced May 27, 2025, included about $125 million in cash, 3,057,588 Rocket Lab shares, and a possible $50 million earnout tied to future Geost revenue.
The move strengthens Rocket Lab's ro
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has finalized its $275 million acquisition of Geost, LLC's parent holding company from Lightridge Solutions, a portfolio firm of ATL Partners. The deal, initially announced May 27, 2025, included about $125 million in cash, 3,057,588 Rocket Lab shares, and a possible $50 million earnout tied to future Geost revenue.
The move strengthens Rocket Lab's ro Chemists Help Solve Mystery of Missing Space Sulfur
Sunday, 17 August 2025 06:55
Oxford MS (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
For decades, astrochemists have been looking for sulfur atoms in space and finding surprisingly little of the element that is a key ingredient to life. A new study could point to where it has been hiding.
An international team of researchers including Ryan Fortenberry, an astrochemist at the University of Mississippi; Ralf Kaiser, professor of chemistry at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
For decades, astrochemists have been looking for sulfur atoms in space and finding surprisingly little of the element that is a key ingredient to life. A new study could point to where it has been hiding.
An international team of researchers including Ryan Fortenberry, an astrochemist at the University of Mississippi; Ralf Kaiser, professor of chemistry at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Early galaxies - or something else? Mizzou scientists uncover mysterious objects in the universe
Sunday, 17 August 2025 06:55
Columbia MO (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
In a new study, scientists at the University of Missouri looked deep into the universe and found something unexpected. Using infrared images taken from NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), they identified 300 objects that were brighter than they should be.
"These mysterious objects are candidate galaxies in the early universe, meaning they could be very early galaxies," said
In a new study, scientists at the University of Missouri looked deep into the universe and found something unexpected. Using infrared images taken from NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), they identified 300 objects that were brighter than they should be.
"These mysterious objects are candidate galaxies in the early universe, meaning they could be very early galaxies," said Highly magnetized galaxies at cosmic noon shrouded in energetic cosmic ray halos
Sunday, 17 August 2025 06:55
London, UK (SPX) Aug 13, 2025
A multinational team led by the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), with contributions from the Inter-University Institute for Data-Intensive Astronomy (IDIA) and the University of Oxford, has examined 160 distant galaxies using South Africa's MeerKAT radio telescope. The study provides the first comparative measurements of their radio spectra, magnetic field intensities, and s
A multinational team led by the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), with contributions from the Inter-University Institute for Data-Intensive Astronomy (IDIA) and the University of Oxford, has examined 160 distant galaxies using South Africa's MeerKAT radio telescope. The study provides the first comparative measurements of their radio spectra, magnetic field intensities, and s After repeated explosions, new test for Musk's megarocket
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NASA seeks student entries for Human Exploration Rover Challenge
Saturday, 16 August 2025 05:30
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 15, 2025
NASA is accepting contest entries from student teams to design, build and test rovers on the moon and Mars.
In the Human Exploration Rover Challenge, students need to make models that are capable of going over a course while completing tasks for future Artemis missions, NASA said in a news release.
In the challenge, teams design projects that sample of soil, water and air over a
NASA is accepting contest entries from student teams to design, build and test rovers on the moon and Mars.
In the Human Exploration Rover Challenge, students need to make models that are capable of going over a course while completing tasks for future Artemis missions, NASA said in a news release.
In the challenge, teams design projects that sample of soil, water and air over a Signs of recent life on Mars could be detected using new simple test
Saturday, 16 August 2025 05:30
London UK (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
A PhD student and his supervisor have developed a simple way for testing for active life on Mars and other planets using equipment already on the Mars Curiosity rover and planned for future use on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover.
There is enormous interest in the possibility of past or present life beyond Earth, with space agencies spending a great deal of time and money exploring suit
A PhD student and his supervisor have developed a simple way for testing for active life on Mars and other planets using equipment already on the Mars Curiosity rover and planned for future use on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover.
There is enormous interest in the possibility of past or present life beyond Earth, with space agencies spending a great deal of time and money exploring suit Preparing rock analysis methods on Earth for future Mars samples
Saturday, 16 August 2025 05:30
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
In 2024, NASA's Mars rover Perseverance retrieved an unusual specimen named Sapphire Canyon, a red mudstone with white, black-edged spots that could reveal potential sources of organic molecules on the planet.
To prepare for its eventual return, scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech tested optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy (O-PTIR) on an Earth rock with simi
In 2024, NASA's Mars rover Perseverance retrieved an unusual specimen named Sapphire Canyon, a red mudstone with white, black-edged spots that could reveal potential sources of organic molecules on the planet.
To prepare for its eventual return, scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech tested optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy (O-PTIR) on an Earth rock with simi TRAPPIST-1 d ruled out as Earth twin by Webb study
Saturday, 16 August 2025 05:30
Paris, France (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
Astronomers have determined that TRAPPIST-1 d, a rocky exoplanet similar in size to Earth and located in a potentially temperate zone, lacks an Earth-like atmosphere based on new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope data.
The finding narrows the search for worlds with conditions similar to Earth, according to lead author Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb of the University of Chicago and Univers
Astronomers have determined that TRAPPIST-1 d, a rocky exoplanet similar in size to Earth and located in a potentially temperate zone, lacks an Earth-like atmosphere based on new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope data.
The finding narrows the search for worlds with conditions similar to Earth, according to lead author Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb of the University of Chicago and Univers NASA's PUNCH Mission Reaches Science Orbit, Releases Data
Saturday, 16 August 2025 05:30
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
All four spacecraft of NASA's PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission have successfully maneuvered into their final science orbits as of Aug 7.
Launched into Earth orbit on March 11, PUNCH's four suitcase-sized spacecraft are now spread out along the planet's day-night boundary, giving the mission a continuous, unobstructed view of the Sun and its surroundings. This
All four spacecraft of NASA's PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission have successfully maneuvered into their final science orbits as of Aug 7.
Launched into Earth orbit on March 11, PUNCH's four suitcase-sized spacecraft are now spread out along the planet's day-night boundary, giving the mission a continuous, unobstructed view of the Sun and its surroundings. This