Intuitive Machines and Telespazio to collaborate on lunar satellite networks
Friday, 12 December 2025 18:54
Intuitive Machines will work with Telespazio on their planned lunar satellite networks to ensure interoperability and improve performance.
China plans 2026 debut of new rocket for crewed lunar and LEO missions
Friday, 12 December 2025 16:38
Space Force Association unveils virtual ‘National Spacepower Center’ for education and wargaming
Friday, 12 December 2025 14:17
The initiative aims to educate policy makers on space as a warfighting domain
SpaceX launches 1st of 5 missions on tap in next 8 days on Florida's Space Coast
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Pablo Álvarez Fernández | Spacesuits, Survival & Spacewalk Dreams | ESA Explores #18
Friday, 12 December 2025 13:00
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Step inside astronaut training with ESA astronaut Pablo Álvarez Fernández as he shares his training journey from Cologne in Germany to Houston in the US. Discover what it’s like to wear a 145 kg spacesuit underwater, train for emergencies like fires and ammonia leaks and prepare for the ultimate astronaut dream: a spacewalk. Plus, Pablo talks about life in Houston, teamwork under pressure and what’s next on his path to the stars.
This interview was recorded in December 2024.
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XMM-Newton sees comet 3I/ATLAS in X-ray light
Friday, 12 December 2025 13:00
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XMM-Newton sees comet 3I/ATLAS in X-ray light The European space industry’s big merger: lessons for emerging space nations
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NASA advances heliophysics mission into next phase
Friday, 12 December 2025 11:40
NASA has selected a heliophysics mission to move into the next phase of development amid broader concerns about the state of the field.
Robotic welding project to prepare UK for in orbit repairs
Friday, 12 December 2025 10:24
London, UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Researchers at the University of Leicester are leading work to develop what they describe as the UKs first in space robotic welding capability, supported by new funding from the UK Space Agencys National Space Innovation Programme Call 2 for a project known as ISPARK, the Intelligent SPace Arc welding Robotic Kit.
The ISPARK programme, valued at 560,000 pounds including 485,000 pounds from
Researchers at the University of Leicester are leading work to develop what they describe as the UKs first in space robotic welding capability, supported by new funding from the UK Space Agencys National Space Innovation Programme Call 2 for a project known as ISPARK, the Intelligent SPace Arc welding Robotic Kit.
The ISPARK programme, valued at 560,000 pounds including 485,000 pounds from Shaping quantum light expands options for future technologies
Friday, 12 December 2025 10:24
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Researchers from the School of Physics at the University of the Witwatersrand, working with collaborators at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, report that controlling the structure of photons in space and time allows quantum states to be tailored for use in communication, sensing and imaging. The team focuses on structured photons, where spatial, temporal or spectral properties are delibera
Researchers from the School of Physics at the University of the Witwatersrand, working with collaborators at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, report that controlling the structure of photons in space and time allows quantum states to be tailored for use in communication, sensing and imaging. The team focuses on structured photons, where spatial, temporal or spectral properties are delibera Sidus Space to host MobLobSpace radar payload on LizzieSat for NASA debris tracking study
Friday, 12 December 2025 10:24
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Sidus Space Inc has been selected as a subcontractor to MobLobSpace Inc under a NASA Small Business Innovation Research award to support a mission concept hosting a space-based 4D radar system on the LizzieSat satellite platform for space domain awareness.
The six-month Phase I effort will concentrate on mission design and planning for integrating the radar payload with LizzieSat to delive
Sidus Space Inc has been selected as a subcontractor to MobLobSpace Inc under a NASA Small Business Innovation Research award to support a mission concept hosting a space-based 4D radar system on the LizzieSat satellite platform for space domain awareness.
The six-month Phase I effort will concentrate on mission design and planning for integrating the radar payload with LizzieSat to delive NASA refines aircraft icing safety modeling with GlennICE software
Friday, 12 December 2025 10:24
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Researchers at NASAs Glenn Research Center in Cleveland used the Glenn Icing Computational Environment (GlennICE) software to create three dimensional computational models of an advanced air mobility rotor to study propeller icing issues. The physical rotor model was installed and tested in the Icing Research Tunnel in 2023 as part of an icing evaluation study that also sought to validate the Gl
Researchers at NASAs Glenn Research Center in Cleveland used the Glenn Icing Computational Environment (GlennICE) software to create three dimensional computational models of an advanced air mobility rotor to study propeller icing issues. The physical rotor model was installed and tested in the Icing Research Tunnel in 2023 as part of an icing evaluation study that also sought to validate the Gl Gilat wins 10 million dollar order for transportable direct downlink earth observation system
Friday, 12 December 2025 10:24
London, UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has secured an order of about 10 million dollars for a customized Earth observation direct downlink solution to be delivered over the next 12 months. The contract was awarded to Gilat DataPath and broadens the role of Gilat Defense from satellite communications into Earth observation and geospatial intelligence.
The system is based on a transportable direct do
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has secured an order of about 10 million dollars for a customized Earth observation direct downlink solution to be delivered over the next 12 months. The contract was awarded to Gilat DataPath and broadens the role of Gilat Defense from satellite communications into Earth observation and geospatial intelligence.
The system is based on a transportable direct do Quantum hardware roadmap highlights scaling hurdles on path to everyday applications
Friday, 12 December 2025 10:24
Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Quantum technology is accelerating out of the lab and into the real world, and a new article in Science argues that the field now stands at a turning point - one that is similar to the early computing age that preceded the rise of the transistor and modern computing.
The article, authored by scientists from University of Chicago, Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technolo
Quantum technology is accelerating out of the lab and into the real world, and a new article in Science argues that the field now stands at a turning point - one that is similar to the early computing age that preceded the rise of the transistor and modern computing.
The article, authored by scientists from University of Chicago, Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technolo