MDA selected 1,014 vendors for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program

For decades, building a space mission meant a hard choice between two imperfect models.

Asset-financing specialist SLI plans to buy two small GEO satellites from U.S.

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
LandSpace, a private Chinese rocket company, has flown its ZQ 3, or Rosefinch 3, carrier rocket for the first time, marking China's initial orbital mission using a reusable rocket architecture, although recovery of the first-stage booster was not successful. The ZQ 3 Y1 vehicle, built mainly from stainless steel, lifted off at noon from a dedicated launch service tower at the Jiuquan Satel

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Researchers have developed micro and nanoscale reconfigurable robots that capture and release carbon dioxide in confined life support systems such as crewed spacecraft, submarines, and sealed shelters. The team led by Prof. Hui He at Guangxi University reports that these micro nano reconfigurable robots, or MNRM, use sunlight as an energy source while moving through the system to avoid local ove

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
To prepare new autonomous systems for Mars, NASA teams have been testing drones, a legged robot, and a winged flyer concept in harsh desert environments in California, New Mexico, and Virginia. The work is part of 25 Mars Exploration Program technology projects funded this year to extend the reach and capability of future Red Planet missions. At Death Valley National Park and in the nearby

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Observations with the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope have produced a large gallery of debris disks around nearby young stars, revealing where unseen asteroid- and comet-scale bodies are colliding and generating dust. Gael Chauvin, SPHERE project scientist and co-author, said: "This data set is an astronomical treasure. It provides exceptional insights into the properties of debr