First five Flight Ticket Initiative missions confirmed with Avio and Isar Aerospace
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission have confirmed the first five missions of the Flight Ticket Initiative, a program designed to test and validate new European technologies in orbit while supporting the continent's launch sector.
Three missions will launch on Avio's Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Spanish firm Persei will demonstrate the E.T
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission have confirmed the first five missions of the Flight Ticket Initiative, a program designed to test and validate new European technologies in orbit while supporting the continent's launch sector.
Three missions will launch on Avio's Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Spanish firm Persei will demonstrate the E.T Martian mantle preserves shattered fragments from early planetary collisions
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
London, UK (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
New seismic evidence suggests that Mars's interior is far from the smooth textbook image often imagined. Instead, the planet's mantle is littered with ancient fragments, some up to 4 km wide, formed during violent early collisions more than 4.5 billion years ago.
The study, based on seismic data collected by NASA's InSight lander, shows that seismic waves moving through Mars's mantle encou
New seismic evidence suggests that Mars's interior is far from the smooth textbook image often imagined. Instead, the planet's mantle is littered with ancient fragments, some up to 4 km wide, formed during violent early collisions more than 4.5 billion years ago.
The study, based on seismic data collected by NASA's InSight lander, shows that seismic waves moving through Mars's mantle encou ESA and JAXA weigh joint effort for Apophis flyby mission
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are moving closer to a joint mission to the asteroid Apophis, which will pass Earth at a record-setting distance in 2029.
The proposed Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses) would rendezvous with the 375 m asteroid and monitor how Earth's gravity alters its physical state during the flyby. Scientists expect the close passage to
ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are moving closer to a joint mission to the asteroid Apophis, which will pass Earth at a record-setting distance in 2029.
The proposed Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses) would rendezvous with the 375 m asteroid and monitor how Earth's gravity alters its physical state during the flyby. Scientists expect the close passage to Astronomers puzzled by carbon-loaded protoplanetary disk
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
A research team led by Stockholm University has identified a planet-forming disk with an unexpectedly high concentration of carbon dioxide, detected in the terrestrial planet-forming region around a young star. The findings, made with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), challenge long-standing assumptions that water vapor dominates these zones.
"Unlike most nearby planet-forming disks,
A research team led by Stockholm University has identified a planet-forming disk with an unexpectedly high concentration of carbon dioxide, detected in the terrestrial planet-forming region around a young star. The findings, made with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), challenge long-standing assumptions that water vapor dominates these zones.
"Unlike most nearby planet-forming disks, JUNO detector filled and operational for neutrino research
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Guangdong Province has completed the filling of its 20,000 tons of liquid scintillator and initiated data taking, marking a major milestone after more than a decade of construction. The experiment is the first of a new generation of large-scale neutrino detectors to become fully operational. Early commissioning results confirm that the dete
The Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Guangdong Province has completed the filling of its 20,000 tons of liquid scintillator and initiated data taking, marking a major milestone after more than a decade of construction. The experiment is the first of a new generation of large-scale neutrino detectors to become fully operational. Early commissioning results confirm that the dete New detectors aim to capture lighter forms of dark matter
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
The search for elusive dark matter has gained a new tool, now operating deep within the French Alps. An international team, including Johns Hopkins University scientists, has deployed an ultrasensitive detector designed to probe particles far lighter than those targeted in decades of past experiments.
Researchers believe dark matter makes up about 85 percent of the universe, yet no direct
The search for elusive dark matter has gained a new tool, now operating deep within the French Alps. An international team, including Johns Hopkins University scientists, has deployed an ultrasensitive detector designed to probe particles far lighter than those targeted in decades of past experiments.
Researchers believe dark matter makes up about 85 percent of the universe, yet no direct Star's Tumultuous Core Uncovered Before Supernova Blast
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
New results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveal that Cassiopeia A's progenitor star violently reshaped its interior just hours before it exploded. This previously hidden stellar upheaval helps explain the asymmetry of the remnant and may even have triggered the supernova itself.
Cassiopeia A, one of the most studied remnants in the night sky, began as a massive star that lived for
New results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveal that Cassiopeia A's progenitor star violently reshaped its interior just hours before it exploded. This previously hidden stellar upheaval helps explain the asymmetry of the remnant and may even have triggered the supernova itself.
Cassiopeia A, one of the most studied remnants in the night sky, began as a massive star that lived for Engineering fantasy into reality
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
Growing up in the suburban town of Spring, Texas, just outside of Houston, Erik Ballesteros couldn't help but be drawn in by the possibilities for humans in space.
It was the early 2000s, and NASA's space shuttle program was the main transport for astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Ballesteros' hometown was less than an hour from Johnson Space Center (JSC), where NASA's m
Growing up in the suburban town of Spring, Texas, just outside of Houston, Erik Ballesteros couldn't help but be drawn in by the possibilities for humans in space.
It was the early 2000s, and NASA's space shuttle program was the main transport for astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Ballesteros' hometown was less than an hour from Johnson Space Center (JSC), where NASA's m China outlines roadmap for growth in satellite communication sector
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
China has released new guidelines to advance the satellite communication industry, with a focus on improving business access, stimulating innovation in commercial space, and expanding applications across multiple sectors. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said the measures aim to strengthen China's position as both a manufacturing and cyber power, while supporting the broader D
China has released new guidelines to advance the satellite communication industry, with a focus on improving business access, stimulating innovation in commercial space, and expanding applications across multiple sectors. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said the measures aim to strengthen China's position as both a manufacturing and cyber power, while supporting the broader D Redwire receives $2M NASA contract to advance biotech and orbital research on ISS
Monday, 01 September 2025 07:29
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has been awarded a NASA single award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at up to $25 million over five years to provide biotechnology facilities, mission integration, and on-orbit operations support aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The arrangement allows NASA to issue future task orders without limit or minimum requirement.
Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) has been awarded a NASA single award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract valued at up to $25 million over five years to provide biotechnology facilities, mission integration, and on-orbit operations support aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The arrangement allows NASA to issue future task orders without limit or minimum requirement. Double trouble: Solar Orbiter traces superfast electrons back to Sun
Monday, 01 September 2025 06:00
The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter mission has split the flood of energetic particles flung out into space from the Sun into two groups, tracing each back to a different kind of outburst from our star.
Launch startup Orienspace secures B+ round funding, targets test flight
Sunday, 31 August 2025 14:38
White House moves to eliminate NASA labor unions
Friday, 29 August 2025 15:06
The White House has moved to eliminate employee unions at NASA, among other agencies, on national security grounds.
Webb observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
Friday, 29 August 2025 12:58
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