NASA Back for Seconds with New Food System Design Challenge
Friday, 16 January 2026 10:40
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 14, 2026
NASA is getting ready to send four astronauts around the Moon with Artemis II, laying the foundation for sustainable missions to the lunar surface and paving the way for human exploration on Mars. As the agency considers deep space endeavors that could last months or years, it must develop ways to feed astronauts beyond sending supplies from Earth.
That is why NASA is launching the Deep Sp
NASA is getting ready to send four astronauts around the Moon with Artemis II, laying the foundation for sustainable missions to the lunar surface and paving the way for human exploration on Mars. As the agency considers deep space endeavors that could last months or years, it must develop ways to feed astronauts beyond sending supplies from Earth.
That is why NASA is launching the Deep Sp Early universe dark matter born red hot before cooling
Friday, 16 January 2026 10:40
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Universite Paris-Saclay report that dark matter in the early universe may have started out moving at nearly the speed of light, challenging the long held assumption that it had to be born cold and slow. Their work suggests that the universe's dominant unseen matter component could have been incredibly hot at birth yet still cooled suffic
Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Universite Paris-Saclay report that dark matter in the early universe may have started out moving at nearly the speed of light, challenging the long held assumption that it had to be born cold and slow. Their work suggests that the universe's dominant unseen matter component could have been incredibly hot at birth yet still cooled suffic Multiple spacecraft track evolving solar storm to improve space weather forecasts
Friday, 16 January 2026 10:40
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 14, 2026
At times the sun ejects massive clouds of energetic material into space, and these events can disturb satellites, threaten astronauts and even affect power grids on the ground. Researchers are working to understand how these eruptions travel through the solar system so they can develop reliable space weather forecasts that protect critical technology and infrastructure.
A team including sc
At times the sun ejects massive clouds of energetic material into space, and these events can disturb satellites, threaten astronauts and even affect power grids on the ground. Researchers are working to understand how these eruptions travel through the solar system so they can develop reliable space weather forecasts that protect critical technology and infrastructure.
A team including sc Space station study reveals unusual virus bacteria dynamics in microgravity
Friday, 16 January 2026 10:40
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026
In near weightless conditions aboard the International Space Station, viruses that infect bacteria continue to attack their hosts but follow an altered evolutionary trajectory compared to the same systems on Earth.
A new study led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin Madison used Escherichia coli and its bacteriophage predator T7 to probe how microgravity reshapes the coevolution
In near weightless conditions aboard the International Space Station, viruses that infect bacteria continue to attack their hosts but follow an altered evolutionary trajectory compared to the same systems on Earth.
A new study led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin Madison used Escherichia coli and its bacteriophage predator T7 to probe how microgravity reshapes the coevolution Planet secures multi year satellite contract with Swedish Armed Forces
Friday, 16 January 2026 10:40
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Planet Labs PBC has signed a multi year, low nine figure agreement with the Swedish Armed Forces to deliver a suite of satellites, space based data and awareness solutions in support of Sweden's peace and security operations.
The contract gives Sweden ownership of a fleet of Planet satellites alongside access to high resolution imagery and intelligence solutions, providing a sovereign spac
Planet Labs PBC has signed a multi year, low nine figure agreement with the Swedish Armed Forces to deliver a suite of satellites, space based data and awareness solutions in support of Sweden's peace and security operations.
The contract gives Sweden ownership of a fleet of Planet satellites alongside access to high resolution imagery and intelligence solutions, providing a sovereign spac Spire adds hyperspectral sounder and Myriota payloads on SpaceX Twilight launch
Friday, 16 January 2026 10:40
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
Spire Global Inc has successfully launched nine satellites on SpaceXs Twilight mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, further expanding its space based sensing and Internet of Things service portfolio.
The mission carried Spires Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder, or HyMS, a compact satellite based demonstrator designed to advance global weather forecasting from orbit. HyMS is engineered t
Spire Global Inc has successfully launched nine satellites on SpaceXs Twilight mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, further expanding its space based sensing and Internet of Things service portfolio.
The mission carried Spires Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder, or HyMS, a compact satellite based demonstrator designed to advance global weather forecasting from orbit. HyMS is engineered t Japanese launch company Interstellar Technologies raises $130 million
Friday, 16 January 2026 10:21
Japanese launch vehicle startup Interstellar Technologies has raised nearly $130 million to continue development of its Zero small launch vehicle.
China launches AlSat-3A for Algeria, Ceres-1 sea launch adds to Tianqi constellation
Friday, 16 January 2026 09:51
China conducted its third and fourth launches of 2026 with Long March 2C and Ceres-1 rockets lifting off from Jiuquan and a sea platform respectively.
Power to the Moon
Friday, 16 January 2026 08:00
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ESA's fourth European Service Module at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Earth from Space: The fate of a giant
Friday, 16 January 2026 08:00
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This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image over the South Atlantic Ocean features a close-up view of the A23a iceberg, once the world’s largest. The unusually cloud-free image shows the first signs that the iceberg will soon disintegrate completely. Congress passes minibus spending bill that rejects proposed NASA cuts
Thursday, 15 January 2026 23:40
Congress has approved a fiscal year 2026 spending bill that largely restores funding proposed for deep cuts to NASA while canceling one major mission.
Arianespace to begin Amazon Leo launches in February
Thursday, 15 January 2026 19:13
Arianespace will begin launches for its largest commercial customer in February as it works to ramp up its flight rate and attract additional business.
Managing an orbital economy as space grows more congested
Thursday, 15 January 2026 15:05
In this episode of Space Minds, SpaceNews host David Ariosto talks with Chiara Manfletti, the CEO of Neuraspace and a professor of space mobility and propulsion at the Technical University […]
Parsons buys Altamira for $375 million to expand space and intelligence portfolio
Thursday, 15 January 2026 14:36
The acquisition brings missile-warning and space data analytics capabilities
SpaceX launch sets record turnaround from Cape Canaveral pad
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