First Eris launch fails to reach orbit
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 04:09
The first flight of an orbital rocket developed by an Australian company ended seconds after liftoff July 29 when the rocket crashed near its launch pad.
Eris rocket debut signals new chapter for Australia's launch ambitions
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 02:28
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
Gilmour Space Technologies has conducted the inaugural test launch of Eris, Australia's first domestically developed orbital rocket, marking a pivotal moment in the nation's path toward sovereign space access and small satellite launch services.
The 23-meter-tall, 30-tonne Eris rocket utilized innovative hybrid propulsion to lift off from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in North Queensland, ac
Gilmour Space Technologies has conducted the inaugural test launch of Eris, Australia's first domestically developed orbital rocket, marking a pivotal moment in the nation's path toward sovereign space access and small satellite launch services.
The 23-meter-tall, 30-tonne Eris rocket utilized innovative hybrid propulsion to lift off from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in North Queensland, ac Slingshot unveils TALOS AI to simulate and support strategic space operations
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 02:28
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
Slingshot Aerospace has introduced TALOS, an autonomous AI agent engineered to replicate realistic satellite behavior in both training and simulation environments. Named the Thinking Agent for Logical Operations and Strategy, TALOS enables advanced mission planning and decision-making for space operations.
Developed using Slingshot's proprietary behavior cloning technology, TALOS mimics co
Slingshot Aerospace has introduced TALOS, an autonomous AI agent engineered to replicate realistic satellite behavior in both training and simulation environments. Named the Thinking Agent for Logical Operations and Strategy, TALOS enables advanced mission planning and decision-making for space operations.
Developed using Slingshot's proprietary behavior cloning technology, TALOS mimics co SpaceX scrubs static fire test of Falcon 9 due to issue
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 02:28
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 29, 2025
SpaceX scrubbed a static fire test for a Falcon 9 rocket that will carry the Crew-11 team to the International Space Station due to an error.
SpaceX said in a statement that it was now targeting a window on Tuesday for the test after saying the scrub was due to an issue with the transporter erector cradle arm position indication at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceX scrubbed a static fire test for a Falcon 9 rocket that will carry the Crew-11 team to the International Space Station due to an error.
SpaceX said in a statement that it was now targeting a window on Tuesday for the test after saying the scrub was due to an issue with the transporter erector cradle arm position indication at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. NASA picks Firefly Aerospace for ambitious 2029 lunar rover and instrument delivery
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 02:28
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million contract under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative to deliver two rovers and three instruments to the Moon's South Pole region by 2029. This mission marks the agency's first use of multiple rovers and diverse stationary instruments on a single delivery to study the composition and potential resources of permanently shadowed
NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million contract under its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative to deliver two rovers and three instruments to the Moon's South Pole region by 2029. This mission marks the agency's first use of multiple rovers and diverse stationary instruments on a single delivery to study the composition and potential resources of permanently shadowed Lunar soil machine developed to build bricks using sunlight
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 02:28
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
A Chinese research team has created a prototype machine that transforms moon soil into durable construction bricks using solar energy, marking a critical step toward building lunar structures from local materials.
Developed by the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL) in Hefei, Anhui province, the system functions as a 3D printing device powered by concentrated solar heat. It employs a
A Chinese research team has created a prototype machine that transforms moon soil into durable construction bricks using solar energy, marking a critical step toward building lunar structures from local materials.
Developed by the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL) in Hefei, Anhui province, the system functions as a 3D printing device powered by concentrated solar heat. It employs a Heliostat arrays eyed for asteroid detection during nighttime hours
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 02:28
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
A researcher at Sandia National Laboratories has proposed an innovative new use for heliostats, the large mirrors typically used to concentrate sunlight for solar power generation. John Sandusky believes these mirrors could play a key role in detecting asteroids after dark.
"Heliostat fields don't have a night job. They just sit there unused," said Sandusky. "The nation has an opportunity
A researcher at Sandia National Laboratories has proposed an innovative new use for heliostats, the large mirrors typically used to concentrate sunlight for solar power generation. John Sandusky believes these mirrors could play a key role in detecting asteroids after dark.
"Heliostat fields don't have a night job. They just sit there unused," said Sandusky. "The nation has an opportunity Team led by MDA Space to define future of Canadian lunar vehicle program
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 02:28
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
MDA Space Ltd. (TSX: MDA) has been selected by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to lead a key early-phase study for Canada's proposed Lunar Utility Vehicle (LUV), the company announced. The effort will involve collaboration with the Centre de Technologies Avancees BRP - Universite de Sherbrooke (CTA) and the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), combining space systems, r
MDA Space Ltd. (TSX: MDA) has been selected by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to lead a key early-phase study for Canada's proposed Lunar Utility Vehicle (LUV), the company announced. The effort will involve collaboration with the Centre de Technologies Avancees BRP - Universite de Sherbrooke (CTA) and the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), combining space systems, r Life Could Thrive Underground on Mars and Icy Moons Thanks to Cosmic Radiation
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 02:28
London, UK (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
A new study by researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi reveals that cosmic rays - high-energy particles from space - could generate enough energy to support microbial life beneath the surfaces of planets and moons in our solar system.
Led by Dimitra Atri, Principal Investigator at NYUAD's Space Exploration Laboratory within the Center for Astrophysics and Space Science (CASS), the research challenges
A new study by researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi reveals that cosmic rays - high-energy particles from space - could generate enough energy to support microbial life beneath the surfaces of planets and moons in our solar system.
Led by Dimitra Atri, Principal Investigator at NYUAD's Space Exploration Laboratory within the Center for Astrophysics and Space Science (CASS), the research challenges Simulated ice volcanoes reveal how water behaves on distant moons
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 02:28
London, UK (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
Scientists have recreated the cryovolcanic conditions found on icy moons such as Europa and Enceladus, shedding light on how water behaves in near-vacuum environments. The research, led by a team from the University of Sheffield, the Open University, and the Czech Academy of Sciences, used a low-pressure chamber to mimic space-like conditions and observe how water transitions under these extreme
Scientists have recreated the cryovolcanic conditions found on icy moons such as Europa and Enceladus, shedding light on how water behaves in near-vacuum environments. The research, led by a team from the University of Sheffield, the Open University, and the Czech Academy of Sciences, used a low-pressure chamber to mimic space-like conditions and observe how water transitions under these extreme Chemistry that shaped the cosmos revealed in helium hydride reaction study
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 02:28
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
Immediately following the Big Bang some 13.8 billion years ago, the universe was a searing cauldron of energy and particles. Within seconds, temperatures dropped enough for the first elements - mostly hydrogen and helium - to form, though they remained fully ionized. It wasn't until about 380,000 years later that conditions allowed for recombination, giving rise to neutral atoms and initiating t
Immediately following the Big Bang some 13.8 billion years ago, the universe was a searing cauldron of energy and particles. Within seconds, temperatures dropped enough for the first elements - mostly hydrogen and helium - to form, though they remained fully ionized. It wasn't until about 380,000 years later that conditions allowed for recombination, giving rise to neutral atoms and initiating t Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 02:28
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
The experiment in question is the double-slit experiment, which was first performed in 1801 by the British scholar Thomas Young to show how light behaves as a wave. Today, with the formulation of quantum mechanics, the double-slit experiment is now known for its surprisingly simple demonstration of a head-scratching reality: that light exists as both a particle and a wave. Stranger still, this d
The experiment in question is the double-slit experiment, which was first performed in 1801 by the British scholar Thomas Young to show how light behaves as a wave. Today, with the formulation of quantum mechanics, the double-slit experiment is now known for its surprisingly simple demonstration of a head-scratching reality: that light exists as both a particle and a wave. Stranger still, this d Scientists and engineers build radio telescope bound for the Moon
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 02:28
Brookhaven NY (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has completed the "major item of equipment" phase for the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment-Night (LuSEE-Night), a moon-based radio telescope set to make history.
Comprising the overall design of the telescope as well as the procurement and construction of its components, this project phase was a significant under
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory has completed the "major item of equipment" phase for the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment-Night (LuSEE-Night), a moon-based radio telescope set to make history.
Comprising the overall design of the telescope as well as the procurement and construction of its components, this project phase was a significant under Planet expands Pelican satellite fleet with launch of two new spacecraft
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 02:28
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
Planet Labs PBC has shipped its Pelican-3 and Pelican-4 satellites to Vandenberg Space Force Base in preparation for their upcoming launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The deployment marks a continued build-out of Planet's next-generation Earth observation fleet.
The company also announced that its satellite production line is now fully operational, with multiple Pelican and Tanager un
Planet Labs PBC has shipped its Pelican-3 and Pelican-4 satellites to Vandenberg Space Force Base in preparation for their upcoming launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The deployment marks a continued build-out of Planet's next-generation Earth observation fleet.
The company also announced that its satellite production line is now fully operational, with multiple Pelican and Tanager un York launches BARD satellite to advance real time intersatellite communications
Wednesday, 30 July 2025 02:28
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
York Space Systems has successfully launched its BARD mission, marking a key milestone in the evolution of next-generation satellite communications. The spacecraft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on July 23 and achieved full operational status with first-contact success and healthy systems on orbit.
Developed in collaboration with NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCa
York Space Systems has successfully launched its BARD mission, marking a key milestone in the evolution of next-generation satellite communications. The spacecraft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on July 23 and achieved full operational status with first-contact success and healthy systems on orbit.
Developed in collaboration with NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCa