Six days from now, a spacecraft carrying four instruments will lift off from French Guiana on a mission to photograph something no human has ever seen directly: the collision between the solar wind and Earth’s magnetic shield. The Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, known as SMILE, is a joint effort between the European Space […]

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Your internal definition of safety — built from emotional memory, not logic — quietly shapes what you're willing to want, who you trust, which emotions you allow yourself to feel, how you process new information, and when you decide to stay or leave.

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NASA modified operations of an astrophysics spacecraft in a decaying orbit to buy more time for a mission later this year that will attempt to raise its orbit.

GP Sandhoo: ‘From an optical communications terminal perspective, we’re not there yet on how many we need’

The ‘unpriced change order’ supports satellite launches while officials reassess long-delayed ground system

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In this week’s episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss interviews Carmel Ortiz, senior vice president of medium-Earth-orbit constellation programs at SES.