December 04, 2025

NASA rover hears electric crackles inside Mars dust devils Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 04, 2025 NASA's Perseverance rover has directly detected tiny electrical sparks and associated shock waves inside Martian dust devils, confirming that the Red Planet's ubiquitous whirlwinds can generate "min ... more

LandSpace reviews booster loss after Zhuque-3 reusable rocket test Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 LandSpace has begun a detailed analysis of its first Zhuque-3 (ZQ 3) orbital test after the reusable rocket's booster was lost during an attempted landing, even as the mission's upper stage reached ... more

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NASA confirms support for delayed European Mars rover: ESA Bremen, Germany (AFP) Nov 26, 2025 NASA has confirmed that it will contribute to Europe's Martian rover Rosalind Franklin, which is scheduled to launch in 2028 after repeated delays, the European Space Agency said on Wednesday. ... more

Chinese team runs long term Martian dust cycle simulation with GoMars model Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025 Chinese researchers have used a self-developed next generation Mars general circulation model, known as GoMars, to carry out a comprehensive simulation of the Martian dust cycle spanning 50 Martian ... more

Helium escape mapped from superpuff exoplanet WASP 107b by JWST Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 An international team including astronomers from the University of Geneva and the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS has used the James Webb Space Telescope to study helium escaping f ... more

China consolidates new commercial space regulator and industry roadmap Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 The China National Space Administration has set up a Commercial Space Department to serve as a dedicated regulator for the country's expanding private space sector. The new office is responsible for ... more

ESA Space Safety programme gains major funding increase Paris, France (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 European Space Agency member states have approved 955 million euros for the agency's Space Safety programme for the next three years, about 30 percent more than the previous funding level and above ... more

ICEYE boosts SAR capacity with launch of five satellites for commercial and national missions Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 ICEYE has placed five new Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites into orbit, extending its commercial constellation and adding spacecraft for several national customers. The satellites rode to sp ... more

SSC expands ground station access with SSC Go service for small satellites Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 SSC has introduced SSC Go, a ground segment service built around a global network of 4 meter class antennas operating in S band, X band and Ka band for Low Earth Orbit missions. The service targets ... more Solar telescope captures flare rich sunspot region in fine detail Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 Scientists using the GREGOR solar telescope in Tenerife have obtained a rare series of high resolution observations of the active region NOAA 14274, a sunspot group that generated two X class solar ... more Space station reaches new record with all docking ports in use Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025 For the first time in the history of the International Space Station, all eight of its docking ports are occupied following the reinstallation of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft on the ... more LandSpace ZQ 3 Y1 rocket reaches orbit on first reusable flight attempt 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, alth ... more Beijing space lab targets orbital data centers for AI era Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 28, 2025 An institute in Beijing plans to launch its first high-computing-power experimental satellites by late 2025 or early 2026 as part of a wider effort to move intensive data processing into orbit while ... more Martian dust devils found to generate electrical sparks Paris, France (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 Electric discharges have been detected inside dust devils and dust storms on Mars for the first time, using sound recordings from the SuperCam microphone on NASAs Perseverance rover. Scientists from ... more AtSpace A01 reaches record suborbital altitude from Koonibba Test Range Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 AtSpace, a Brisbane-based rocket manufacturer, has launched its Australian-made A01 rocket from Southern Launchs Koonibba Test Range, reaching a higher altitude than any previous Australian commerci ... more DEVILS survey maps how galaxy environments shape their evolution Sydney, Australia (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 A team at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research has released new data from the Deep Extragalactic Visible Legacy Survey showing that a galaxy's local environment has a major impact o ... more China supports private space firms to expand global reach Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 China's space agency has issued an action plan that encourages commercial space companies to increase international partnerships and participate in global projects over the next two years. The ... more NASA Cost-Saving Technology Demo is Ready for Launch Vandenberg SFB CA (SPX) Nov 27, 2025 Teams encapsulated NASA's R5-S7 (Realizing Rapid, Reduced-cost high-Risk Research project Spacecraft 7) CubeSat, along with three other NASA funded CubeSats, inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing ... more