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December 12, 2025
ROBO SPACE
Robotic welding project to prepare UK for in orbit repairs



London, UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Researchers at the University of Leicester are leading work to develop what they describe as the UKs first in space robotic welding capability, supported by new funding from the UK Space Agencys National Space Innovation Programme Call 2 for a project known as ISPARK, the Intelligent SPace Arc welding Robotic Kit. The ISPARK programme, valued at 560,000 pounds including 485,000 pounds from the UK Space Agency, will design and test a robot mounted arc welding system intended for in orbit repair, st ... read more

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TECH SPACE
OroraTech expands GENA satellite platform with orbital testbed for scientific payloads
Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
OroraTech has launched GENA-OT, the first mission built on its GEneric flexible NAnosatellite platform, on SpaceX's Transporter-15 rideshare flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The 16U CubeSat ... more
TECH SPACE
ONE Bow River backs Odyssey Space Research growth in flight software and mission engineering
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
ONE Bow River National Defense Fund has taken a strategic stake in Odyssey Space Research LLC, a spaceflight software and engineering firm that supports government and commercial missions. The ... more
TECH SPACE
D-Orbit launches dual orbital transportation missions, passes 200-payload milestone
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
D-Orbit, a global leader in space logistics and orbital transportation, has launched two new orbital transportation missions using its ION Satellite Carrier, pushing the company past the milestone o ... more
SPACEMART
Beyond Gravity positions new modular satellite platform for European LEO missions
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Beyond Gravity is expanding from supplying satellite components to delivering complete satellites based on a new low Earth orbit platform. The company aims to offer turnkey spacecraft to institution ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Shaping quantum light expands options for future technologies
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Researchers from the School of Physics at the University of the Witwatersrand, working with collaborators at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, report that controlling the structure of photons i ... more
TECH SPACE
Sidus Space to host MobLobSpace radar payload on LizzieSat for NASA debris tracking study
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Sidus Space Inc has been selected as a subcontractor to MobLobSpace Inc under a NASA Small Business Innovation Research award to support a mission concept hosting a space-based 4D radar system on th ... more
AEROSPACE
NASA refines aircraft icing safety modeling with GlennICE software
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Researchers at NASAs Glenn Research Center in Cleveland used the Glenn Icing Computational Environment (GlennICE) software to create three dimensional computational models of an advanced air mobilit ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Gilat wins 10 million dollar order for transportable direct downlink earth observation system
London, UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has secured an order of about 10 million dollars for a customized Earth observation direct downlink solution to be delivered over the next 12 months. The contract was a ... more

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CHIP TECH
Quantum hardware roadmap highlights scaling hurdles on path to everyday applications
Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Quantum technology is accelerating out of the lab and into the real world, and a new article in Science argues that the field now stands at a turning point - one that is similar to the early computi ... more
CYBER WARS
Secure ESA contract advances GomSpace satellite cybersecurity
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
GomSpace has signed a 1.2 million euro (13.2 MSEK) contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a security-enhanced generation of its NanoCom product line under the SECUSAT program. The ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Antares lines up $96 million to advance microreactor rollout
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Antares has raised $96 million in Series B financing to support development and deployment of its compact nuclear microreactors for defense and space customers. The round, led by Shine Capital with ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
ArkEdge boosts 6U micro-satellite fleet with three-satellite AE5R launch
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Tokyo, Japan, December 1, 2025 - ArkEdge Space Inc., a Tokyo-based space technology company that designs, builds, and operates micro-satellite constellations, has launched three new 6U-class satelli ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
IHI SAT2 hyperspectral CubeSat enters orbit to support forest monitoring and carbon data
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
IHI-SAT2, a hyperspectral 6U CubeSat built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics for Japan's IHI Corporation, has reached orbit and established two-way communications shortly after deployment from a SpaceX Falc ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Sun-watcher SOHO celebrates thirty years
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
On 2 December 1995 the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) blasted into space - on what was supposed to be a two-year mission. From its outpost 1.5 million km away from Earth in ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Roman space telescope passes key construction milestone ahead of launch window
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
NASA has completed assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, joining the inner and outer sections of the observatory in the largest clean room at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Milky Way chemical map shows diverse paths to galactic evolution
London, UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
A new analysis of simulated Milky Way analogues links the galaxy's unusual chemical patterns to how its disc formed and evolved over time. The work examines why stars near the Sun split into two dis ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Stereo solar campaign links Inouye and Solar Orbiter data on tiny 'campfires'
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
The Sun is not just a glowing ball in the sky. From large magnetic loops hundreds of times larger than Earth, to tiny features that blink in and out of existence, our home star is far more dynamic t ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
ESO signs MOSAIC deal for Extremely Large Telescope spectrograph
Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
The European Southern Observatory ESO has signed an agreement with a large international consortium for the design and construction of the Multi-Object Spectrograph MOSAIC, an instrument for the Ext ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
UChicago survey expands weak lensing test of the dark universe
Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Astrophysicists at the University of Chicago have used data from the Dark Energy Camera (DECam) to extend weak gravitational lensing measurements to a new region of the sky, testing how well the sta ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Cedars-Sinai and Exobiosphere Partner to Launch Biomedical Research Aboard the Vast Haven-1 Space Station
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Cedars-Sinai is partnering with Exobiosphere, a company that has developed scientific hardware to automate biomedical research in space and on Earth. Using this hardware, Cedars-Sinai investigators ... more
ROBO SPACE
Indian dance mudras yield advanced synergies for robotic hand control
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County extracted building blocks from precise hand gestures in Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form. Their analysis revealed a richer set ... more
TECH SPACE
How Slide Deck Design Became the New Language of Tech Persuasion
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Every tech founder has the same nightmare: standing in front of a room full of investors while their slides betray them. Too wordy. Too vague. Too boring. It's death by PowerPoint, and it's happening everywhere. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Outage Prevention from Orbit: Why Utilities Are Turning to Satellites and Geospatial Analytics
Perrysburg OH (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
Utilities and local energy distribution companies (LDCs) face ongoing challenges in managing their infrastructure. Keeping track of power lines, pipelines, energy plant emissions, and other assets is essential ... more
SPACEMART
From 1Mbps to 200: Starlink's Gaming Speed Revolution Explained
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Elon Musk has become one of the most polarizing public figures in the modern age. His involvement in American politics has made him beloved by some and detested by others. But whatever opinions one might have on Musk's political leanings; we cannot deny his contribution to the world of tech and space exploration. ... more
TECH SPACE
X-MAT introduces X-FOAM: A game-changing ceramic foam for extreme environments
Orlando, FL (SPX) Dec 01, 2025
X-MAT has announced the release of X-FOAM, a 1,300°C ceramic foam engineered for use in harsh environments demanding high thermal insulation and structural performance. ... more
TECH SPACE
What is the appeal of playing space-themed video games?
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
These days, gaming audiences have never had it so good. Foodies are catered to with restaurant management games, players seeking epic battles have Fortnite, and sports lovers are inundated with options on a monthly basis. ... more
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IRON AND ICE
ICE-CSIC leads a pioneering study on the feasibility of asteroid mining
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbour valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a geoc ... more
MARSDAILY
NASA JPL Unveils Rover Operations Center for Moon, Mars Missions
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 11, 2025
The center leverages AI along with JPL's unique infrastructure, unrivaled tools, and years of operations expertise to support industry partners developing future planetary surface missions. NA ... more
MOON DAILY
Lunar dust study links space weathering to changes in Moon ultraviolet brightness
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
SAN ANTONIO - Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists working with researchers at UT San Antonio have analyzed Apollo lunar soil samples to determine how space weathering alters the Moon's su ... more
OUTER PLANETS
Uranus and Neptune may be rock rich worlds
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
The Solar System is often divided into four inner rocky planets, two gas giants, and two ice giants thought to be dominated by water and other volatiles, but new work from the University of Zurich s ... more
TIME AND SPACE
New island of inversion found in proton neutron symmetric molybdenum nuclei
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
For decades, nuclear physicists have known that so called islands of inversion mark regions of the nuclear chart where standard shell structure breaks down and magic numbers vanish in favor of stron ... more
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