February 01, 2026

Bezos's Blue Origin to 'pause' space tourism to focus on Moon efforts New York (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin said Friday it would temporarily pause flights of its space tourism rocket to focus more resources on its lunar ambitions. ... more

The Perception War: How Artemis II Could Win the Race Without Landing New York NY (SPX) Jan 31, 2026 As NASA counts down toward humanity's first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century, a question beyond engineering is taking shape: Can a flight that never touches the surface still define who "wins" the Second Moon Race? ... more

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NASA delays Moon mission over frigid weather Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 30, 2026 NASA on Friday pushed back the earliest date that astronauts could fly to the Moon, due to forecasts of freezing temperatures at the Florida launch site. ... more

Airspan 5G platform selected for Space Compass high altitude maritime network Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 Airspan Networks Holdings LLC has announced that it will deploy a 5G Air-to-Ground communications system for Space Compass's High-Altitude Platform Station, creating a new capability for maritime do ... more

Smartphone kit offers low cost on site radiation dose checks Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 Prompt, individual dose assessment is a critical part of protecting people after large scale nuclear or radiological incidents, but traditional dosimetry relies on expensive instruments or laborator ... more

Laser method proposed to extend muon lifetime for science applications London, UK (SPX) Jan 28, 2026 Unless they work in particle physics or a related discipline, most people are unlikely to have encountered muons, elementary particles that resemble electrons but are around 200 times heavier and in ... more

Tethered orbital data centers aim to power AI with solar energy Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 Penn Engineers have proposed a solar-powered orbital data center architecture that could scale to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence computing without drawing electricity from terrestri ... more

Major rains drive widespread flooding in southern Mozambique London, UK (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 Weeks of intense rain in December and January swelled rivers and overwhelmed key reservoirs in southern Mozambique, sending floodwaters across broad floodplains and into heavily populated areas alon ... more

MDA Space and Hanwha target Korean K-LEO defense network Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 MDA Space has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hanwha Systems to pursue collaboration on Korea's planned sovereign Low Earth Orbit K-LEO defense constellation, targeting enhanced military c ... more Airbus and Hisdesat extend deal to market next generation PAZ-2 radar imagery Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 Airbus Defence and Space and Hisdesat have signed a new agreement to commercialize imagery and applications from the future PAZ-2 radar satellites, reinforcing their long standing cooperation in the ... more Lockheed Martin launches ninth GPS III satellite to boost secure navigation Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 Lockheed Martin's ninth Global Positioning System III satellite has reached orbit, adding new resilience and security to the GPS constellation that underpins both military operations and critical ci ... more China sea launch boosts private rocket activity in 2026 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 Galactic Energy has opened Chinas 2026 commercial launch campaign with a pre dawn sea based mission of its Ceres 1 carrier rocket on January 17, extending the companys record of frequent small satel ... more NASA Heat Shield Technology Enables Space Industry Growth Moffett Field Ca (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 Using cutting-edge material licensed from NASA, a protective heat shield manufactured in-house by Varda Space Industries for the first time enabled one of its capsules to blaze through Earth's atmos ... more Rocket Lab conducts second Electron mission in eight days to orbit Korean imaging satellite Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 Rocket Lab Corporation has completed its 81st Electron mission, successfully deploying an Earth observation satellite for the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and marking i ... more New clues to Mars habitability in discovery of ancient beach London, UK (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 New findings from NASAs Perseverance rover have revealed evidence of wave-formed beaches and rocks altered by subsurface water in a Martian crater that once held a vast lake - considerably expanding ... more Quark wakes reveal early universe plasma flowed like a liquid Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 In its first instants, the universe formed a searing quark gluon plasma in which quarks and gluons moved at near light speed before cooling to build the protons and neutrons that dominate matter tod ... more Radio view of rare supernova tracks dying star's final decade Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 As from a rare kind of stellar explosion known as a Type Ibn supernova, giving them an unusually detailed look at the final decade in the life of a massive star before it died. The observations capt ... more SES to extend EGNOS GEO 1 payload service for precise navigation over Europe through 2030 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 30, 2026 SES and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme have extended the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service GEO 1 satellite service agreement through 2030, with an option to prolon ... more