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  Washington DC (UPI) Jan 9, 2024 NASA announced Tuesday it will delay its Artemis launches to "work through challenges" and "ensure crew safety," as the space agency targets 2026 to return astronauts to the moon. NASA revealed it will now shoot for September 2026, instead of December 2025, to land the first astronauts near the moon's south pole with Artemis III. While NASA was planning to launch Artemis II later this year, the first crewed mission around the moon is now scheduled for September 2025. Artemis IV, the firs ... read more |
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Self-eating rocket could help UK take a big bite of space industryGlasgow, Scotland (SPX) Jan 10, 2024 New developments on a nearly century-old concept for a 'self-eating' rocket engine capable of flight beyond the Earth's atmosphere could help the UK take a bigger bite of the space industry. U ... more 
First US private lunar lander mission failsWashington (AFP) Jan 9, 2024 An historic commercial US mission to the Moon will fail after suffering a critical loss of fuel, organizers admitted Tuesday, ending for the time being America's hopes of placing its first spacecraft on the lunar surface since the Apollo era. ... more 
Bad day in space: Moon mission fails and NASA program delayedWashington (AFP) Jan 9, 2024 A private US lunar lander mission is doomed to fail, and NASA pushes back plans to return astronauts to the Moon. ... more  
NASA, NOAA Launch NEON Program with SwRI-developed QuickSounder satelliteLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 The realm of environmental monitoring and weather forecasting is set to receive a significant boost with the latest collaboration between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (N ... more |
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 Spire Global to provide essential atmospheric data to NOAA  
ISS National Lab opens call for technology development research proposalsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2024 The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory has announced a new opportunity for researchers and technologists: a solicitation for flight concepts aimed at leveraging the unique space-b ... more |
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Earth Blox delivers climate and nature analytics at scale through Google Cloud MarketplaceEdinburgh, Scotland (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 Sustainability reporting SaaS company Earth Blox has announced its availability on Google Cloud Marketplace. The company provides customers with a scalable and customisable platform to rapidly asses ... more  
Aurora Flight Sciences to build DARPA's X-65 utilizing Active Flow ControlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 Aurora Flight Sciences has been chosen by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to construct a groundbreaking full-scale X-plane. This aircraft, named the X-65, will serve as a techn ... more  
ISRO's Aditya-L1 enters Halo Orbit for Solar StudiesSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 10, 2024 India's ambitious journey into solar exploration has achieved a significant milestone. The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1, has successfully reached its d ... more  
Rocket Lab secures $515M contract with Space Development Agency for Tranche 2 constellationLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 Rocket Lab USA has recently embarked on a significant venture, having been selected by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for a major project. The company is now under contract to design and build 1 ... more |
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 Sidus Marks Key Progress in AI sat tech ahead of LizzieSat-1 launch  
Ready for Contact Science: Sols 4062-4063Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 10, 2024 Earth planning date: Monday, January 8, 2024: With a successful bump backwards over the weekend, Curiosity is now positioned to execute contact science on a flat block of dark-toned bedrock in its w ... more |
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Einstein Probe lifts off on a mission to monitor the X-ray skyParis (ESA) Jan 10, 2024 The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) spacecraft Einstein Probe lifted off on a Chang Zheng (Long March) 2C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in China at 15:03 CST / 07:03 GMT / 08:03 ... more  
NASA's Webb Finds Signs of Possible Aurorae on Isolated Brown DwarfBaltimore MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2024 Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found a brown dwarf (an object more massive than Jupiter but smaller than a star) with infrared emission from methane, likely due to energy i ... more  
Breaking the 10-petawatt limit with a new laser amplificationWashington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 Ultra-intense ultrashort lasers have a wide-ranging scope of applications, encompassing basic physics, national security, industrial service, and health care. In basic physics, such lasers have beco ... more  
Space Force welcomes new era with ULA's first Vulcan Centaur launchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2024 Space Systems Command (SSC), a pivotal arm of the U.S. Space Force, has hailed the successful maiden voyage of United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket. Brig. Gen. Kristin L. Panzenhagen ... more |
 NASA and UAE collaborate on Artemis Lunar Gateway's Airlock Module  
Wiseband and Rivada Space Networks join forces for Middle Eastern network expansionLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 In a significant move for the Middle Eastern telecommunications sector, Rivada Space Networks has announced a partnership with Emirati satellite services company Wiseband. This collaboration aims to ... more |
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USSF Conducts First Exercise RED SKIES, Elevating Orbital Warfare ReadinessLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2024 In a significant advancement for the United States Space Force (USSF), the inaugural Exercise RED SKIES, conducted from December 11-15, marked a new era in space operations and readiness. This exerc ... more 
SSC and Microsoft building space simulation and wargaming platform for Space ForceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2024 Space Systems Command (SSC), a pivotal entity within the U.S. Space Force, recently announced the continuation of its partnership with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) to bolster Space Force mis ... more  
WASP-69b has comet-like tail that's very longMaunakea HI (SPX) Jan 10, 2024 New data from W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawai?i Island confirms exoplanet WASP-69b, known for its escaping atmosphere, is forming a comet-like tail that is even longer than previously obse ... more 
Unlocking the secrets of a "hot Saturn" and its spotted starMontreal, Canada (SPX) Jan 10, 2024 Led by researchers from Universite de Montreal's Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (iREx), a team of astronomers has harnessed the power of the revolutionary James Webb Space Webb Telesc ... more |
Blob-like home of farthest-known fast radio burst is collection of seven galaxiesEvanston IL (SPX) Jan 10, 2024 In summer 2022, astronomers detected the most powerful fast radio burst (FRB) ever observed. And coming from a location that dates halfway back to the Big Bang, it also was the farthest known FRB sp ... more 
China says successfully launches Einstein Probe satelliteBeijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2024 China on Tuesday successfully launched a satellite, state broadcaster CCTV said. ... more  
China begins 2024 with key Kuaizhou 1A satellite launchSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC), a prominent state-owned space contractor, has announced the successful launch of a Kuaizhou 1A carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Cen ... more 
Astronomers Discover Early Ring and Spiral Structures in Young Planetary DisksLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 In a significant advancement in our understanding of planetary formation, an international team of astronomers has uncovered ring and spiral structures in exceptionally young planetary disks. This d ... more |
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New Study Reinforces Evidence for Modified Gravity in Wide Binary Star SystemsSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 A recent publication in the Astrophysical Journal has introduced new findings that suggest a significant deviation from standard gravity in wide binary star systems, particularly at lower accelerati ... more 
Three iron rings in a planet-forming diskHeidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 A research team, including astronomers of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), has detected a three-ringed structure in the nursery of planets in the inner planet-forming disk of a young s ... more 
COSMIC: The SETI Institute is unlocking the mysteries of the universe with breakthrough technology at the Karl G. Jansky Very Large ArrayMountain View CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 In a groundbreaking cosmic quest, the SETI Institute's Commensal Open-Source Multimode Interferometer Cluster (COSMIC) at the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) is expanding the search for extrat ... more 
Space Oddity: Uncovering the Origin of the Universe's Rare Radio CirclesSan Diego CA (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 It's not every day astronomers say, "What is that?" After all, most observed astronomical phenomena are known: stars, planets, black holes and galaxies. But in 2019 the newly completed ASKAP (Austra ... more |
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Completes 18th Close Approach to the SunBaltimore MD (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 NASA's Parker Solar Probe completed its 18th close approach to the Sun on Dec. 28, 2023, matching its own distance record by skimming just about 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) from the ... more 
Dark energy discovery a decade in the making: new supernova insights offer clues to the expansion of the universeMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have contributed to a landmark study that complicates our understanding of the universe. The Dark Energy Survey (DES), which released results today, ... more 
NASA Revamps Contracts with Blue Origin and Starlab for LEO Station Projects Post-ISS EraLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2024 NASA has recently updated its agreements with two prominent commercial space station partners, marking a significant step in the development of low Earth orbit (LEO) destinations. This move is pivot ... more
India's Sun probe reaches solar orbitNew Delhi (AFP) Jan 6, 2024 India's solar observation mission on Saturday entered the Sun's orbit after a four-month journey, the latest success for the space exploration ambitions of the world's most populous nation. ... more |
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Hubble observes a changing exoplanet atmosphereParis (ESA) Jan 08, 2024 An international team of astronomers has assembled and reprocessed observations of the exoplanet WASP-121 b that were collected with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in the years 2016, 2018 and 2 ... more  
New images reveal what Neptune and Uranus really look likeLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2024 Neptune is fondly known for being a rich blue and Uranus green - but a new study has revealed that the two ice giants are actually far closer in colour than typically thought. The correct shad ... more 
Sols 4059-4061: New Year, Old ChallengesPasadena CA (JPL) Jan 08, 2024 Earth planning date: Friday, January 5, 2024: Coming back after the new year celebrations it was my first Curiosity planning as Geology Science Team Lead (GeoSTL) today. Of course, I hoped for an ea ... more  
Mysterious missing component in the clouds of Venus revealedCambridge UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2024 What are the clouds of Venus made of? Scientists know it's mainly made of sulfuric acid droplets, with some water, chlorine, and iron. Their concentrations vary with height in the thick and hostile ... more |
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