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  London, UK (SPX) Mar 04, 2025 Vodafone Group Plc (LSE: VOD), a leading telecommunications provider in Europe and Africa, and AST SpaceMobile Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company developing the first space-based cellular broadband network directly accessible by standard mobile devices, have announced a strategic agreement to form a new European satellite service business, "SatCo." SatCo aims to deliver seamless satellite-based mobile broadband services to mobile network operators (MNOs) across Europe, ensuring full geographic cover ... read more |
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Rocket Lab Sets Launch Window for First of Multiple iQPS MissionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2025 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a global provider of launch and space systems, has announced the scheduled launch window for its 61st Electron mission, dedicated to Japan's Institute for Q-shu ... more  
Spire Establishes Two-Way Optical Link Between Satellites in OrbitLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2025 Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), a leading provider of space-based data, analytics, and space services, has successfully demonstrated a two-way optical communication link between two satellites in o ... more  
Maxar Space Systems Secures Contract for New High-Power Communications SatelliteLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2025 Maxar Space Systems, a leader in satellite manufacturing and advanced space solutions, has been awarded a contract to develop a geostationary (GEO) high-power communications satellite for a private ... more 
SpaceX calls off Starship test flight at last minuteWashington (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 Elon Musk's SpaceX called off the latest test flight of its Starship rocket just before its scheduled launch on Monday, citing an unspecified problem with the behemoth spacecraft. ... more |
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UAE sends AI-equipped drones to spot Ramadan moonDubai (AFP) Feb 28, 2025 The United Arab Emirates is flying AI-equipped drones to help spot the crescent moon marking the start of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, official media said on Friday. ... more |
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Nuclear fusion milestone: WEST sustains plasma for record 1,337 secondsParis, France (SPX) Feb 20, 2025 The WEST tokamak, operated at the CEA Cadarache site in southern France, has set a new benchmark in nuclear fusion research by maintaining a plasma for an unprecedented 1,337 seconds on February 12. ... more 
Will neutrons compromise the operation of superconducting magnets in a fusion plant?Boston MA (SPX) Feb 28, 2025 High-temperature superconducting magnets made from REBCO, an acronym for rare earth barium copper oxide, make it possible to create an intense magnetic field that can confine the extremely hot plasm ... more 
Rocket Lab Space Software Aids in Successful Lunar Landing for Firefly's Blue Ghost 1 MissionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2025 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has played a key role in the successful Moon landing of Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1, which touched down on March 2 at 8:34 a.m. UTC (3:34 a.m. ET). T ... more  
China advances manned lunar program for 2030 moon landingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2025 China is making steady strides toward its goal of landing astronauts on the moon by 2030, with research and development efforts progressing as scheduled, the China Manned Space Agency announced Mond ... more |
 
Scientists establish link between Earth's orbital shifts and ice age cyclesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 Around 2.5 million years ago, Earth began experiencing alternating glacial and interglacial periods, with the last ice age concluding approximately 11,700 years ago. Now, a new study indicates that ... more  |
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PolyU and Global Team Harness Satellite Data to Decode Greenland Ice Sheet MeltSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), in collaboration with an international team of scientists, have leveraged advanced satellite positioning data to monitor the behavior o ... more  
Studying the evolutionary history of continent-sized regions in the deep mantleLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 A recent study led by scientists from Cardiff University, the University of Oxford, the University of Bristol, and the University of Michigan has unveiled distinct differences in the evolutionary hi ... more 
Rocket Lab's Pioneer Aids Varda's Capsule Re-Entry in In-Space Manufacturing MissionSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has successfully facilitated the re-entry of Varda Space Industries' capsule using its custom-built Pioneer spacecraft. The capsule, part of Varda's W-2 mission, ... more 
Lunar Research Facility Lands on Moon for Regolith StudyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2025 The Regolith Adherence Characterization (RAC) experiment has successfully arrived on the lunar surface, where it will operate for one full lunar day-equivalent to 14 Earth days-conducting research o ... more |
Japan startup targets June 6 Moon landingTokyo (AFP) Mar 4, 2025 Japanese startup ispace on Tuesday set a June 6 target touchdown date for its Moon lander, following the success of its rocket "rideshare" buddy, a spacecraft from a US firm. ... more  
NASA Webb Unveils Atmospheric Complexity of Isolated Super-JupiterLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2025 An international team of scientists has determined that the fluctuating brightness of SIMP 0136, a free-floating planetary-mass object, results from a complex interplay of atmospheric factors rather ... more  
AST SpaceMobile Secures $43 Million Agreement to Support U.S. Space Development AgencyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ("AST SpaceMobile") (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company pioneering the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile devices, has announc ... more 
UAF scientist designing satellite to hunt small space debrisFairbanks AK (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist is participating in a U.S. government effort to design a satellite and instruments capable of detecting space debris as small as 1 centimeter, less than on ... more |
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Supercomputing an improved rocketAustin TX (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 A new type of rocket engine that could improve aircraft, spacecraft, and other transportation systems is being developed by private and public institutions such as NASA and the Air Force Research La ... more 
European satellite launcher set for first commercial blast offParis (AFP) Mar 1, 2025 After several postponements, Europe's Ariane 6 launcher will carry out its first commercial mission on Monday when it puts a French military intelligence satellite into space. ... more  
Star Mergers' Magnetic Outflows Spawn Universe's Highest-Energy ParticlesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 Ultrahigh Energy Cosmic Rays (UHECRs) are the most energetic particles known in the universe, with energies exceeding those attainable by human-made accelerators by more than a million times. Despit ... more 
New Constraints on Dark Matter Properties from Latest ObservationsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 A research team from Tokyo Metropolitan University has made significant progress in the ongoing search for dark matter. Utilizing advanced spectrographic technology and the Magellan Clay Telescope, ... more |
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Shenzhou XIX crew successfully tests pipeline inspection robot on space stationSydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 01, 2025 The crew of China's Shenzhou XIX mission has completed a pivotal in-orbit test of a pipeline inspection robot aboard the Tiangong space station, marking a major step forward in space station mainten ... more |
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GMV secures contract to provide Spanish Air and Space Force with advanced space operations simulatorMadrid, Spain (SPX) Feb 28, 2025 The Spanish Air and Space Force's Logistics Support Command (MALOG), through its Directorate-General of Procurement (DAD), has awarded GMV a contract to develop and implement a cutting-edge simulato ... more  
Maxar Space Systems Ships First Tranche 1 Tracking Layer Spacecraft to L3HarrisLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2025 Maxar Space Systems, a leader in satellite manufacturing and space technology solutions, has delivered the first of 16 spacecraft buses to L3Harris Technologies [NYSE: LHX] in support of the Space D ... more 
Chang'e 6 Samples Confirm Global Magma Ocean on Early MoonSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 28, 2025 A recent analysis of lunar samples retrieved by China's Chang'e 6 mission has provided substantial evidence supporting the theory that the moon was once enveloped in a global molten "magma ocean" fo ... more  
NASA Selects Scientists to Join Lucy Mission Studying Jupiter's Trojan AsteroidsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2025 NASA has chosen eight scientists to participate in its Lucy mission, an initiative aimed at studying the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. These celestial bodies, considered remnants from the early solar sy ... more |
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