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June 05, 2025
ROCKET SCIENCE
In row with Trump, Musk says will end critical US spaceship program



Washington (AFP) June 5, 2025
SpaceX chief Elon Musk said Thursday he would begin "decommissioning" his company's Dragon spacecraft - vital for ferrying NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station - after President Donald Trump threatened to terminate his government contracts. "In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately," Musk wrote on X. The comments came after Trump and Musk's nearly year-long po ... read more

MOON DAILY
Japanese company loses contact with Moon lander
Tokyo (AFP) June 5, 2025
A Japanese company lost contact with its Moon lander Resilience during a daunting final descent, dealing a blow to its bid to make history two years after a prior mission ended in a crash. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Fighter pilot takes next giant step for India's space plans
New Delhi (AFP) June 5, 2025
Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla blasts off into space next week as the first Indian to join the International Space Station (ISS), bearing with him New Delhi's dreams of its own manned space flight. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Maritime Launch and T-Minus Engineering Announce Plans for Hypersonic Suborbital Launches from Spaceport Nova Scotia
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Maritime Launch Services Inc. (Cboe CA: MAXQ) (OTCQB: MAXQF) is pleased to announce a new collaboration with T-Minus Engineering B.V., a leading Dutch aerospace company, to launch the Barracuda, a h ... more
MOON DAILY
ESA supports Moon mission carrying first European rover
Paris (ESA) Jun 04, 2025
RESILIENCE is the spacecraft element of ispace Mission 2 "SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon", the latest step in the company's lunar exploration programme. It launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fro ... more
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MARSDAILY
Why Elon Musk sees Mars as the only long term option for humanity
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 05, 2025
Elon Musk, the visionary behind SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink, is known for his bold ambitions and groundbreaking innovations. Among his most daring goals is building a human settlement on Mars. For ... more
MOON DAILY
High-definition Moon landing videos set to transform lunar exploration
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 03, 2025
)The next time astronauts step onto the Moon, viewers will experience it in stunning high-definition color and at up to 60 frames per second. This marks a significant leap forward from the grainy bl ... more
IRON AND ICE
Millions of new solar system objects to be found and 'filmed in technicolor'
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen's University Belfast, have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Cosmic Himalayas quasar cluster defies explanation
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
A newly discovered cluster of eleven quasars has shattered the previous record of five. Rather than being associated with a dense group of galaxies, these quasars sit on the boundary between two gro ... more

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TECHNOLOGY NEWS


EXO WORLDS
How does life rebound from mass extinctions
Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
If you're an animal living through a mass extinction, it's best to be one that's found a unique way to make a living. A new analysis of the species that lived or died out in the wake of the as ... more
EXO WORLDS
Huge planet discovered orbiting tiny star puzzles scientists
Paris (AFP) June 4, 2025
Astronomers announced Wednesday they have discovered a massive planet orbiting a tiny star, a bizarre pairing that has stumped scientists. ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Johns Hopkins study shows how scientists can use black holes as supercolliders
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
As federal funding cuts impact decades of research, scientists could turn to black holes for cheaper, natural alternatives to expensive facilities searching for dark matter and similarly elusive par ... more
TIME AND SPACE
New measure of the universe's expansion suggests resolution of a conflict
Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
For the past decade, scientists have been trying to get to the bottom of what seemed like a major inconsistency in the universe. The universe expands over time, but how fast it's expanding see ... more
SPACEMART
SpaceX sends 27 Starlink satellites into orbit from California
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 4, 2025
SpaceX on Wednesday afternoon launched another batch of 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the 15th anniversary of the first Falcon 9 rocket launch. ... more
SPACEWAR
Rocket Lab Launches 10th Electron Mission for Multi-Launch Customer BlackSky
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Roctet Lab USA has launched its 65th Electron to deploy Earth-imaging satellites for real-time space-based intelligence company BlackSky. The 'Full Stream Ahead' mission lifted-off from Rocket ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW
Japan's dense GNSS network captures unprecedented 3D sound wave patterns after Noto Peninsula quake
Tokyo Japan (SPX) Jun 02, 2025
Earthquakes generate ripple effects in the Earth's upper atmosphere, which can disrupt essential satellite-based communications and navigation systems. A team at Nagoya University, in collaboration ... more
FIRE STORM
c-FIRST Team Sets Sights on Future Fire-observing Satellite Constellations
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Two NASA-developed technologies are key components of a new high-resolution sensor for observing wildfires: High Operating Temperature Barrier Infrared Detector (HOT-BIRD), developed with support fr ... more
SINO DAILY
Consciousness and collaboration in the astronomy archives of premodern China
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
The astronomical records of imperial China are some of the most comprehensive archives in the history of science, spanning over two millennia, from 221 BC to 1911 AD, and providing detailed insight ... more
ENERGY TECH
Wendelstein 7-X Achieves Fusion Milestone with Record-Breaking Triple Product
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
In a significant advance for nuclear fusion research, the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics has achieved a new world record for the triple product dur ... more
EXO WORLDS
Super-Earth discovered in habitable zone of Sun-like star via TTV technique, paving way for 'Earth 2.0' searches
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
"Are we alone?" This ancient question has occupied humanity's mind for a long time. In 1995, the discovery of the first exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star opened the door to exploring this profound ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
NASA's IMAP Spacecraft Readied for Launch Preparations
Princeton NJ (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Technicians removed NASA's IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) spacecraft from its shipping container on Thursday, May 29, after transferring it from the airlock into the high bay at ... more
TECH SPACE
Reflect Orbital Selected for SBIR Phase II Contract by AFWERX to Advance Satellite-Based Sunlight Redirection Technology
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Reflect Orbital announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a Phase II SBIR contract in the amount of $1.25 million focused on its sunlight on demand satellite reflector technology to address the m ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Planet Expands Business with Welsh Government for Land and Natural Resource Management
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) reports receipt of a six-figure expansion of its contract with the Welsh Government. Using Planet's satellite data, the Welsh government is developing data-driven, routine ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW
First direct observation of the trapped waves that shook the world
London, UK (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
In September 2023, a bizarre global seismic signal was observed which appeared every 90 seconds over nine days - and was then repeated a month later. Almost a year later, two scientific studies prop ... more
EXO WORLDS
Space pebbles and rocks play pivotal role in giant planet's formation
London, UK (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Scientists analysing an ultra-hot giant planet believe it was formed by absorbing lightweight gases like methane evaporating from tiny space pebbles, whilst being bombarded with large rocky objects. ... more
VENUSIAN HEAT
New Venus observation mission - World's first long-term planetary cubesat study by Korea's Institute for Basic Science and NanoAvionics
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Kongsberg NanoAvionics (NanoAvionics), a leading small satellite bus manufacturer and mission integrator, has been selected by the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea to build the first ... more
SPACEMART
Impulse Space Secures $300 Million Series C to Accelerate the Future of In-Space Mobility
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Impulse Space reports it has raised $300 million in a Series C funding round-one of the largest venture rounds in the history of the space industry. The round, led by Linse Capital, brings Impulse's ... more
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Voyager Announces Launch of Initial Public Offering
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Voyager Technologies, Inc. (Voyager) reports it has commenced the roadshow for its proposed underwritten initial public offering of 11,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock. In addition, the un ... more
SPACEMART
iRocket and Wilbur Ross-backed BPGC Acquisition eye iRocket listing on Nasdaq
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc. ("iRocket"), a reusable space rocket developer, and BPGC Acquisition Corp. ("BPGC"), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by The Hon. Wilbur Ross, the ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
SwRI-led research finds particles energized by magnetic reconnection in the nascent solar wind
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
New research led by a Southwest Research Institute scientist identified a new source of energetic particles near the Sun. These definitive observations were made by instruments aboard NASA's Parker ... more
VSAT NEWS
Seventh and Eighth O3b mPOWER Satellites to Start Delivering Connectivity Services
London, UK (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
SES reports that the latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites launched in December 2024 are now ready to offer services across the globe. Featuring redesigned payload power modules, the seventh an ... more
SPACEMART
Maxar Space Systems Selected to Build High-Power EchoStar XXVI Satellite
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2025
Maxar Space Systems, a trusted partner in satellite design and manufacturing, has been awarded a contract by EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) to manufacture EchoStar XXVI, a high-power geostation ... more
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