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NASA says it will lose about 20 percent of its workforceWashington (AFP) July 26, 2025 The US space agency NASA will lose about 3,900 employees under Donald Trump's sweeping effort to trim the federal workforce - at the same time as the president prioritizes plans for crewed missions to the Moon and Mars. ... more
Building blocks of life found in distant star system suggest origins in interstellar spaceBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team led by Abubakar Fadul from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has detected 17 complex organic molecules in the protop ... more
BAE Systems completes delivery of NOAA and NASA space weather satellites for fall launchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 BAE Systems has completed the delivery of two advanced satellites from its Boulder, Colorado facility to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft-NASA's Carruthers Geocorona Observator ... more
AST SpaceMobile launches $500 million convertible note offering with share repurchase initiativeLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 AST SpaceMobile has announced a $500 million private offering of convertible senior notes due 2032, with an effective conversion price of $72.07 per share and capped at $120.12 per share. These 2.37 ... more |
Skyfall Mars helicopter fleet to scout future astronaut landing sitesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 Skyfall, a forward-looking Mars helicopter concept developed by AeroVironment (AV) in collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), aims to support future human exploration of the Red P ... more
Vega C launch deploys Earth observation and climate monitoring satellitesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 Vega C has completed its VV27 mission, successfully delivering the CO3D and MicroCarb satellites into their respective orbits. Liftoff occurred at 23:03 local time on July 25 (04:03 CEST on July 26) ... more
Viasat unveils IoT Nano service for global low-power connectivityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2025 Viasat has introduced IoT Nano, a new satellite-powered connectivity service aimed at providing cost-effective, low-power Internet of Things (IoT) messaging in remote and hard-to-reach areas worldwi ... more
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites days after service outageWashington DC (UPI) Jul 26, 2025 SpaceX early Saturday launched another 28 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit from Florida, days after a short service outage hit the space-based internet provider. ... more |
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Curiosity Rovers Boxwork Campaign Reaches New Heights on Mount SharpLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 Curiosity has made significant progress in its ongoing exploration of the intricate boxwork terrain along the slopes of Mount Sharp. The past several sols have brought the rover from the base of a s ... more |
How to Master Terraria: Essential Tips from a Pro PlayerLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 26, 2025 Playing Terraria on Master Mode can be brutal. A single hit from a slime could kill you if you're not wearing armor. The game gets much harder at higher difficulty levels, and you'll need solid preparation and strategy. ... more
Moon erosion by solar wind far less than expected finds lunar rock studyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 The Moon's fragile exosphere, a sparse envelope of gas surrounding the lunar body, is mainly generated by interactions between the Moon's surface and external forces. Until now, scientists believed ... more
Interference to astronomy the unintended consequence of faster internetPerth, Australia (SPX) Jul 24, 2025 Curtin University researchers have undertaken the world's biggest survey of low frequency satellite radio emissions, finding Starlink satellites are significantly interfering with radio astronomy ob ... more
NASA: Senegal is 56th country to sign Artemis AccordsWashington DC (UPI) Jul 25, 2025 Senegal has become the 56th country to sign the Artemis Accords for peaceful space exploration, NASA announced Friday. ... more |
Space Force general to oversee U.S. 'Golden Dome' missile shieldWashington DC (UPI) Jul 22, 2025 The U.S. Senate has approved Gen. Mike Guetlein to oversee President Donald Trump's national missile defense system, known as the Golden Dome. ... more ![]() |
Russian rocket puts Iran satellite into space: Iran mediaTehran (AFP) July 25, 2025 A Russian rocket put an Iranian communications satellite into space on Friday, Iranian state media reported, the latest achievement for an aerospace programme that has long concerned Western governments. ... more
Young magmas on the came from much shallower depthsGainesville FL (SPX) Jul 24, 2025 New research on the rocks collected by China's Chang'e 5 mission is rewriting our understanding of how the moon cooled. Stephen Elardo, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Geological Sciences with the ... more
JunoCam revived by onboard heat treatment just in time for Io flybyNashville TN (SPX) Jul 24, 2025 NASA's Juno spacecraft, currently orbiting Jupiter, narrowly salvaged its onboard JunoCam imager through a remote thermal repair maneuver executed in December 2023. The move, initiated from over 370 ... more
CTAO telescope uncovers fresh evidence for layered jet structures in historic gamma ray burstLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2025 The CTAO LST Collaboration has unveiled critical insights into gamma-ray burst (GRB) jets following detailed analysis of GRB 221009A-the most luminous GRB ever observed. The results, published in Th ... more |
Diverse rocky planets found around nearby red dwarf including one in the habitable zoneParis, France (SPX) Jul 24, 2025 A Canadian-led team has revealed the most detailed analysis yet of the L 98-59 planetary system, confirming the presence of a fifth planet within its habitable zone. The system, located just 35 ligh ... more
Sidus Space debuts LunarLizzie 800kg lunar platform built for real time AI terrain intelligenceMerritt Island FL (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 Sidus Space has introduced LunarLizzie, its most advanced 800kg-class spacecraft engineered specifically for lunar and cislunar missions. Equipped with onboard AI, LiDAR, and hyperspectral imaging, ... more
Mars glaciers are purer and more uniform than previously thoughtTucson AZ (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 On the slopes of Martian mountains and craters clings what appears to be flowing honey, coated in dust and frozen in time. In reality, these features are incredibly slow-moving glaciers, and their c ... more
Lunar habitat module project advances under Thales Alenia Space and ASI agreementParis, France (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to carry out the preliminary design and technology development for the Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH) module, set to bec ... more |
China eyes Neptune for groundbreaking ice giant missionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 China is preparing to push deeper into the solar system with an ambitious new phase in its deep space exploration program, including a Mars sample-return mission and a journey to Jupiter. Now, Chine ... more
Millennium Space Systems initiates on-orbit operations for NASA space weather studyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, has started the on-orbit commissioning phase for NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) following their s ... more
Sidus Space unveils plan to raise capital through public stock offeringLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 Sidus Space, a provider of space and defense technologies, announced plans to conduct a best-efforts public offering of its Class A common stock or pre-funded warrants. The company will sell all sha ... more
Robotic space rovers keep getting stuckMadison WI (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel - as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009 - Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a ser ... more |
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Cascade raises 59M to develop full stack satellite communications platformLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 Cascade Space has secured $5.9 million in seed funding to advance its development of a comprehensive satellite communication platform. The round saw investment from Nova Threshold, Undeterred Capita ... more |
China issues new rules to elevate quality control in private space sectorTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 25, 2025 China has introduced new regulations to tighten quality oversight of its growing commercial space industry. The directive, issued Monday by the China National Space Administration (CNSA), outlines c ... more
ESA launches Vigil to track solar threats from deep space vantageParis, France (SPX) Jul 22, 2025 Vigil, the European Space Agency's upcoming space weather mission, will be the first satellite to maintain a continuous presence at the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 5 (L5), providing an unprecedented si ... more
York to Acquire Operations to Boost Ground Connectivity and Mission DeliveryLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2025 York Space Systems announced that its parent company has signed an agreement to acquire ATLAS Space Operations, a U.S.-based leader in Ground Software as a Service (GSaaS) for satellite communicatio ... more
Rare Trans Neptunian Object Reveals Unexpected Orbital Dance with NeptuneLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2025 A rare celestial body drifting far beyond Neptune, designated 2020 VN40, has been identified by astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian as the first confirmed object t ... more |
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