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August 05, 2025
MOON DAILY
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission ends without mapping moon



Washington DC (UPI) Aug 4, 2025
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission to the moon ended in failure after the government agency lost contact with the spacecraft one day after the launch in February and never regained communication despite extensive efforts. The mission ended Friday, NASA said Monday in a news release. On Feb. 26, the satellite was part of the IM-2 mission by Intuitive Machines aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center. The spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin Space, successfully separated ... read more

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ROCKET SCIENCE
Intuitive Machines wins funding to advance orbital logistics vehicle
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 05, 2025
Intuitive Machines has secured a $9.8 million government contract to progress its Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) through Critical Design Review, the final engineering phase before manufacturing begi ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Argo and ThinkOrbital to launch first orbital mission using long-range X-ray imaging
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 05, 2025
Argo Space Corp. and ThinkOrbital have announced a strategic partnership to launch the first-ever space mission featuring long-range, high-voltage X-ray imaging for space domain awareness (SDA). The ... more
MOON DAILY
Lunar rover tire collaboration aims for deployment by 2029
Tokyo Japan (SPX) Aug 05, 2025
ispace, inc. has signed an agreement with Bridgestone Corporation to jointly develop and evaluate tires for future small and medium-sized lunar rovers. The initiative aims to accelerate practical de ... more
MOON DAILY
China allocates fresh batch of lunar samples to domestic research institutions
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 05, 2025
China has approved the ninth round of lunar sample lending applications, distributing over 30 grams of moon material to 32 research teams across 25 institutions. These samples, retrieved by the Chan ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Beyond the Shadow of a Black Hole
Austin TX (SPX) Aug 05, 2025
he first black hole images stunned the world in 2019, with headlines announcing evidence of a glowing doughnut-shaped object from the center of galaxy Messier 87 (M87 - 55 million light years from E ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Black hole wave analysis refined using advanced WKB method
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 05, 2025
Black holes, the most gravitationally extreme objects in the universe, emit space-time ripples called quasinormal modes when disturbed - vibrations that can be detected as gravitational waves. These ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Webb reveals hidden galaxy populations in revisited deep field
Paris, France (SPX) Aug 05, 2025
Webb has returned to the iconic Hubble Ultra Deep Field, providing astronomers with an unprecedented mid-infrared perspective of one of the most studied regions in the sky. Using nearly 100 hours of ... more
TECH SPACE
UAF satellite facility to manage massive NASA data surge
Fairbanks AK (SPX) Aug 05, 2025
Years of preparation by the Alaska Satellite Facility will ensure that a flood of freely available data from a NASA-India satellite mission that launched Wednesday will be easy for the global public ... more

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SPACEMART
World's first Open RAN D2D LEO network to be built by MDA Space for EchoStar
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 05, 2025
EchoStar Corporation has chosen MDA Space as the prime contractor to develop the world's first 3GPP 5G-compliant low Earth orbit (LEO) direct-to-device (D2D) satellite constellation built on Open RA ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Russian space chief says agreed with NASA on ISS cooperation until 2028
Moscow (AFP) July 31, 2025
The head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos said Thursday that he had agreed with his NASA counterpart during talks in the United States to extend the International Space Station's (ISS) operation until 2028. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX Dragon delivers Crew-11 to International Space Station
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 2, 2025
The four Crew-11 crew members joined seven other astronauts in the International Space Station early Saturday morning following a 15-hour journey from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Cosmic shield breakthrough could extend life of space solar cells
London, UK (SPX) Aug 01, 2025
A new radiation-resistant coating developed at the University of Surrey could significantly improve the durability of next-generation perovskite solar cells in space. The innovation promises to make ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab to Launch Fifth Electron Mission for iQPS Earth Imaging Constellation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2025
Rocket Lab has announced the scheduled launch window for its next mission for the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS), marking the 69th flight of its Electron rocket and the company's ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Bid to relocate US Space Shuttle Discovery faces museum pushback
Washington (AFP) Aug 2, 2025
Tucked inside President Donald Trump's flagship tax and spending bill last month was a little-noticed provision to relocate the iconic Space Shuttle Discovery from a museum outside Washington to Houston. ... more
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WATER WORLD
Chinese sub discovers deepest-ever creatures 10 km undersea
Paris (AFP) July 30, 2025
A Chinese submersible has discovered thousands of worms and molluscs nearly 10 kilometres (six miles) below sea level in the Mariana Trench, the deepest colony of creatures ever observed, a study revealed on Wednesday. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
China launches remote sensing satellite for Pakistan using Kuaizhou rocket
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 01, 2025
China successfully launched a remote sensing satellite for Pakistan on Thursday morning aboard a Kuaizhou 1A carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province. The launch o ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
NASA teams with India to launch Earth-tracking satellite
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 30, 2025
NASA announced Wednesday it, in a partnership with the Indian Space Research Organization, launched a radar system to map Earth as never before. ... more
SPACEMART
China advances satellite internet network with sixth orbital deployment
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 01, 2025
China successfully launched the sixth batch of low Earth orbit internet satellites on Wednesday using a Long March 8A rocket, further expanding its national satellite internet network. The launch to ... more
TECH SPACE
Expanded KSAT AWS Alliance Redefines Satellite Ground Communication Services
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 01, 2025
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) has announced an expanded collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), aimed at redefining satellite ground station services through a unified integration of KSA ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Galactic Center magnetic field offers new insight into stellar evolution dynamics
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2025
A new study of the Sagittarius C region in the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone has revealed a detailed portrait of the galactic magnetic field, offering fresh insight into how dense gas clouds, s ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
NASA installs key 'sunblock' shield on Roman Space Telescope
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 01, 2025
Technicians have successfully installed two sunshields onto NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's inner segment. Along with the observatory's Solar Array Sun Shield and Deployable Aperture Cove ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
New particle model opens overlooked pathway in dark matter search
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2025
A team of physicists from the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in Brazil has introduced a new theoretical framework that could advance the search for dark matter by focusing on inelastic particles that ... more
MOON DAILY
Moonquake hazards raise concern for future long-term lunar missions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2025
A new study has identified moonquakes-not meteor strikes-as the primary cause of surface disturbances in the Taurus-Littrow valley, the Apollo 17 landing site. The research suggests that ground shak ... more
MOON DAILY
Mapping lunar landscapes begins in Norway's fjords
Paris, France (SPX) Aug 01, 2025
Alone in a secluded Norwegian fjord, three astronaut trainees pore over scientific plans crafted with lunar exploration in mind. Before stepping into the rugged terrain, they consult a tablet brimmi ... more
EXO WORLDS
Sun dogs, other celestial effects could appear in alien skies
Ithaca NY (SPX) Aug 01, 2025
Ice crystals in Earth's atmosphere sometimes align just right to create various striking visual effects, from a halo around the moon, to bright spots called sun dogs on either side of the sun in a w ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
US, India launch powerful Earth-monitoring satellite
Washington (AFP) July 30, 2025
A formidable new radar satellite jointly developed by the United States and India launched Wednesday, designed to track subtle changes in Earth's land and ice surfaces and help predict both natural and human-caused hazards. ... more
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SPACEWAR
Boeing X37B Spaceplane Prepares for Eighth Orbital Test Mission
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
The Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is scheduled to embark on its eighth mission, OTV-8, no earlier than August 21 from Florida's Space Coast. This marks the next phase of operations f ... more
SPACEWAR
BlackSky secures next stage of Navy contract for optical satellite link upgrades
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has been awarded the next phase of a U.S. Navy research contract aimed at advancing optical inter-satellite link (OISL) technology for its next-generation Gen-3 ... more
FLOATING STEEL
SFL to Deliver Rapid Deployment AISSat-4 for Norway's Expanding Maritime Surveillance
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
SFL Missions Inc. has secured a contract from the Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) to develop AISSat-4, a ship-tracking nanosatellite scheduled for launch within a year. The mission aims to bolster Nor ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Spire to Provide ESA with Satellite Weather Data for European Research
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
Spire Global has secured a new contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver satellite-derived weather data under ESA's Third Party Mission (TPM) programme. The agreement grants European ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Cosmic dust particles reveal snapshot of Earth's ancient air
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
Scientists have found a new way to probe the composition of Earth's ancient atmosphere by studying fossilized cosmic dust. An international team led by the University of Gottingen, with collaborator ... more



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