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December 05, 2025
SPACE TRAVEL
Space station reaches new record with all docking ports in use



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
For the first time in the history of the International Space Station, all eight of its docking ports are occupied following the reinstallation of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft on the Earth-facing port of the Unity module. The visiting vehicles now attached are two SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, the Cygnus XL cargo ship, JAXA's HTV-X1 cargo vehicle, two Roscosmos Soyuz crew spacecraft, and two Progress cargo freighters. The Cygnus XL spacecraft is flying Northrop Grumman's 23rd commercia ... read more

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STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Cosmic rays drive urgent search for better protection before crewed trips to Mars
Norwich, UK (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
The first step on the Moon was one of humanity's most exciting accomplishments. Now scientists are planning return trips - and dreaming of Mars beyond. Next year, Nasa's Artemis II mission wil ... more
TECH SPACE
Cybersecurity Advances Strengthen Protection in Online Gambling Infrastructure
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Online gambling sites now process upwards of 12 million transactions each day, a staggering number that puts a giant target on their backs for cybercriminals in 2025. ... more
EXO WORLDS
SwRI opens NOUR lab to track chemical pathways from nebulae to planetary systems
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has established the Nebular Origins of the Universe Research (NOUR) Laboratory to investigate how the chemistry of interstellar material leads to the formation of ... more
MOON DAILY
Congress warned that the U.S. faces a new space race with China
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 4, 2025
The United States has entered a consequential new era of competition with China in space - one that lawmakers said will shape global power, economic security and military advantage for generations. ... more
TECH SPACE
Roadmap sets circular economy agenda for space hardware and debris mitigation
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Every rocket launch discards large amounts of material and releases substantial greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances into the atmosphere, prompting researchers to examine how circular eco ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA extends ISS National Lab management contract through 2030
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 4, 2025
The Center for Advancement of Science in Space will continue to manage the International Space Station National Laboratory for at least another five years, CASIS announced on Thursday. CASIS h ... more
MARSDAILY
Mars Rover Uncovers Evidence of Ancient Wet Climate in Jezero Crater
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
NASA's Perseverance rover identified light-colored rocks in Jezero crater that consist of white, aluminum-rich kaolinite clay. These rocks formed after prolonged exposure to water leached other mine ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
UK plasma thruster test positions Pulsar Fusion for larger satellite propulsion
London, UK (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Pulsar Fusion and partners have tested what they describe as the largest space plasma engine yet fired in Britain, designed to provide high-thrust in-space propulsion for heavier satellites. The eng ... more

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Small satellite mission targets maritime activity monitoring from orbit
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
The OTTER Optical Traffic Tracking Experiment for Responsive Space satellite has entered service in orbit to support maritime monitoring following its launch on 28 November 2025 into an orbit at abo ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Hot dust near a nearby star system
Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Seventy light-years from Earth, astronomers studying the star Kappa Tucanae A have identified dust heated to more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit orbiting very close to the star, where such material s ... more
MARSDAILY
Scientists trace ancient mega watersheds on Mars
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Billions of years ago, rainfall on Mars fed rivers that cut valleys, overtopped crater rims and carved canyons, with some flows likely reaching a northern ocean basin on the planet. Researcher ... more
MARSDAILY
NASA desert drone trials refine navigation software for future Mars explorers
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
To prepare new autonomous systems for Mars, NASA teams have been testing drones, a legged robot, and a winged flyer concept in harsh desert environments in California, New Mexico, and Virginia. The ... more
EXO WORLDS
Gels may have given early Earth chemistry a place to organize into life
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
An international team from Japan, Malaysia, the UK, and Germany has proposed that life on Earth may have emerged within sticky, surface-bound gels that formed before the first cells. The researchers ... more
TECH SPACE
Greece deploys first national ICEYE radar satellites for disaster monitoring
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
Two new ICEYE radar satellites have entered service under Greece's National Small Satellite Programme, expanding the country's capacity to track floods, wildfires, landslides and other hazards as we ... more
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EARTH OBSERVATION
Italian Earth observation fleet gains eight new IRIDE satellites
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
Italy's IRIDE Earth observation programme has expanded with the launch of eight Eaglet II satellites, adding a second constellation to the growing national fleet. The spacecraft rode into orbit on a ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Trump NASA nominee aims to beat China in new Moon race
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 3, 2025
Jared Isaacman, US President Donald Trump's two-time appointee to lead NASA, said it was his goal that the United States beat rival China in the race to return humans to the Moon, during a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday. ... more
WATER WORLD
UK Scout climate mission HydroGNSS begins water cycle mapping from orbit
London, UK (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
The UK has placed the twin HydroGNSS satellites into orbit to measure how water moves through the Earth system using signals from existing navigation satellites. The mission was launched on 28 Novem ... more
ICE WORLD
Where Antarctic Ice Melt Will Raise Seas the Most
Providence RI (SPX) Nov 28, 2025
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects ripple across the world. The melting ice raises average global sea level, alters ocean currents and affects temperatures in places far from the poles. B ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Global coastal settlements shift inland as climate risks rise
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2025
A global analysis of satellite nightlight data shows that more than half of the world's coastal settlements have moved inland over the past three decades as exposure to climate-related coastal hazar ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Sentinel-5 debuts images of atmospheric gases
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 27, 2025
Launched just a little over three months ago, Copernicus Sentinel-5A has returned its first results, including a global map of ozone, maps of nitrogen dioxide over the Middle East and South Africa, ... more
TECH SPACE
Social Media Audits as a Tool for Stronger Professional Marketing Strategies
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
Brands compete in environments where attention moves quickly and expectations change without warning. This makes social media audits an essential part of modern marketing work ... more
TECH SPACE
X-MAT introduces X-FOAM: A game-changing ceramic foam for extreme environments
Orlando, FL (SPX) Dec 01, 2025
X-MAT has announced the release of X-FOAM, a 1,300°C ceramic foam engineered for use in harsh environments demanding high thermal insulation and structural performance. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Outage Prevention from Orbit: Why Utilities Are Turning to Satellites and Geospatial Analytics
Perrysburg OH (SPX) Nov 25, 2025
Utilities and local energy distribution companies (LDCs) face ongoing challenges in managing their infrastructure. Keeping track of power lines, pipelines, energy plant emissions, and other assets is essential ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
How Cloud Render Farms Are Powering the Next Generation of Space Visualization and Simulation Workflows
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
From satellite imaging to mission simulations, aerospace engineering generates massive amounts of visual data. Rendering these datasets - whether for communication, analysis, or public outreach - pushes even high-end workstations to their limit ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Space shuttle design study maps path to breakthrough inventions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Researchers examining NASA's space shuttle development argue that the agency's design approach offers a template for creating breakthrough products that combine many interdependent features, from la ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Micro nano robots aim to cut carbon buildup in closed life support systems
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Researchers have developed micro and nanoscale reconfigurable robots that capture and release carbon dioxide in confined life support systems such as crewed spacecraft, submarines, and sealed shelte ... more
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MARSDAILY
Martian sound study models acoustic signals in Jezero crater
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Acoustic signals have been important markers during NASA's Mars missions. Measurements of sound can provide information both about Mars itself - such as turbulence in its atmosphere, changes in its ... more
MARSDAILY
Martian butterfly crater reveals low angle impact and buried lava history
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
ESA's Mars Express orbiter has observed an impact crater in Mars's northern lowlands whose shape resembles a butterfly, created when an incoming space rock struck the surface at a shallow angle. The ... more
MOON DAILY
Astrobotic lunar surface sensor to track cislunar traffic and security
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
Astrobotic has secured a NASA Small Business Innovation Research Phase I award to develop Clavius-S, a visible-band imaging sensor designed to detect and track spacecraft in low lunar orbit from the ... more
MARSDAILY
Bacterial partnership offers pathway to produce Mars regolith bricks for future habitats
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
Human missions to Mars will require robust shelters that can be built without hauling heavy materials from Earth, pushing engineers and scientists to focus on in situ resource utilization of the pla ... more
OUTER PLANETS
SwRI links Uranus radiation belt mystery to solar storm driven waves
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
SwRI scientists report that a reanalysis of Voyager 2 measurements suggests a powerful solar storm may explain why Uranus hosts an electron radiation belt far more intense than expected. They propos ... more
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