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- TFINER – Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket NASA · 27 May 2025 James BickfordCharles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. The Thin-Film Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER) is a novel space propulsion technology that enables aggressive space exploration for missions that are impossible with exis...
- Photophoretic Propulsion Enabling Mesosphere Exploration NASA · 27 May 2025 Igor BargatinUniversity of Pennsylvania We propose to use the photophoretic levitation and propulsion mechanism to create no-moving-parts flying vehicles that can be used to explore Earth’s upper atmosphere. The photopho...
- Mars Roundtrip Success Enabled by Integrated Cooling through Inductively Coupled LED Emission (MaRS ICICLE) NASA · 27 May 2025 Aaswath Pattabhi RamanUniversity of California, Los Angeles Exploration of Mars has captivated the public in recent decades with high-profile robotic missions and the images they have acquired seeding our collective imag...
- Gravity Poppers: Hopping Probes for the Interior Mapping of Small Solar System Bodies NASA · 27 May 2025 Benjamin HockmanNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory The goal of this effort is to develop a robust and affordable mission architecture that enables the gravimetric density reconstruction of small body interiors to unprecedent...
- APIO16 Radiation-Hardened 16-Bit I/O Expander Sets a New Benchmark for Resilient System Design SpaceNews · 27 May 2025 Apogee Semiconductor Launches Industry-First Rad-Hard 16-bit I/O Expander for Extreme Environments Apogee Semiconductor proudly announces APIO16, the industry’s first radiation-hardened 16-bit I/O expander, engineered to...
- Dust, light, action ESA · 27 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- EnduroSat raises $49 million to mass produce larger satellites SpaceNews · 27 May 2025 Bulgaria-based microsatellite specialist EnduroSat announced $49 million in funding May 27 to ramp up production of a larger and more capable class of satellites.
- Prostheses fit to Fly! ESA · 27 May 2025 The performance of a lower limb prosthesis has been evaluated in microgravity conditions for the first time during the latest ESA parabolic flight campaign on the ‘Zero G’ aircraft.
- Empyreum, Italy’s new satellite platform for the constellation era SpaceNews · 27 May 2025 At SmallSat Europe 2025 in Amsterdam, Italy’s SITAEL unveiled Empyreum, its next-generation small satellite platform equipped with the company’s proprietary Spark electric propulsion system. In this exclusive interview,...
- Johnson’s Paige Whittington Builds a Symphony of Simulations NASA · 27 May 2025 What do music ensembles and human spaceflight have in common? They require the harmonization of different elements to create an inspiring opus. NASA’s Paige Whittington has experience with both. As a principal flutist fo...
- ESA inaugurates new Cyber Security Operations Centre ESA · 27 May 2025 On 27 May 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) took an important step in ensuring the continued security of its critical infrastructure with the inauguration of a new Cyber Security Operations Centre (C-SOC) at its Euro...
- Webb glimpses the distant past ESA · 27 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch its Starship-Super Heavy rocket on its 9th test flight Spaceflight Now · 26 May 2025 The launch will be preceded by a company talk from Elon Musk, discussing SpaceX’s plans for developing the rocket for Mars exploration. Launch teams are targeting a liftoff from Pad A at Starbase, Texas, on Tuesday, May...
- François Jacq Appointed as New President and CEO of CNES European Spaceflight · 26 May 2025 France’s Council of Ministers announced on 23 May that it had confirmed François Jacq as the new President and CEO of CNES. Jacq joins the agency from his role as General Administrator of the French Alternative Energies...
- Third time’s the charm? Starship Flight 9 ready for flight NASASpaceflight · 26 May 2025 After a pair of Block 2 Ship failures and an extended downtime between flights, SpaceX…
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites to polar orbit from California Spaceflight Now · 26 May 2025 The mission will be SpaceX’s 480th Falcon 9 rocket launch to date. Launch teams are targeting a liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at 9:14 a.m. PDT (12:14 p.m. EDT, 1614 UTC).
- Summary of the 2024 SAGE III/ISS Meeting NASA · 26 May 2025 Introduction The Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) III/International Space Station [SAGEIII/ISS] Science Team Meeting (STM) took place on October 22–23, 2024, in a hybrid format. Approximately 50 scientists...
- About YPSat-2 ESA · 26 May 2025 When ESA’s Space Rider launches for its maiden flight, it will carry more than scientific experiments. It will carry the bold vision of ESA’s emerging generation. Developed entirely by young professionals across the Agen...
- Mission-ready communications: enhancing defense capabilities with multi-orbit, multi-network systems SpaceNews · 26 May 2025 With the rapid integration of emerging technologies, today’s defense landscape is more interconnected and complex than ever before. This reality places stress on traditional infrastructures that often fall short in […]
- Chinese commercial company lands contract to build provincial satellite constellation SpaceNews · 26 May 2025 Chinese commercial satellite manufacturer MinoSpace has won a major contract to build a remote sensing satellite constellation for Sichuan Province.
- Waltzing celebration for half a century of European satellite tracking ESA · 26 May 2025 2025 marks a landmark year for Europe’s ‘bridge between Earth and space’. ESA’s Estrack satellite tracking network turns 50 – and with it, its deep space antenna in Cebreros, Spain, celebrates 20 years of connecting Eart...
- Magellan data provides new insight into tectonic processes on Venus NASASpaceflight · 25 May 2025 Over 30 years after its demise in the Venusian atmosphere, NASA’s Magellan mission recently provided…
- What’s Happening in Space Policy May 25-31, 2025 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 25 May 2025 Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of May 25-31, 2025 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 24 May 2025 The Starlink 12-22 mission will be the 45 Starlink mission of the year. SpaceX is targeting a liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1:19 p.m. EDT (1719 UTC).
- SpaceX blames Starship Flight 8 mishap on engine hardware failure SpaceNews · 23 May 2025 The failure of SpaceX’s Starship on its most recent test flight had a different root cause than the previous failure, despite happening at about the same time.
- Raytheon secures $380 million contract extension for GPS ground control system SpaceNews · 23 May 2025 The Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) is a critical software upgrade for the Global Positioning System (GPS) infrastructure and is now more than eight years behind schedule.
- FAA clears SpaceX to launch its 9th Starship super heavy rocket, while Flight 8 mishap investigation continues Spaceflight Now · 23 May 2025 A series of aviation and marine warnings suggest the launch could be as soon as Tuesday, May 27, following the Memorial Day holiday. SpaceX has not publicly stated when it plans to launch the Starship Flight 9 mission.
- Chinese launch cadence accelerates, Tianwen-2 prepares for launch NASASpaceflight · 23 May 2025 This month has seen the launches of three different commercial Chinese rockets, and the return-to-flight…
- NASA Awards Project Support Bridge Contract NASA · 23 May 2025 NASA has awarded a bridge contract to ASRC Federal System Solutions LLC of Beltsville, Maryland, to provide financial support and project planning and control services to the agency. The Program Analysis and Control Brid...
- Impulse Space to launch SES satellites SpaceNews · 23 May 2025 WASHINGTON — Impulse Space has signed an agreement with satellite operator SES to transport that company’s satellites to medium and geostationary orbits. The companies announced May 22 that they signed […]
- SpaceX Readies IFT-9 Starship Test Flight, Explains IFT-8 Failure SpacePolicyOnline.com · 23 May 2025 SpaceX said today it plans to launch the ninth Starship Integrated Flight Test, IFT-9, on Tuesday, May 27. The flight follows two successive failures of the Starship second stage. Both
- Moon and Flag at NASA Michoud NASA · 23 May 2025 Just after sunrise, the waning gibbous moon sets just behind a waving United States flag on March 19, 2025, in this image from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The waning gibbous moon phase comes after th...
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch West Coast Falcon 9 with Starlink satellites Spaceflight Now · 23 May 2025 If all goes well, this will be SpaceX’s 450th Falcon booster landing. Liftoff from pad 4 East is targeted for 1:36 p.m. PDT (4:36 p.m. EDT, 2036 UTC).
- NASA Videographer Wins Top Award for Capturing Human Side of Science NASA · 23 May 2025 Capturing the high-stakes work behind NASA’s Airborne Science Program takes more than just technical skill – it takes vision. At NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, videographer Jacob Shaw bri...
- ArianeGroup Completes Hot-Fire Tests of 3D-Printed Thruster European Spaceflight · 23 May 2025 ArianeGroup has successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests of a 3D-printed, flight-configured 240N hydrogen peroxide thruster. In a 22 May update on LinkedIn, ArianeGroup senior orbital propulsion engineer Ulrich...
- Week in images: 19-23 May 2025 ESA · 23 May 2025 Week in images: 19-23 May 2025
- Student Coders Bring Novel Approaches to NASA Challenge NASA · 23 May 2025 On March 28, 80 college students filed into Colorado State University’s (CSU) Nancy Richardson Design Center to receive pizza and a challenge: design an intelligent system capable of traversing rugged terrain to provide...
- Space sponsorship: the next frontier for revenue generation SpaceNews · 23 May 2025 As a new era of space exploration and development unfolds — one with far more private-sector investment and leadership — the potential for rapid growth is promising. National security, deep […]
- Senate sets up early June vote on Isaacman nomination to lead NASA SpaceNews · 23 May 2025 The Senate is set to vote on confirming Jared Isaacman’s nomination to be NASA administrator in early June.
- Hubble Spies a Spiral So Inclined NASA · 23 May 2025 The stately and inclined spiral galaxy NGC 3511 is the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy is located 43 million light-years away in the constellation Crater (The Cup). From Hubble’s vantage...