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- ATMOS to Use Re-Entry Tech to Rapidly Deploy Autonomous Ground Vehicles European Spaceflight · 9 May 2025 ATMOS Space Cargo has partnered with ARX Robotics to leverage orbital re-entry logistics for the rapid deployment of autonomous ground systems. Founded in 2022, ARX Robotics offers a modular autonomous ground vehicle cal...
- Week in images: 05-09 May 2025 ESA · 9 May 2025 Week in images: 05-09 May 2025
- Startups need a clear path to working with the European Defence Agency SpaceNews · 9 May 2025 The 2024 Annual Report from the European Defence Agency (EDA) gives us many reasons to be optimistic. It shows a continent waking up to the need for more cooperation, faster […]
- Using Our Facilities NASA · 9 May 2025 If you are considering testing in one of our facilities or would like further information about a specific facility or capability, please let us know.
- Space agencies grapple with potential changes to Artemis SpaceNews · 9 May 2025 Space agencies working on the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration campaign said they plan to continue work on their contributions despite NASA’s current budget uncertainty, even as some consider alternative cooperation.
- Hubble Comes Face-to-Face with Spiral’s Arms NASA · 9 May 2025 The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image that incorporates six different wavelengths of light. NGC 3596 is situated 90 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo...
- Space Force sharpens focus on deterring rivals SpaceNews · 9 May 2025 Dual-use space technologies underpin a new strategy to outpace rivals
- China to launch new modules to Tiangong space station SpaceNews · 9 May 2025 China is preparing to launch new modules to its Tiangong space station to meet growing demands for science and potentially boost international cooperation.
- Biomass completes a relay race of a LEOP ESA · 9 May 2025 Mission control at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre has completed the critical Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) for ESA’s Biomass, after nine days of intense work.
- Earth from Space: Northwest Sardinia, Italy ESA · 9 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Artist's view of Europe's launcher family from 2024 onwards ESA · 9 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Glaze: Artemis II Could Launch as Early as February 2026 SpacePolicyOnline.com · 9 May 2025 Lori Glaze, NASA’s Acting Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development, said today the Artemis II crewed flight test could lift off from Kennedy Space Center as early as February 2026.
- Rocket Lab’s Neutron tapped for U.S. military cargo test SpaceNews · 8 May 2025 Neutron, designed to lift up to 13,000 kg to low Earth orbit, remains on schedule for its inaugural launch in 2025
- SPHEREx starts science observations while PUNCH commissioning continues NASASpaceflight · 8 May 2025 NASA’s latest space telescope has taken the first science observations of its two-year mission to…
- German defense firm partners with Iceye to build SAR satellites SpaceNews · 8 May 2025 German defense contractor Rheinmetall plans to start building synthetic aperture radar satellites next year with Finnish SAR constellation operator Iceye, amid Europe’s broader push to bolster military intelligence capab...
- China issues regulatory framework to support direct-to-device satellite services SpaceNews · 8 May 2025 China has released comprehensive regulations for direct-to-device satellite services, laying the foundation for domestic growth of the emerging sector.
- NASA Astronaut Anne McClain Works on Space Station NASA · 8 May 2025 In this May 1, 2025, photo taken by fellow NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain works near one of the International Space Station’s main solar arrays during a spacewalk. During the May 1 spacewalk – McClain’s third...
- U.S. Space Force narrows field in $100 million space laser terminal program SpaceNews · 8 May 2025 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has advanced three companies — CACI, General Atomics and Viasat — to the next phase of a $100 million program aimed at developing laser-based […]
- Military satellite program highlights role of ‘mission integrators’ SpaceNews · 8 May 2025 DoD's commercial tech push creates integration headaches
- NASA Earns Two Emmy Nominations for 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Coverage NASA · 8 May 2025 NASA’s coverage of the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse has earned two nominations for the 46th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominations on May 1, recog...
- NASA Telescopes Tune Into a Black Hole Prelude, Fugue NASA · 8 May 2025 NASA released three new pieces of cosmic sound Thursday that are associated with the densest and darkest members of our universe: black holes. These scientific productions are sonifications — or translations into sound —...
- ESA and India Agree to Cooperate on Human Spaceflight European Spaceflight · 8 May 2025 The European Space Agency and the Indian Space Research Organisation have signed a joint statement of intent to collaborate on human spaceflight. The move comes just days after the United States proposed scaling back its...
- The best way to prepare humans for Mars? The moon. SpaceNews · 8 May 2025 We’ve observed with concern a rising trend in human spaceflight discussions: the suggestion that we bypass the moon and send humans directly to Mars. In light of this, we believe […]
- Sols 4532-4533: Polygon Heaven NASA · 8 May 2025 Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, Planetary Geologist at University of New Brunswick Earth planning date: Monday, May 5, 2025 Our 29-meter weekend drive (about 95 feet) was successful, and we are still in the band o...
- NASA’s Hubble Pinpoints Roaming Massive Black Hole NASA · 8 May 2025 Like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, astronomers using NASA telescopes have found “Space Jaws.” Lurking 600 million light-years away, within the inky black depths between stars, there is an invisible monster gulping down...
- NASA Stennis Tool Enables Unified Collection of Test Data NASA · 8 May 2025 Editor’s Note: The following is one of three related articles about the NASA Data Acquisition System and related efforts. Please visit Stennis News – NASA to access accompanying articles. Just as a steady heartbeat is cr...
- NASA Stennis Software is Built for Future Growth NASA · 8 May 2025 Editor’s Note: The following is one of three related articles about the NASA Data Acquisition System and related efforts. Please visit Stennis News – NASA to access accompanying articles. A data-focused software tool cre...
- NASA Stennis Releases First Open-Source Software NASA · 8 May 2025 Editor’s Note: The following is one of three related articles about the NASA Data Acquisition System and related efforts. Please visit Stennis News – NASA to access accompanying articles. NASA’s Stennis Space Center near...
- Buzzing towers with the Navy’s space maverick SpaceNews · 8 May 2025 In this week's episode of Space Minds former Navy Captain, shuttle astronaut and current president of the Space operating group for ASRC Federal Scooter Altman reflects on his career, from Top Gun stunts to space mission...
- Beyond Golden Dome: why effective missile defense begins far left of launch SpaceNews · 8 May 2025 As the United States advances its ambitious Golden Dome missile defense strategy, we face a critical question: what constitutes a truly comprehensive defense system? While advanced tracking capabilities, AI-enabled data...
- Sierra Space completes ground demo of navigation satellite for U.S. Space Force program SpaceNews · 8 May 2025 The demonstration, conducted in a laboratory using a “FlatSat” setup, tested Sierra Space’s satellite hardware and flight software
- Silicon solar power specialist gets $21 million for mass production SpaceNews · 8 May 2025 New Mexico-based mPower Technology said May 8 it has raised about $21 million in a Series B funding round to mass-produce its silicon-based solar power modules.
- NASA backtracks on VIPER commercial partnership SpaceNews · 8 May 2025 NASA has canceled plans to find a commercial partner to launch a robotic lunar rover and will instead pursue “alternative approaches” to fly the mission.
- Commercial competition and cooperation at the moon SpaceNews · 8 May 2025 The market for sending spacecraft to the moon would seem to be a competitive one. NASA continues to drive the most demand for commercial lunar landers through its Commercial Lunar […]
- Gripping exploration ESA · 8 May 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Proba-3 achieves precise formation flying ESA · 8 May 2025 For the first time, two spacecraft in orbit were aligned in formation with millimetre precision and maintained their relative position for several hours without any control from the ground.
- Plato grows its many eyes ESA · 8 May 2025 The activities to assemble the European Space Agency’s Plato mission are progressing well now that 24 of the spacecraft’s 26 cameras have been installed. Once in space, Plato will use its many eyes to survey a very large...
- Vega-C liftoff in slow-mo ESA · 8 May 2025 ESA’s state-of-the-art Biomass satellite launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 29 April 2025 at 11:15 CEST (06:15 local time).
- Antarctic glacier caught stealing ice from neighbour ESA · 8 May 2025 Thanks largely to Copernicus Sentinel-1, scientists have discovered that a glacier in Antarctica is rapidly siphoning ice from neighbouring flows – at a pace never before seen. Until now, researchers believed that this p...
- NASA Still Looking for A Way to Get VIPER to the Moon SpacePolicyOnline.com · 8 May 2025 NASA is still looking for ideas of how to get the VIPER rover to the Moon. The rover is already built, but the agency canceled plans to use a commercial