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- Final preparations for Biomass operations ESA · 23 Apr 2025 As the launch of the Biomass satellite approaches, the excitement is palpable at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany. Over the winter months, a dedicated team has been meticulously prepari...
- NASA Collaborates to Enable Spectrum-Dependent Science, Exploration, and Innovation NASA · 23 Apr 2025 In our modern wireless world, almost all radio frequency (RF) spectrum bands are shared among multiple users. In some domains, similar users technically coordinate to avoid interference. The spectrum management team, par...
- Management and Regulation Ensure Effective Spectrum Sharing NASA · 23 Apr 2025 Spectrum is a shared resource. Since the discovery of radio waves and the invention of the telegraph, humanity has exponentially increased its use of the radio frequency (RF) spectrum. Consider how many wireless devices...
- NASA’s Use of the Radio Frequency Spectrum NASA · 23 Apr 2025 As associate administrator for NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate Ken Bowersox puts it, “nothing happens without communications.” And effective communications require the use of radio waves. None of NASA’s excit...
- NASA Astronaut Don Pettit to Discuss Seven-Month Space Mission NASA · 23 Apr 2025 Media are invited to a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, April 28, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston where astronaut Don Pettit will share details of his recent mission aboard the International Space Station....
- Eye on Infinity: NASA Celebrates Hubble’s 35th Year in Orbit NASA · 23 Apr 2025 In celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope’s 35 years in Earth orbit, NASA is releasing an assortment of compelling images recently taken by Hubble, stretching from the planet Mars to star-forming regions, and a neighb...
- Hubble celebrates 35th year in orbit ESA · 23 Apr 2025 In celebration of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s 35 years in Earth orbit, an assortment of images that were recently taken by Hubble has been released today. This stretches from the planet Mars to images of stella...
- NASA Stennis Continues Prep for Future Artemis Testing NASA · 23 Apr 2025 Crews at NASA’s Stennis Space Center recently completed activation of interstage gas systems needed for testing a new SLS (Space Launch System) rocket stage to fly on future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. The a...
- Nine Finalists Advance in NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge NASA · 23 Apr 2025 NASA has named nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. Contestants were...
- The guardian’s rifle: why mission-essential space support cannot be outsourced SpaceNews · 23 Apr 2025 In matters of national defense and credible deterrence, some capabilities are simply too vital to outsource. If they falter, armies lose battles and nations can lose wars. Today, commercial space […]
- Ariane 6 Booster Upgrade Test Set for 24 April European Spaceflight · 23 Apr 2025 The French space agency CNES has announced that the first test firing of the P160C solid-fuel booster is scheduled to take place on 24 April at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. The booster will be used on the Ar...
- Lifting the canopy on Earth’s forests ESA · 23 Apr 2025 ESA’s state-of-the-art Biomass mission has been designed to shed new light on the health and dynamics of the world’s forests, revealing how they are changing over time and, critically, enhancing our understanding of thei...
- Atmos Space Cargo declares first test flight a success despite reentry uncertainty SpaceNews · 23 Apr 2025 German startup Atmos Space Cargo says it considers the first flight of its reentry vehicle a success despite limited data on how it performed during reentry.
- Astra targets cargo delivery with Rocket 4 in Pentagon-backed plan SpaceNews · 23 Apr 2025 Former public rocket startup focusing on defense applications after going private
- Iridium shields supply chain as higher tariffs loom SpaceNews · 23 Apr 2025 TAMPA, Fla. — Iridium is ramping up tariff countermeasures to shield the U.S.-based satellite operator from import tax hikes as global trade tensions escalate. The operator has historically imported satellite […]
- Northwood raises $30 million to establish ground station network SpaceNews · 22 Apr 2025 SAN FRANCISCO — Northwood Space raised $30 million in a Series A round to establish a global network of phased array ground stations. Alpine Space Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz led […]
- SAIC wins $55 million Space Development Agency contract for satellite network integration SpaceNews · 22 Apr 2025 By introducing a program integrator role, SDA aims to ensure better compatibility among satellites and cohesion across the network
- NASA Wins Six Webby Awards, Six Webby People’s Voice Awards NASA · 22 Apr 2025 NASA was recognized today by the 29th Annual Webby Awards with six Webby Awards and six Webby People’s Voice Awards, the latter of which are awarded by the voting public. The Webbys honors excellence in eight major media...
- Planetary Alignment Provides NASA Rare Opportunity to Study Uranus NASA · 22 Apr 2025 When a planet’s orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it’s more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It’s an opportunity for NASA to improve its understanding of that planet’s atmosphere and rings. Plane...
- First Results from the Eclipse Soundscapes Project: Webinar on May 7 NASA · 22 Apr 2025 How do the sudden darkness and temperature changes of a solar eclipse impact life on Earth? The Eclipse Soundscapes project invited you to document changes in the environment during the week of the April 8, 2024 total so...
- Sunshine on Earth NASA · 22 Apr 2025 The Sun’s glint beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above on March 5, 2025. The space station serves as a unique platform for observing Earth w...
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System NASA · 22 Apr 2025 Our solar system has eight planets, and five officially recognized dwarf planets. Which planet is biggest? Which is smallest? What is the order of the planets as we move out from the Sun? This is a simple guide to the si...
- Europe's largest solid-propellant rocket motors ESA · 22 Apr 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- Europe's largest solid-propellant rocket motors ESA · 22 Apr 2025 From the ESA Blogs.
- ATMOS Space Cargo Tentatively Declares PHOENIX 1 Flight a Success European Spaceflight · 22 Apr 2025 German space logistics company ATMOS Space Cargo has tentatively declared the inaugural flight of its PHOENIX 1 re-entry capsule a success, despite not yet completing a full analysis of the data collected during the miss...
- Animal That Once Lived With Dinosaurs Helps Keep NASA Kennedy In Balance NASA · 22 Apr 2025 They’re known as “living fossils”. For over 450 million years, horseshoe crabs have been an ecologically vital part of our planet. They’re one of the few surviving species on Earth dating back to the dinosaurs. At NASA’s...
- Next generation scientists set sail to harness space for oceans ESA · 22 Apr 2025 A new wave of ocean scientists has embarked on an extraordinary six-week voyage aboard a majestic tall ship that set sail today from Norway bound for southern France. But this is no ordinary journey.
- Next-generation scientists set sail to harness space for oceans ESA · 22 Apr 2025 A new wave of ocean scientists has embarked on an extraordinary six-week voyage aboard a majestic tall ship that set sail today from Norway bound for southern France. But this is no ordinary journey.
- Entrepreneurs Challenge Winner PRISM is Using AI to Enable Insights from Geospatial Data NASA · 22 Apr 2025 NASA sponsored Entrepreneurs Challenge events in 2020, 2021, and 2023 to invite small business start-ups to showcase innovative ideas and technologies with the potential to advance the agency’s science goals. To potentia...
- NASA Tests Ultralight Antennas to Benefit Future National Airspace NASA · 22 Apr 2025 NASA engineers are using one of the world’s lightest solid materials to construct an antenna that could be embedded into the skin of an aircraft, creating a more aerodynamic and reliable communication solution for drones...
- Tuesday Telescope: Hera today, gone to Deimos Ars Technica · 22 Apr 2025 I'll bet you don't spend a ton of time thinking about Deimos.
- SpaceX launches third mid-inclination rideshare mission SpaceNews · 22 Apr 2025 SpaceX launched the third in its series of mid-inclination dedicated rideshare missions April 21, but with very few rideshare payloads on board.
- ESA welcomes inauguration of the African Space Agency ESA · 22 Apr 2025 The European Space Agency has joined the world space community in congratulating the African Space Agency on its official inauguration. The African Space Agency (AfSA) is the second regional space agency after ESA and ha...
- OMB suggests NOAA scale back plans for geostationary satellites SpaceNews · 22 Apr 2025 SAN FRANCISCO – A White House budget proposal calls for replacing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s future geostationary satellite constellation, GeoXO, with a far less expensive and ambitious program...
- SpaceX Set to Launch Bandwagon-3 Rideshare Mission with Atmos’ PHOENIX Reentry Capsule and more! The Launch Pad · 21 Apr 2025 SpaceX Set to Launch Bandwagon-3 Rideshare Mission with Atmos’ PHOENIX Reentry Capsule and more!
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now · 21 Apr 2025 SpaceX’s manifest lists three customers who are sending their payloads to a mid-inclination orbit. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is set for 8:48 p.m. ET (0048 UTC).
- Launch Roundup: China to launch crew, Falcon 9 to launch Bandwagon rideshare NASASpaceflight · 21 Apr 2025 This week, China will launch three taikonauts to the Tiangong space station. SpaceX’s Falcon 9…
- NASA’s SPHEREx Team To Ring New York Stock Exchange Bell NASA · 21 Apr 2025 Members of the team behind NASA’s newest space telescope will ring the New York Stock Exchange closing bell in New York City at 4 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 22. The team helped build, launch, and operates NASA’s SPHEREx...
- NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Images Asteroid Donaldjohanson NASA · 21 Apr 2025 In its second asteroid encounter, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft obtained a close look at a uniquely shaped fragment of an asteroid that formed about 150 million years ago. The spacecraft has begun returning images that were col...
- Fuzzy Rings of a Dying Star NASA · 21 Apr 2025 In this photo released on April 14, 2025, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealed the gas and dust ejected by a dying star at the heart of NGC 1514. Using mid-infrared data showed the “fuzzy” clumps arranged in tangle...