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NASA Analysis Shows Unexpected Amount of Sea Level Rise in 2024 NASA · 13 Mar 2025 Last year’s increase was due to an unusual amount of ocean warming, combined with meltwater from land-based ice such as glaciers. Global sea level rose faster than expected in 2024, mostly because of ocean water expandin...
When Pixels Become the Priority SpaceNews · 13 Mar 2025 In this week's episode of Space Minds, Dan Smoot, CEO of Maxar Intelligence sits down with host David Ariosto.
Images from Hera’s Mars flyby (Official broadcast) ESA · 13 Mar 2025 Watch the replay of our Hera mission Mars flyby event. On 12 March 2025, ESA’s Hera mission came to within 5000 km of the surface of the red planet and 300 km of Mars’s more distant and enigmatic moon Deimos. During this...
ESA lays foundations for the future of data transmission SpaceNews · 13 Mar 2025 Europe’s investment in HydRON, a multi-orbit optical data relay network, signals a pivotal shift in how data is moved across Earth and beyond. The program aims to transform satellite connectivity, […]
NASA Cameras on Blue Ghost Capture First-of-its-Kind Moon Landing Footage NASA · 13 Mar 2025 A team at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, has captured first-of-its-kind imagery of a lunar lander’s engine plumes interacting with the Moon’s surface, a key piece of data as trips to the Moon increa...
Hera’s incredible adventures in brick building ESA · 13 Mar 2025 After a hectic four years of work ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence was launched into space and has just flown by Mars. As a keepsake of the spacecraft they channelled so much effort into, the Hera team also commi...
Hera’s incredible adventures in LEGO ESA · 13 Mar 2025 After a hectic four years of work ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence was launched into space and has just flown by Mars. As a keepsake of the spacecraft they channelled so much effort into, the Hera team also commi...
Hera asteroid mission spies Mars’s Deimos moon ESA · 13 Mar 2025 While performing yesterday’s flyby of Mars, ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence made the first use of its payload for scientific purposes beyond Earth and the Moon. Activating a trio of instruments, Hera imaged the...
Thales Alenia Space to Build ESA Moonlight Satellites for Telespazio European Spaceflight · 13 Mar 2025 Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo and Thales, has awarded a contract to Thales Alenia Space, also a joint venture between Leonardo and Thales, to build satellites for the European Space Agency’s Moonlight cons...
ESA’s NavLab on wheels: an Arctic mission ESA · 13 Mar 2025 High above the Arctic Circle, on the rugged terrain of Andøya, three ESA radionavigation engineers take a rare moment to unwind with a game of shuffleboard. Outside, sheep graze under the shimmering northern lights, a se...
Extended space dive ESA · 13 Mar 2025 European scientists are asking volunteers to lie down on a waterbed for 10 days as part of a pioneering dry immersion study to recreate some of the effects of spaceflight on the body.
Texas awards SpaceX $17.3M grant to expand Bastrop tech hub Teslarati · 13 Mar 2025 The grant will be used to to expand SpaceX's Bastrop complex, which produces Starlink terminals.
Hera asteroid mission surveys Mars’s Deimos moon ESA · 13 Mar 2025 While performing yesterday’s flyby of Mars, ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence made the first use of its payload for scientific purposes beyond Earth and the Moon. Activating a trio of instruments, Hera imaged the...
Multi-orbit operators push back on Starlink satcoms dominance narrative SpaceNews · 13 Mar 2025 While Starlink’s broadband contract wins often grab the spotlight, a panel of multi-orbit operators at the Satellite Conference here highlighted how they are also gaining significant traction with enterprise and governme...
RBC Signals adds 10 antennas to global ground-station network SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2025 RBC Signals is acquiring 10 six-meter antennas to expand its ground-station network.
It’s a Scrub for Crew-10’s Launch Tonight SpacePolicyOnline.com · 12 Mar 2025 The international crew of Crew-10 almost made it into space tonight, but the launch was scrubbed less than an hour before liftoff because of a ground-side hydraulic issue. Another attempt
Cognitive Space claims two SDA awards SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2025 Cognitive Space will work with the Space Development Agency to optimize missile tracking and network routing.
El X-59 de la NASA completa las pruebas electromagnéticas NASA · 12 Mar 2025 Read this story in English here. El silencioso avión supersónico de investigación X-59 de la NASA ha superado las pruebas electromagnéticas, confirmando que sus sistemas funcionarán juntos de forma segura y sin interfere...
Space Development Agency adjusts satellite procurement strategy SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2025 The agency has found that building a constellation of networked spacecraft is more complex than initially anticipated
China’s expanding footprint in geostationary orbit raises security concerns SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2025 HELSINKI — China is expanding its presence and capabilities in the strategically vital geostationary belt, raising security concerns due to unpredictable satellite movements, according to experts. Participants in a panel...
Familiar Spectacle and Setbacks From Starship Flight 8 Space Scout · 12 Mar 2025 SpaceX launched Starship’s eighth integrated test flight on Thursday, March 6th, producing a remarkably similar showing to its seventh flight. Exactly seven weeks after that test was cut short by an upper stage failure,...
NASA’s Record-Shattering, Theory-Breaking MMS Mission Turns 10 NASA · 12 Mar 2025 Since its launch on March 12, 2015, NASA’s MMS, or Magnetospheric Multiscale, mission has been rewriting our understanding of a key physical process that is important across the universe, from black holes to the Sun to E...
Isar Aerospace wins Norwegian Space Agency launch contract SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2025 Isar Aerospace has won a launch contract from the Norwegian Space Agency as the company prepares for its first orbital launch attempt.
SpaceX set to launch NASA’s Crew-10 mission to the ISS NASASpaceflight · 12 Mar 2025 NASA and SpaceX are ready for the launch of the next ISS crew-rotation mission, Crew-10.…
NASA-ISRO Mission Will Map Farmland From Planting to Harvest NASA · 12 Mar 2025 Data from the NISAR satellite will be used to map crop growth, track plant health, and monitor soil moisture — offering detailed, timely information for decision making. When it launches this year, the NISAR (NASA-ISRO S...
Sols 4477-4478: Bumping Back to Business NASA · 12 Mar 2025 Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Earth planning date: Monday, March 10, 2025 The Curiosity rover is winding between the spectacular Gould mesa and Texol...
Live coverage: NASA, SpaceX to launch Crew-10 astronaut mission on Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now · 12 Mar 2025 The mission will be the 14th time that a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carries humans to the International Space Station. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A is set for Wednesday, March 12, at 7:48 p.m. EDT (2348 UTC).
If Starlink is turned off in Ukraine, are there any good alternatives? Ars Technica · 12 Mar 2025 "OneWeb customers say that when the service is working great, it's great."
Manufacturing defect blamed for Vulcan solid rocket motor anomaly SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2025 The loss of a solid rocket motor nozzle on the second flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur last October was caused by a manufacturing defect.
NASA Invites Media to Annual FIRST Robotics Rocket City Competition NASA · 12 Mar 2025 The Rocket City Regional – Alabama’s annual For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics Regional Competition – is scheduled for Friday, March 14, through Saturday, March 15, at the Von Brau...
Sun Rises on Crew-10 at Launch Pad NASA · 12 Mar 2025 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft on top is seen during sunrise on the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, ahead of the agency’s SpaceX Crew-10 lau...
Isar to Launch Norwegian Maritime Surveillance Satellites European Spaceflight · 12 Mar 2025 The Norwegian Space Agency has awarded a contract to Isar Aerospace for the launch of a pair of satellites for the country’s Arctic Ocean Surveillance initiative. In May 2023, the Norwegian Coastal Administration, Armed...
America’s next Sputnik moment is already here SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2025 In Washington’s policy circles, warnings about America’s declining space dominance have become a familiar refrain. Yet these concerns are not mere bureaucratic hand-wringing — they reflect a reality that experts […]
Where are we on the journey to a lunar economy? SpaceNews · 12 Mar 2025 Former NASA Administrator and LogiQ co-president Mike Griffin framed it best: “the question about the vision for space exploration boils down to whether we want to incorporate the solar system in […]
The Incredible Adventures of the Hera mission – The cosmic roadtrip ESA · 12 Mar 2025 Meet Hera, our very own asteroid detective. Together with two CubeSats – Milani the rock decoder and Juventas the radar visionary – Hera is off on an adventure to explore Didymos, a double asteroid system that is typical...
NASA Glenn Accepts Aviation Award for “NEAT” Facility NASA · 12 Mar 2025 Each year, Aviation Week (AW) Network recognizes a limited number of innovators who achieve extraordinary accomplishments in the global aerospace arena with AW’s prestigious Laureate Award. These innovators represent the...
NASA Glenn Experts Join Law College to Talk Human Spaceflight NASA · 12 Mar 2025 NASA Glenn Research Center’s Director Dr. Jimmy Kenyon and Chief Counsel Callista Puchmeyer participated in a local symposium that addressed the operational and legal challenges of human spaceflight. The one-day conferen...
NASA Releases its Spinoff 2025 Publication NASA · 12 Mar 2025 The work NASA conducts in space leads to ongoing innovations benefiting people on Earth. Some of these latest technologies, which have been successfully transferred from NASA to the commercial sector, are featured in the...
NASA Glenn Welcomes Spring 2025 Interns NASA · 12 Mar 2025 NASA’s Glenn Research Center is hosting 45 spring interns at its Cleveland and Sandusky, Ohio, campuses through May 16. This group represents 43 universities across the country, spanning from Arizona to Ohio to Texas. Th...
Space HPC offers new super-computing possibilities ESA · 12 Mar 2025 The European Space Agency has unveiled the ESA Space HPC, a new resource for space in Europe. ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher was joined by ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun and ASI president Teodoro Valente to cut t...

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