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ISS Crew Demonstrates Robotics and Monitors Environmental Conditions![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 The Expedition 72 crew dedicated Tuesday to advancing free-flying robotics research while performing crucial scientific tasks aboard the International Space Station. Their schedule also included evaluating the outpost's air and water quality, plus prepping a student-controlled camera for Earth observation. NASA specialists are harnessing microgravity to refine robotic techniques that can capture, service, or clear space debris in low Earth orbit. On Tuesday, Station Commander Suni Williams aided t ... read more |
KAIST develops AI-driven performance prediction model to advance space electric propulsion technologyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 Hall thrusters, an essential propulsion technology for space missions such as NASA's Psyche asteroid mission and SpaceX's Starlink satellites, operate using plasma to achieve efficient thrust. The r ... more
Europa Clipper Charts Course to Jupiter With First Stellar SnapshotsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 Three months after lifting off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Europa Clipper spacecraft still has 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion kilometers) ahead before it settles into Jupiter's ... more
EUSPA unveils integrated GNSS and secure SATCOM user technology updateParis, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has released the very first GNSS and Secure SATCOM User Technology Report, offering a unified resource that addresses two central space-base ... more
Stable thermal fusion gains momentum via isotropic neutron findingsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 In physics, isotropy refers to a scenario where a system's properties remain uniform regardless of direction. For fusion, assessing the uniformity of neutron energy is vital. Isotropic neutron emiss ... more |
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Caltech takes first steps toward lightsails that could reach distant star systemsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2025 The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact, a program started in 2016 by Stephen Hawking an ... more |
SpaceX launches more Startlink satellites from CaliforniaWashington DC (UPI) Feb 2, 2025 SpaceX launched 22 more Starlink satellites, this time from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. ... more
ESA and European Commission to establish secure quantum communications networkParis, France (SPX) Jan 31, 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission have finalized negotiations to advance the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI), paving the way for its development. Eu ... more
KP Labs and ESA Unveil PINEBERRY to Enhance AI Security and Transparency in Space MissionsParis, France (SPX) Jan 31, 2025 KP Labs, in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), and the MI2.AI team from Warsaw ... more
Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the Moon?Nottingham UK (SPX) Jan 31, 2025 The Artemis program has been Nasa's best chance to get "boots on the Moon" again. But with the new US administration taking guidance from tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is focused on Mars colonisa ... more |
Spacewalkers Complete Radio Hardware Removal and Microbe SearchLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2025 NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore successfully completed a spacewalk at 1:09 p.m. EST on Jan. 30. This marked the ninth spacewalk for Williams and the fifth for Wilmore, contributing t ... more ![]() |
Chinese Satellite Companies Expand Global Services with Advanced Networks and ConstellationsSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 30, 2025 Chinese space companies are rapidly expanding their global satellite services, offering capabilities in communications, navigation, and remote sensing. This expansion is coupled with a swift increas ... more
Airbus-built SpainSat NG-I satellite successfully launchedToulouse, France (SPX) Jan 30, 2025 The first of the next-generation SpainSat satellites, SpainSat NG-I, has successfully launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, USA. This advanced satellite, operated by Hisdesat for th ... more
Advancing safer lithium energy storageParis, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Charging our phones has become so routine that we rarely reflect on the breakthrough that made it possible. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, introduced commercially in the 1990s, propelled a tech ... more
MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zoneBoston MA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025 Drone shows are an increasingly popular form of large-scale light display. These shows incorporate hundreds to thousands of airborne bots, each programmed to fly in paths that together form intricat ... more |
Mobix Labs Secures Defense Funding to Advance SATCOM SoC InnovationLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 Mobix Labs Inc. (Nasdaq: MOBX), recognized for cutting-edge Wireless technology and semiconductor expertise, reports that its newly integrated RaGE Systems Inc. (CAGE:863W3) has been selected for a ... more
Momentus to conduct multi sensor rendezvous trial with US Air ForceLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025 Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a US-based commercial space provider that develops satellite buses, technology, and in-space transport solutions, announced that AFWERX, part of the U.S. Air Force Rese ... more
El Salvador offers to jail violent U.S. criminals in 'unprecedented' dealWashington DC (UPI) Feb 4, 2025 El Salvador has agreed to take deportees from the United States and violent criminals from U.S. prisons in an "extraordinary migratory agreement." Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the deal Monday following a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele in Central America. ... more
Google pledge against using AI for weapons vanishesSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 5, 2025 Google on Tuesday updated its principles when it comes to artificial intelligence, removing vows not to use the technology for weapons or surveillance. ... more |
EU sets out guidance on banning harmful AI usesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 Mass surveillance, detecting emotions, social scoring: EU regulators laid out Tuesday what types of artificial intelligence tools are to be outlawed as too dangerous under the bloc's pioneering AI Act. ... more
Pregnant teenager among five Ukrainians killed by Russian missileIzyum, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 A Russian ballistic missile strike on Tuesday killed five people - including a pregnant teenager - and wounded more than four dozen others in the east Ukrainian town of Izyum, officials said. ... more
Russian missile kills four, wounds 20 in east Ukraine: governorKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 4, 2025 A Russian missile fired Tuesday on the eastern Ukrainian city of Izyum killed four people and wounded 17, the governor of the broader Kharkiv region said on social media. ... more
Fifth H-3 rocket successfully launches Michibiki No. 6 satelliteTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 03, 2025 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched its fifth H-3 rocket on Sunday, carrying the Michibiki No. 6 satellite, a key addition to Japan's independent positioning system ... more |
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How China allegedly contributes to the deadly fentanyl crisisBeijing (AFP) Feb 3, 2025 US President Donald Trump has slapped new tariffs on Chinese goods, partly in response to Beijing's alleged role in a deadly opioid epidemic in the United States. ... more |
How things stand in China-US trade tensions with Trump 2.0Beijing (AFP) Feb 2, 2025 Donald Trump has followed through on his promise to wield the United States's vast economic weight to hit back at China for its alleged unfair trade practices and role in America's deadly fentanyl crisis. ... more
Russia slams Trump plan for 'Star Wars' missile shieldMoscow (AFP) Jan 31, 2025 Russia on Friday criticised President Donald Trump's plan to build a "Star Wars"-like missile shield for the United States, saying it risked turning space into an arena of "confrontation". ... more
Iran unveils new ballistic missile in show of forceTehran (AFP) Feb 2, 2025 Iran revealed a new ballistic missile on Sunday that it said was capable of travelling 1,700 kilometres, unveiling it at a Tehran ceremony attended by President Masoud Pezeshkian. ... more
NORAD responds to 'multiple' Russian jets near Alaska, YukonWashington DC (UPI) Jan 31, 2025 Russian military jets were "not seen as a threat" when they flew through international airspace not far from the border with Canada and the United States, the North American Aerospace Defense Command confirmed. ... more |
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