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July 21, 2025
ROCKET SCIENCE
Boeing looks for Starliner fixes despite costs, ISS age



Washington DC (UPI) Jul 18, 2025
The Boeing Company has confirmed it continues to look for solutions to problems with its Starliner spacecraft that have left the over-budget project unable to carry passengers. Boeing confirmed this week it is pushing ahead and trying to address helium plug seal leaks on the spacecraft, as well as problems with its thermal shunts and issues with overheating thrusters. The company's officials have already said the spacecraft's next flight won't happen until at least early next year and li ... read more

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SPACE TRAVEL
ISS update: Crew-11 enters quarantine three weeks before launch
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 18, 2025
The four members of NASA's Crew-11 space mission entered quarantine in the Houston area ahead of their planned launch on July 13 from central Florida to the International Space Station. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX sends Starlink satellites to polar orbit in late night launch
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 19, 2025
SpaceX launched 24 more Starlink satellites late Friday from California into low-Earth orbit. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX launch adds dozens of satellites to Amazon's broadband network
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 16, 2025
Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband network got a literal boost from SpaceX Wednesday as a Falcon 9 rocket put several Kuiper satellites into orbit. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
New drop tests advance Space Rider precision landing system
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 18, 2025
Space Rider, ESA's reusable orbital vehicle, has taken a major step forward in validating its precision landing system. The spacecraft, roughly the size of two minivans, is designed for missions ran ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab partners with Bollinger Shipyards to transform Neutron sea recovery platform
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2025
Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) has selected Bollinger Shipyards to execute the transformation of its ocean recovery vessel 'Return On Investment', a vital component of its Neutron reusable ro ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Quantum Secure Space Tech Partnership Launched by Space TS and Synergy Quantum
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 18, 2025
In a strategic move to reinforce India's space sovereignty in the quantum era, Space TS and Synergy Quantum have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-develop the nation's first indigenous quan ... more
ROBO SPACE
AI system accelerates aircraft concept design using language models
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 18, 2025
A research team at Beihang University has unveiled a new artificial intelligence-based method that can quickly generate conceptual aircraft designs-potentially transforming how early-stage design is ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Boeing wins major contract to deliver new generation strategic comms satellites
El Segundo CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2025
Boeing has secured a $2.8 billion contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop and produce two satellites as part of the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) program, with the possibili ... more

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TECHNOLOGY NEWS


ROCKET SCIENCE
NASA issues challenge for public design of ejection system
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 16, 2025
Dreaming of designing part of a rocket for NASA? ... more
ROBO SPACE
Humanoid robot says not aiming to 'replace human artists'
Geneva (AFP) July 10, 2025
When successful artist Ai-Da unveiled a new portrait of King Charles this week, the humanoid robot described what inspired the layered and complex piece, and insisted it had no plans to "replace" humans. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Austrian space diver Felix Baumgartner was 'born to fly'
Vienna (AFP) July 17, 2025
Austrian daredevil "fearless Felix" Baumgartner, who died on Thursday aged 56, stunned fans around the world by breaking the sound barrier in a hair-raising dive from the fringe of space more than a decade ago. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
ICEYE satellite data accelerates flood relief in southern Brazil
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2025
ICEYE has provided critical satellite-based flood mapping and intelligence to assist the government of Rio Grande do Sul in its rapid humanitarian response to widespread flooding in June. Leve ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Astronauts from US, India, Poland, Hungary on SpaceX capsule return to Earth
Washington (AFP) July 15, 2025
A SpaceX capsule carrying astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary and the United States splashed down off the California coast Tuesday, completing Axiom Mission 4 and capping 20 days in space. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Western aid cuts cede ground to China in Southeast Asia: study
Sydney (AFP) July 20, 2025
China is set to expand its influence over Southeast Asia's development as the Trump administration and other Western donors slash aid, a study by an Australian think tank said Sunday. ... more
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UAV NEWS
Russia faces intense barrage of drones, shutting down Moscow airports
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 20, 2025
Russia faced a penetrating barrage of drones from Ukraine over the weekend that caused Moscow airports to close amid the intensifying war. ... more
UAV NEWS
Iraq says drones that struck military radars are foreign-made
Baghdad (AFP) July 18, 2025
Iraq said Friday that drones which hit several military radar systems last month were launched from within the country but manufactured abroad, without identifying the perpetrators. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Nvidia's Huang says 'doing our best' to serve Chinese market
Beijing (AFP) July 16, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday his firm was "doing our best" to serve China's vast market for semiconductors after it secured permission from the United States to sell chips to the world's second-largest economy. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
US delays Patriot arms deliveries to Switzerland in switch to Ukraine
Geneva (AFP) July 17, 2025
Delivery of US Patriot weapons systems to Switzerland will be delayed as Washington reprioritises to provide more support to Ukraine, the Swiss government said Thursday. ... more
MILTECH
US 'moving at haste' to get Ukraine weapons: envoy
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) July 17, 2025
The United States was moving to get weapons to Ukraine quickly under President Donald Trump's plan for Europe to buy arms, and was weighing selling Patriot air defence systems from its own stocks, Washington's envoy to NATO said Thursday. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Israel army says intercepted missile launched from Yemen
Jerusalem (AFP) July 16, 2025
Israel's military said it intercepted a missile fired on Wednesday from Yemen, where the Iran-backed Huthi rebels have launched numeours attacks on Israeli targets throughout the Gaza war. ... more
AEROSPACE
Spire unveils flight-level analytics to assess aircraft weather exposure
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2025
Spire Global has introduced Aircraft Exposure Analytics, a new aviation-focused tool that calculates aircraft-specific exposure to adverse weather by integrating flight trajectory data with global w ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Patriot air defences for Ukraine: Useful but no panacea
Paris (AFP) July 15, 2025
Expected deliveries of new US Patriot air defense systems by some NATO countries to Ukraine will help against intensifying Russian missile and drone attacks, but are no front-line game changer, analysts say. ... more
UAV NEWS
Russia fires hundreds of drones at Ukraine, defying Trump warning
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) July 16, 2025
Russia fired hundreds of drones, artillery and a ballistic missile at Ukraine between late Tuesday and early Wednesday, Ukraine said, defying calls by Donald Trump to reach a peace deal. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Israel admits 'technical error' in airstrike that kills 6 children
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 13, 2025
Ten people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza on Sunday, including six children who were waiting to fill water containers near a refugee camp, emergency service workers said. ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Six Chinese universities to launch new low altitude space major this fall
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 14, 2025
In a concerted push to support China's rapidly expanding low-altitude space sector, six leading universities will introduce an undergraduate major in the field this fall. The program, approved in Ap ... more
GPS NEWS
ESA and Neuraspace develop autonomous satellite navigation technologies
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 09, 2025
Neuraspace has partnered with the European Space Agency to advance autonomous satellite navigation and orbit management using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technologies. The effort is pa ... more
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ROBO SPACE
Major US teachers union teams up with AI giants
New York (AFP) July 8, 2025
The second biggest teachers union in the United States unveiled a groundbreaking partnership Tuesday with AI powerhouses Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic to develop a comprehensive training program helping educators master artificial intelligence. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Rain caused natural disasters in 83% of Brazil's cities: report
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) July 2, 2025
Heavy rains spurred by global warming caused natural disasters in eight out of 10 Brazilian cities between 2020 and 2023, three times more than in the 1990s, according to a study published Tuesday. ... more
TRADE WARS
Hong Kong leads most stocks higher, yen gains as Ishiba vows to stay
Hong Kong (AFP) July 21, 2025
Equities mostly rose Monday on optimism countries will reach US trade deals before an August 1 deadline, while the yen gained after Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he would stay in office despite another election defeat. ... more
TRADE WARS
China, EU leaders to hold summit in Beijing on Thursday
Beijing (AFP) July 21, 2025
Top leaders from China and the European Union will hold a summit in Beijing this week, as the major economic powers seek to smooth over disputes ranging from trade to the Ukraine conflict. ... more
TRADE WARS
China confirms US bank employee banned from leaving over 'criminal case'
Beijing (AFP) July 21, 2025
Beijing confirmed Monday that an employee of US bank Wells Fargo was barred from leaving China, following reports last week that Shanghai-born managing director Chenyue Mao was under an exit ban. ... more
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