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December 16, 2025
ROCKET SCIENCE
Southern Launch to host INNOSPACE missions from South Australian spaceports



Sydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 16, 2025
Southern Launch has signed a contract with South Korean launch service provider INNOSPACE to conduct space missions from the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex and the Koonibba Test Range in South Australia. The agreement allows INNOSPACE to undertake a range of missions from Southern Launch sites, including orbital satellite launches and suborbital technology demonstration flights. Operations under the partnership are scheduled to begin in 2026 and are planned to continue for at least a dec ... read more

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ROCKET SCIENCE
Rocket Lab completes first dedicated JAXA mission with Electron launch
Mahia, New Zealand (SPX) Dec 16, 2025
Rocket Lab Corporation has carried out its first dedicated launch for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), advancing the role of the Electron small launch vehicle in Japan's satellite tech ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Musk signals plan to launch IPO for SpaceX
New York (AFP) Dec 11, 2025
Elon Musk has signaled plans to soon seek a public stock listing of SpaceX, confirming a report that links the strategic shift to a near-term need for more capital. ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Experts at Hainan symposium call for stronger global space partnership
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
The 2025 International Symposium on the Peaceful Use of Space Technology - Health (IPSPACE 2025) opened Tuesday in Boao, a coastal town in China's Hainan province, with a focus on expanding coopera ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Foreign satellites ride Kinetica 1 on new CAS Space mission
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
CAS Space has carried out the 11th launch of its Kinetica 1 solid-fuel carrier rocket, orbiting nine satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert of northwestern China. The ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Triple Long March launches mark record day for Chinese space program
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC) has achieved three orbital launches with Long March rockets in a single day, setting a new mark for the country's spaceflight cadence. The fi ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China prepares Qingzhou cargo ship for low cost resupply flights
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
Qingzhou, or light vessel, China's new-generation cargo spacecraft, has achieved breakthroughs in multiple key technologies and is scheduled to make its maiden flight next year, according to its dev ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Neutron Hungry Hippo fairing completes qualification ahead of first launch
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
Rocket Lab Corporation has qualified the captive Hungry Hippo fairing for its Neutron launch vehicle and is sending the structure to Virginia for integration ahead of the rocket's debut mission. The ... more
ROBO SPACE
AI advances robot navigation on the International Space Station
Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
Imagine a robot about the size of a toaster floating through the tight corridors of the International Space Station, quietly moving supplies or checking for leaks - all without an astronaut at the c ... more

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ROBO SPACE
Indian dance mudras yield advanced synergies for robotic hand control
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County extracted building blocks from precise hand gestures in Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form. Their analysis revealed a richer set ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Cedars-Sinai and Exobiosphere Partner to Launch Biomedical Research Aboard the Vast Haven-1 Space Station
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025
Cedars-Sinai is partnering with Exobiosphere, a company that has developed scientific hardware to automate biomedical research in space and on Earth. Using this hardware, Cedars-Sinai investigators ... more
ENERGY TECH
Plasma turbulence plays dual roles in fusion reactors
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
Researchers in Japan have directly observed that turbulence in magnetically confined fusion plasmas serves two distinct functions, both transporting heat and linking distant regions so that temperat ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
China launches carrier rocket to deploy experimental cargo ship and satellite
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 14, 2025
China launched a Kuaizhou 11 carrier rocket on Saturday morning to deploy a privately developed experimental cargo ship and a satellite into space. The rocket blasted off at 9:08 am at the Jiu ... more
AEROSPACE
New US presidential planes delayed again until 2028
New York (AFP) Dec 14, 2025
The delivery of a new Boeing jet to be used by the US president, famously known as Air Force One, has been delayed once again by at least a year. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
IAEA calls for repair work on Chernobyl sarcophagus
Vienna (AFP) Dec 7, 2025
The UN nuclear watchdog has said that the protective structure surrounding the exploded reactor at Chernobyl can no longer perform its main function of blocking radiation, after a Russian drone strike earlier this year. ... more
TECHNOLOGY NEWS


MICROSAT BLITZ
Arab Satellite 813 launch deepens UAE China space partnership
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2025
A Kinetica 1 rocket has placed the Arab Satellite 813 into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, marking a new phase of cooperation between the United Arab Emirates and China in space acti ... more
UAV NEWS
Drone defense system AiON advances from testing to deployment
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2025
The threat from hostile and uncooperative drones has shifted from a future concern to a current operational challenge as low-cost unmanned systems spread among adversaries and place U.S. forces, par ... more
UAV NEWS
Turkey says out-of-control drone shot down coming from Black Sea
Istanbul (AFP) Dec 15, 2025
Turkey on Monday shot down a drone that "lost control" and approached its airspace from the Black Sea, its defence ministry said, following a series of security incidents linked to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. ... more
MILTECH
German defence giants battle over military spending ramp-up
Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Dec 14, 2025
Defence giants are drawing battle lines as Germany rearms, with the old guard arguing for traditional heavy weaponry while start-ups push for more modern kit such as AI-enabled drones. ... more
AEROSPACE
Cost overruns push Swiss to buy fewer F-35s
Geneva (AFP) Dec 12, 2025
Switzerland will not be able to purchase all 36 American F-35 fighter jets in the near future as planned due to cost overruns announced by the United States, Bern said on Friday. ... more
AEROSPACE
US flew bombers, fighters and drones along Venezuela coast
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 12, 2025
Fighter jets, bombers and surveillance drones: the United States military has flown a variety of aircraft along Venezuela's coast in recent weeks, an AFP analysis shows, amid growing fears of conflict between the countries. ... more
ROBO SPACE
MIT engineers design an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebee
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
In the future, tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake. Like real insects, these robots could flit through t ... more
AEROSPACE
South Korea, Japan protest over China, Russia aircraft incursions
Seoul (AFP) Dec 10, 2025
South Korea and Japan reacted furiously on Wednesday after Chinese and Russian military aircraft conducted joint patrols around the two countries, with both Seoul and Tokyo scrambling jets. ... more
AEROSPACE
Crew killed in Sudan army plane crash; Russia says no survivors in cargo plane crash
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
A Sudanese military transport aircraft crashed on Tuesday while attempting to land at an air base in the country's east, killing all members of its crew, two military sources told AFP. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
UK plasma thruster test positions Pulsar Fusion for larger satellite propulsion
London, UK (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Pulsar Fusion and partners have tested what they describe as the largest space plasma engine yet fired in Britain, designed to provide high-thrust in-space propulsion for heavier satellites. The eng ... more
UAV NEWS
Drone strikes on Sudan kindergarten, hospital kill dozens: local official
Port Sudan, Sudan (AFP) Dec 7, 2025
A paramilitary drone attack on the army-held town of Kalogi in Sudan's South Kordofan state hit a kindergarten and a hospital, killing dozens of civilians, a local official told AFP on Sunday. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Indonesians reeling from flood devastation plea for global help
Pengidam, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 16, 2025
Nurlela Agusfitri has nowhere to turn after losing her home and business to devastating floods that wreaked havoc on her Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing more than 1,000 people. ... more
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ROBO SPACE
Robots that spare warehouse workers the heavy lifting
Cambridge MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
There are some jobs human bodies just weren't meant to do. Unloading trucks and shipping containers is a repetitive, grueling task - and a big reason warehouse injury rates are more than twice the n ... more
AEROSPACE
UAlbany Atmospheric Scientist Proposes Innovative Method to Reduce Aviation's Climate Impact
Albany NY (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
If you look up at the sky on a clear day, chances are you'll notice thin, white clouds following behind airplanes - also known as contrails. The formation of these wispy ice clouds is a comple ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Former Iraqi president Salih picked as new UNHCR chief
Geneva (AFP) Dec 12, 2025
Former Iraqi president Barham Salih is set to become the next United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, according to a document seen by AFP on Friday, taking over an agency tackling swingeing budget cuts. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Sri Lankan lawmakers to meet to fast-track cyclone aid
Colombo (AFP) Dec 14, 2025
Sri Lanka's parliament will interrupt its recess to fast-track financial aid needed for rebuilding after Cyclone Ditwah, which killed nearly 650 people, officials said Sunday. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
HK fire death toll climbs to 160; UN troubled by Hong Kong clampdown after fire
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
The death toll in Hong Kong's worst fire in decades rose to 160 after an additional body was identified, police said on Tuesday, adding that six people were still listed as missing. ... more
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