Tag: Space

Vice President Harris’ First National Space Council Meeting (US Department of State)

The National Space Council meeting chaired by Vice President Harris reaffirmed our national commitment to exploring and developing outer space in a sustainable, equitable,...

Test tanks fuelled for ESA’s Themis reusable first stage (ESA)

Recently completed tests of two propellant tanks set a first technological milestone in the ESA reusability roadmap towards the demonstration of a reusable first...

Biden administration turns focus to space as rivals China, Russia loom (Reuters)

The Biden administration on Wednesday laid out a new strategy for responsible civil, commercial and national security-related use of space amid growing commercial interests...

A one-way phone call at Mars (ESA)

This November, ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft carried out a series of experimental communication tests with the Chinese (CNSA) Zhurong Mars rover. Mars Express successfully...

Dragons-Eye View (NASA)

As the Crew-2 mission departed the International Space Station aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, the crew snapped this image of the station during a flyaround of the orbiting lab that took...

Are Water Plumes Spraying from Europa? NASA’s Europa Clipper is on the Case (NASA)

In 2005, images of a brilliant watery plume erupting from the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus captivated the world. The giant column of vapor,...

Creating sustainable value from space (Jamie Morin, SpaceNews)

Outer space is more fundamental to our lives and more under threat than at any time in history. Today, the U.S. government and economy...

Airbus Ventures leads Q-Ctrl’s $25 million quantum sensor funding round (Jason Rainbow, SpaceNews)

Australian startup Q-Ctrl has raised $25 million to develop software for space-qualified quantum sensors in a funding round led by Airbus Ventures, the venture...

Anuvu raises $50 million for small GEO mobility constellation (Jason Rainbow, SpaceNews)

Investors that rescued Anuvu from bankruptcy in March have thrown $50 million behind plans for the mobile connectivity provider to have its own constellation...

Lightfoot to lead Lockheed Martin space unit (Jeff Foust, SpaceNews)

Lockheed Martin has named a former acting administrator of NASA as the new head of its space business unit. The company announced Nov. 30 that...

Mike Griffin critical of U.S. response to China’s advances in hypersonic weapons (Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews)

China’s successful demonstration of a hypersonic glide vehicle — a weapon that is boosted to space, orbits the Earth and reenters the atmosphere before it strikes...

NASA inspector general warns of space station gap (Jeff Foust, SpaceNews)

Concerns about the long-term viability of some existing International Space Station modules and the potential of delays in development of commercial space stations heighten...

SpaceX grapples with Raptor production problems (Jeff Foust, SpaceNews)

Problems increasing production of the Raptor engines that power SpaceX’s Starship vehicle have led to personnel shakeups at the company and a warning from...

2022 Artemis Mission Debuts America’s Powerful New Launch Capability (Boeing, Space News)

In the coming months, NASA will launch the first Artemis mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. This milestone not only puts the United States...

Sentinel-6 returning most precise data ever on sea level (ESA)

Sea-level rise is one of the most immediate consequences of climate change, as highlighted recently through urgent pleas from leaders of island nations at...

Army to work with satellite radar imagery provider ICEYE (Nathan Strout, Defense News)

The U.S. Army will work with radar satellite imagery provider ICEYE to understand how that technology can be integrated into current and future Army...