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Editorial Staff Updated 5 days ago

Heat shield safety concerns raise stakes for NASA's Artemis II moon mission

Astronauts prepare for historic lunar journey amid heat shield challenges.

Tech

Briefing: An open-source 240-antenna array to bounce signals off the Moon

Strategic angle: Exploring innovative technology to enhance lunar communication.

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Briefing: Italy’s Argotec plans to scale Florida satellite facility to meet rising US demand

Strategic angle: Italy’s Argotec has officially opened its first U.S. satellite production facility near Kennedy Space Center to meet growing demand from American space programs.

Editorial Staff 8 days ago

Briefing: Artemis II: One giant leap for deep space toiletry

Strategic angle: Exploring the advancements in space hygiene for future missions.

Editorial Staff 9 days ago

Briefing: Carmel Ortiz on the evolving landscape of satellite communications

Strategic angle: In this week’s episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss interviews Carmel Ortiz, senior vice president of medium-Earth-orbit constellation programs at SES.

Editorial Staff 10 days ago

Briefing: What’s it like to be an astronaut with former astronaut Daniel Tani

Strategic angle: Euronews Tech Talks explores the experiences of former NASA astronaut Daniel Tani on the launch day of Artemis II.

Editorial Staff 10 days ago

Briefing: Seven missions launched to test optimized data transfer from space

Strategic angle: Eight CubeSats and one payload supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) have reached orbit to improve data transmission and processing.

World

Astronomers have spotted two giant gas planets forming around a baby star in deep space

Using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, scientists have observed the formation of two gas giants around a young star.

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Briefing: Human sperm may get lost in space

Strategic angle: New research reveals that the navigational abilities of sperm are negatively impacted by a lack of gravity, posing challenges for reproduction in space.

Editorial Staff 16 days ago

Briefing: Moon race: How China is challenging the US

Strategic angle: China aims to walk on the moon by 2030 and establish a lunar base, intensifying its competition with the US in space exploration.

Editorial Staff 16 days ago

Briefing: Distant galaxy fades 20-fold in just two decades, challenging how supermassive black holes evolve

Strategic angle: An international team discovers a galaxy 10 billion light-years away whose brightness dropped dramatically in just 20 years.

Editorial Staff 18 days ago

Briefing: NASA to 'pause' orbital lunar space station project

Strategic angle: NASA's chief announced a shift in focus from the Gateway lunar space station to building a lunar base.

Editorial Staff 22 days ago

Briefing: Smile mission set for April 9 launch to image Earth's magnetic field in X-rays

Strategic angle: The Smile mission is set to launch on a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.

Editorial Staff 23 days ago

Briefing: ReOrbit sells two small GEO satellites to SLI

Strategic angle: Finnish satellite manufacturer ReOrbit has signed a contract with asset-financing company SLI for two small geostationary orbit communications satellites.

Editorial Staff 26 days ago

Briefing: Melagen Labs and Satlyt Announce Joint ISS Mission to Demonstrate Radiation-Resilient In-Orbit Computing and Next-Gen Shielding

Strategic angle: A groundbreaking mission aboard the ISS aims to showcase advanced technology for space resilience.

Editorial Staff 29 days ago

Briefing: MaiaSpace: Europe steps up in the race for reusable rockets

Strategic angle: French start-up Maiaspace is developing Europe's first reusable mini-launcher, challenging American dominance in the space sector.

Tech

Briefing: Teen Discovers 1.5 Million Unidentified Space Objects Based On NASA Data

Strategic angle: Matteo Paz's groundbreaking discovery earns him a $250,000 prize in the Regeneron Science Talent Search.

Briefing: The Rubin Observatory's LSST will detect imminent impactors before they crash into Earth

Strategic angle: The Vera Rubin Observatory is set to revolutionize our understanding of near-Earth objects with its advanced alert system.

Briefing: Starlab Space Fully Books Commercial Payload Space on Planned Space Station

Strategic angle: The Starlab commercial space station has secured all available payload space as it prepares for the next phase of a NASA program.

Tech

Briefing: Rendezvous with Rama

Strategic angle: Exploring the implications of the mysterious celestial object.

Briefing: Germany: Meteorite Punches Through a House in Koblenz

Strategic angle: A meteorite crashed into a home in Koblenz after streaking across the sky, witnessed by several neighboring countries.

Briefing: Chinese official calls for prioritizing Neptune orbiter mission

Strategic angle: A senior Chinese space scientist advocates for an unprecedented mission to explore Neptune.