Space exploration, satellites, and aerospace technology
A Brazilian government agency will launch an Earth observation satellite on a Vega C rocket, working with a launch broker rather than contracting directly with Avio. The post Vega C to launch Brazilian satellite appeared first on SpaceNews.
Oman signed the Artemis Accords for responsible space exploration Jan. 26, becoming the 61st nation to do so. The post Oman signs Artemis Accords appeared first on SpaceNews.
NEWS FLASHGP Aviation will introduce new seasonal flights from Pristina to Rimini (Rimini and San Marino Airport) on Italy’s Adriatic coast. The new service will commence on June 15 and operate weekly, on Mondays, until August 31. Further flight details can be found here. Earlier, the airline announced new routes from Pristina to Bergamo, Bremen, Brussels, Oslo, Salzburg and Vienna. Tickets for the new Rimini service are now available for purchase through the airline’s website.EX-YU Aviation New
SAN FRANCISCO – NASA’s Earth Science Division is exploring partnerships with external organizations to support instruments mounted on the International Space Station and free-flyer missions. “For some of these missions […] The post NASA seeks partners for Earth Science extended missions appeared first on SpaceNews.
To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside of a Cincinnati facility in December might have looked like standard hardware. But NASA and GE Aerospace researchers watching the unit fire up for a demonstration knew what they were looking at: a hybrid engine performing at a level that could potentially power an airliner. It’s something new in the […]
The Sultanate of Oman signed the Artemis Accords during a ceremony in Muscat attended by NASA on Monday, becoming the 61st nation to commit to responsible space exploration for the benefit of all humanity. “Oman’s accession to the Artemis Accords sets an important example about the value of responsible behavior and shared pursuit of discovery,” […]
As NASA fosters technologies needed to live and work farther away from home than ever before, the agency’s Technology Transfer program has the sole mission of getting those innovations into the hands of companies, entrepreneurs, and, ultimately, everyday people. The agency’s Spinoff publication has captured this endeavor for half a century, sharing stories of space […]
GE Aerospace announced today a new test milestone for hybrid electric aviation, successfully demonstrating power transfer, extraction, and injection in a high-bypass commercial turbofan engine. Ground testing of a modified Passport engine was completed in 2025 at Peebles Test Operation as part of NASA’s Turbofan Engine Power Extraction Demonstration project. Technical teams advanced understanding of... The post Press Release: GE Aerospace successfully demos hybrid electric engine appeared first
Oman-based industrial conglomerate MB Group has ordered a small geostationary broadband satellite from Astranis that is slated to launch this summer. The post Astranis adds Oman customer to summer GEO launch lineup appeared first on SpaceNews.
While this eerie NASA Hubble Space Telescope image may look ghostly, it’s actually full of new life. Lupus 3 is a star-forming cloud about 500 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. White wisps of gas swirl throughout the region, and in the lower-left corner resides a dark dust cloud. Bright T Tauri stars shine at the left, […]
With the Webb telescope’s unprecedented sensitivity, scientists are learning more about dark matter’s influence on stars, galaxies, and even planets like Earth. Scientists using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have made one of the most detailed, high-resolution maps of dark matter ever produced. It shows how the invisible, ghostly material overlaps and intertwines […]
You may not see it with the naked eye, but in Earth’s orbit, a silent crisis is unfolding. With over 11,000 active satellites currently in orbit — a number expected to reach between 30,000 and 60,000 by 2030 — 40,500 tracked objects of 10 cm and more, 1.1 million pieces of space debris between 1 […] The post We need a ‘Planetary Neural Network’ for AI-enabled space infrastructure protection appeared first on SpaceNews.
An H3 launch failure in December may have been caused by an unusual event that led to the satellite separating from the rocket prematurely. The post H3 failure linked to payload fairing separation anomaly appeared first on SpaceNews.
Katherine Bennell-Pegg, Australia’s first qualified astronaut, received the nation’s highest civilian honor on the night of January 25,… The post Australia’s first astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg named 2026 Australian of Year appeared first on AeroTime.
NASA and the Department of Energy have agreed to work together on development of nuclear reactors for the moon as industry awaits the release of a final call for proposals. The post NASA and DOE to collaborate on lunar nuclear reactor development appeared first on SpaceNews.
The Museum of Flight hosts Dr. Roger Myers on January 31 for a talk exploring space nuclear power and its role in supporting long-term human missions to the Moon and beyond.
NASA and its partners will discuss the upcoming crew rotation to the International Space Station during a pair of news conferences on Friday, Jan. 30, from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. At 11 a.m. EST, mission leadership will discuss final launch and mission preparations in a news conference that will stream on the […]
NASA has selected ADNET Systems, Inc. of Bethesda, Maryland, to provide global modeling and data assimilation support at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Global Modeling and Assimilation Support contract is a single-award, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum ordering value of approximately $84 million with a five-year period of performance […]
NASA has selected 34 global volunteers to track the Orion spacecraft during the crewed Artemis II mission’s journey around the Moon. The Artemis II test flight will launch NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, carrying the Orion spacecraft and a crew of four astronauts, on a mission into deep space. The agency’s second mission in […]
Listen to this audio excerpt from Dustin Gohmert, Orion Crew Survival System (OCSS) manager: During NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon, the astronauts inside the Orion spacecraft will be wearing specialized pressure suits designed to protect them throughout their journey. At NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Dustin Gohmert leads the team responsible for […]