Space exploration, satellites, and aerospace technology
The Museum of Flight will host Smithsonian curator Valerie Neal on Feb. 28 for a talk on U.S. women astronauts and her new book exploring 45 years of their contributions to human spaceflight.
LambdaVision, a company that has used microgravity experiments on the International Space Station to develop an artificial retina, has booked space on a planned commercial successor. The post LambdaVision books space on Starlab commercial space station appeared first on SpaceNews.
SAN FRANCISCO – Sophia Space raised $10 million in seed funding to accelerate development of space-based edge computers and orbital data centers. “The $10 million round is a validation that we are progressing from slideware to hardware,” Rob DeMillo, Sophia Space CEO and co-founder, told SpaceNews. “And it’s evidence that capital is shifting towards orbital-compute […] The post Sophia Space claims $10 million in seed round appeared first on SpaceNews.
For the first time, a much younger version of the Sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, by astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The bubble – called an “astrosphere” – completely surrounds the juvenile star. Winds from the star’s surface are blowing up the bubble and filling it with hot gas […]
The Astronomy Activation Ambassadors (AAA) project, part of the NASA Science Activation program, aims to measurably enhance student STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) engagement via middle school, high school, and community college science teacher professional development.
NASA and its international partners will receive scientific research samples and hardware when a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station on Thursday, Feb. 26, and returns to Earth. Watch NASA’s live coverage of the undocking and departure of the agency’s 33rd SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services mission starting at 11:45 a.m. EST on NASA+, […]
Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover discovered these bumpy, pea-sized nodules while exploring a region filled with boxwork formations — low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy hollows in-between. This mosaic is made up of 50 individual images taken by Curiosity’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), a camera on […]
Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama of boxwork formations — the low ridges seen here with hollows in between them — using its Mastcam on Sept. 26, 2025, the 4,671st Martian day, or sol, of the mission. These boxwork formations were created billions of years ago when water leaked through rock cracks. Minerals […]
Aalyria announced a $100 million funding round Feb. 23 that values the Californian venture at $1.3 billion, supporting deployment of laser terminals and software for dynamically routing data across space, air and ground networks. The post Aalyria hits $1.3 billion valuation after raising funds for satellite mesh network appeared first on SpaceNews.
For about six months, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring a region full of geologic formations called boxwork, low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy hollows in between. Crisscrossing the surface for miles, the formations suggest ancient groundwater flowed on this part of the Red Planet […]
NASA’s Perseverance Rover approaches Mars in this Feb. 18, 2020, top-down still image captured by a camera on the rover’s descent stage. Perseverance is searching for signs of ancient microbial life, to advance NASA’s quest to explore the past habitability of Mars. NASA chose Jezero Crater as the landing because scientists believe the area was once […]
Flightradar24 is excited to expand its global flight tracking capabilities with the addition of Aireon space-based ADS-B data to the Flightradar24 platform, a major milestone in our commitment to truly global flight tracking coverage. The integration of Aireon data marks an important step toward ensuring visibility in areas not already covered by Flightradar24’s world-leading terrestrial […] The post Flightradar24 expands global coverage with Aireon space-based ADS-B data appeared first on Fligh
Following the successful launch of Ariane 6 in 2025, Europe’s access to space ambitions gain momentum. The launch of the reusable launcher first stage demonstrator Themis T1H under the SALTO […] The post Europe’s progress on future access-to-space gains momentum with upcoming reusable launcher flight test appeared first on SpaceNews.
Forty million years ago, a star in a nearby galaxy exploded, spewing material across space and generating a brilliant beacon of light. That light traveled across the cosmos, reaching Earth June 29, 2025, where it was detected by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae. Astronomers immediately turned their resources to this new supernova, designated 2025pht, […]
Humanity gains insight on how to operate in space with every satellite that we launch. True learning comes from doing; otherwise we lock into lab-born biases that come from asking the wrong questions. I think we are running into that limit with micrometeoroid and orbital debris (MMOD) collisions, and we are close to an industry-wide […] The post Re-framing orbital debris: from a statistical to dosage approach appeared first on SpaceNews.
SAN FRANCISCO – Momentus’ Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle is at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of a 10-month mission to demonstrate rendezvous and proximity operations, robotic in-space assembly, advanced communications and computing technologies. The Vigoride 7 mission with 10 hosted payloads has been integrated with a launch plate that will be sent into […] The post Momentus prepares to host 10 demonstration payloads on Vigoride 7 flight appeared first on SpaceNews.
The Texas Space Commission has completed awarding $150 million to companies and organizations in the state as it prepares to distribute a second, larger round of funding. The post Texas Space Commission completes $150 million in awards appeared first on SpaceNews.
Published at 0400PST / 1200GMT 23FEB26Qantas at the launch of Northern summer 2026 season plans to resume Jetstar codeshare partnership to Denpasar, covering 11 routes. Following codeshare routes are expected to commence from 29MAR26.Qantas operated by JetstarAdelaide – DenpasarAvalon – DenpasarBrisbane – DenpasarCairns – DenpasarCoolangatta (Gold Coast) – Denpasar Darwin – DenpasarMaroochydore (Sunshine Coast) – DenpasarMelbourne – DenpasarNewcastle – DenpasarPerth – DenpasarSydney – Denpasar
Remondo says its imaging payload could deliver sub-30 centimeter resolution from suitcase-size satellites The post Israeli startup targets the economics of high-resolution Earth observation appeared first on SpaceNews.
Feb. 17, 2026, marks the launch date of Clean Aviation’s four closely linked, five-year projects: HERACLES, DEMETRA, PHARES, and OSYRYS. Led by partners ATR, Pratt & Whitney, and Safran, the four projects’ objective is to achieve a hybrid-electric flight demonstration that will validate technologies contributing to the overall objective of a 30% CO₂ reduction. Its aim is […] The post Clean Aviation Launches Four Projects for Next-gen Aircraft appeared first on Travel Radar - Aviati