Carefully wrapped inside this donut-shaped bag is a 35-m diameter parachute about to be baked inside a specialised dry heater steriliser oven. This 74 kg parachute, made mostly of nylon
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Firefly plans late summer launch of first Alpha Block 2 rocket
WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace plans to debut the upgraded version of its Alpha rocket late this summer as it sees strong demand for the vehicle, particularly for national security applications.
NRO taps EarthDaily, Iceye, Pixxel to expand commercial data pipeline
DENVER — The U.S. spy satellite agency is expanding its use of commercial Earth observation data, signing new agreements with three companies as it refines how private-sector capabilities are integrated
NATO governance policies need updating
DENVER – NATO must update policies and strengthen relationships among allies to accelerate the fusion of commercial and national geospatial intelligence, Maj. Gen. Paul Lynch, NATO deputy assistant secretary general
NASA Welcomes Ireland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke, T.D., 3rd from left, signs the Artemis Accords during a ceremony with Chief of Staff in the Office of the Under Secretary
Trump's proposed NASA budget is a 'horrible threat to our future' in space, Planetary Society CEO says
The new chief of the Planetary Society says she is prepared once again to fight NASA’s science budget cuts, after helping the advocacy group do so last year. Planetary Society
NASA Fosters Development of Lunar Resource-Seeking Technologies
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This is the spot where a Falcon 9 upper stage rocket body will collide with the moon on August 5, 2026. The spent rocket will hit the moon at 5,400
HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Cosmoleap has secured significant funding for its reusable rocket plans as it works towards a debut launch in 2027. Cosmoleap, full name Beijing Dahang Yueqian
Watch ESA’s Mars chief engineer Albert Haldemann explain the sterilisation process of one of the parachutes of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission and why it matters. Carefully wrapped inside a donut-shaped bag is a 35-m diameter
In this new image by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a spiral galaxy glittering with star clusters is the centre of attention. NGC 3137 is located 53 million light-years away in
A luminous swirl set against the deep black of space, the barred spiral galaxy IC 486 glows with a soft, ethereal light in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image from
Humanity has already had some practice in knocking space objects off course, if it ever came to that.
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This month, the European Space Agency (ESA) has made significant strides across various space exploration projects, reflecting its commitment to ambitious missions from the Moon to low Earth orbit and
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