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February 05, 2025
SPACE TRAVEL
ISS Crew Demonstrates Robotics and Monitors Environmental Conditions



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
The Expedition 72 crew dedicated Tuesday to advancing free-flying robotics research while performing crucial scientific tasks aboard the International Space Station. Their schedule also included evaluating the outpost's air and water quality, plus prepping a student-controlled camera for Earth observation. NASA specialists are harnessing microgravity to refine robotic techniques that can capture, service, or clear space debris in low Earth orbit. On Tuesday, Station Commander Suni Williams aided t ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
KAIST develops AI-driven performance prediction model to advance space electric propulsion technology
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
Hall thrusters, an essential propulsion technology for space missions such as NASA's Psyche asteroid mission and SpaceX's Starlink satellites, operate using plasma to achieve efficient thrust. The r ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Europa Clipper Charts Course to Jupiter With First Stellar Snapshots
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
Three months after lifting off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Europa Clipper spacecraft still has 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion kilometers) ahead before it settles into Jupiter's ... more
GPS NEWS
EUSPA unveils integrated GNSS and secure SATCOM user technology update
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has released the very first GNSS and Secure SATCOM User Technology Report, offering a unified resource that addresses two central space-base ... more
ENERGY TECH
Stable thermal fusion gains momentum via isotropic neutron findings
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
In physics, isotropy refers to a scenario where a system's properties remain uniform regardless of direction. For fusion, assessing the uniformity of neutron energy is vital. Isotropic neutron emiss ... more
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Ariane 6 to deliver inaugural Galileo 2nd Gen satellites as European industy backs Arianespace
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Arianespace has confirmed at the 17th European Space Conference the signing of a launch services agreement with the European Commission and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA). ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Crew Wraps Spacewalk Duties and Expands Crop Research in Orbit
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
The Expedition 72 crew began February by tidying up after last week's spacewalk, while also conducting ongoing research in space-based farming and microgravity physics. On Monday, they turned their ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
European Partners Expand Ariane 6 Commitment with Arianespace
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Arianespace has concluded two important deals on Ariane 6 with leading European authorities at the 17th European Space Conference. The European Commission, the European Space Agency (ESA), and EUMET ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Ride completes Deep Blue mission marking new chapter in satellite launch services
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
RIDE!, a prominent force in satellite mission management, celebrates its successful Deep Blue RIDE! mission, marking the company's fourth major deployment and the first of 2025. Launched on January ... more

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ROCKET SCIENCE
Caltech takes first steps toward lightsails that could reach distant star systems
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2025
The idea of traveling through interstellar space using spacecraft propelled by ultrathin sails may sound like the stuff of sci-fi novels. But in fact, a program started in 2016 by Stephen Hawking an ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX launches more Startlink satellites from California
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 2, 2025
SpaceX launched 22 more Starlink satellites, this time from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
ESA and European Commission to establish secure quantum communications network
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 31, 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission have finalized negotiations to advance the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI), paving the way for its development. Eu ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
KP Labs and ESA Unveil PINEBERRY to Enhance AI Security and Transparency in Space Missions
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 31, 2025
KP Labs, in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), and the MI2.AI team from Warsaw ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the Moon?
Nottingham UK (SPX) Jan 31, 2025
The Artemis program has been Nasa's best chance to get "boots on the Moon" again. But with the new US administration taking guidance from tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is focused on Mars colonisa ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Spacewalkers Complete Radio Hardware Removal and Microbe Search
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 31, 2025
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore successfully completed a spacewalk at 1:09 p.m. EST on Jan. 30. This marked the ninth spacewalk for Williams and the fifth for Wilmore, contributing t ... more
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DRAGON SPACE
Chinese Satellite Companies Expand Global Services with Advanced Networks and Constellations
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 30, 2025
Chinese space companies are rapidly expanding their global satellite services, offering capabilities in communications, navigation, and remote sensing. This expansion is coupled with a swift increas ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Airbus-built SpainSat NG-I satellite successfully launched
Toulouse, France (SPX) Jan 30, 2025
The first of the next-generation SpainSat satellites, SpainSat NG-I, has successfully launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, USA. This advanced satellite, operated by Hisdesat for th ... more
ENERGY TECH
Advancing safer lithium energy storage
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Charging our phones has become so routine that we rarely reflect on the breakthrough that made it possible. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, introduced commercially in the 1990s, propelled a tech ... more
ROBO SPACE
MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zone
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 04, 2025
Drone shows are an increasingly popular form of large-scale light display. These shows incorporate hundreds to thousands of airborne bots, each programmed to fly in paths that together form intricat ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Mobix Labs Secures Defense Funding to Advance SATCOM SoC Innovation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
Mobix Labs Inc. (Nasdaq: MOBX), recognized for cutting-edge Wireless technology and semiconductor expertise, reports that its newly integrated RaGE Systems Inc. (CAGE:863W3) has been selected for a ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Momentus to conduct multi sensor rendezvous trial with US Air Force
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2025
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a US-based commercial space provider that develops satellite buses, technology, and in-space transport solutions, announced that AFWERX, part of the U.S. Air Force Rese ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
El Salvador offers to jail violent U.S. criminals in 'unprecedented' deal
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 4, 2025
El Salvador has agreed to take deportees from the United States and violent criminals from U.S. prisons in an "extraordinary migratory agreement." Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the deal Monday following a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele in Central America. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Google pledge against using AI for weapons vanishes
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 5, 2025
Google on Tuesday updated its principles when it comes to artificial intelligence, removing vows not to use the technology for weapons or surveillance. ... more
ROBO SPACE
EU sets out guidance on banning harmful AI uses
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 4, 2025
Mass surveillance, detecting emotions, social scoring: EU regulators laid out Tuesday what types of artificial intelligence tools are to be outlawed as too dangerous under the bloc's pioneering AI Act. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Pregnant teenager among five Ukrainians killed by Russian missile
Izyum, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 4, 2025
A Russian ballistic missile strike on Tuesday killed five people - including a pregnant teenager - and wounded more than four dozen others in the east Ukrainian town of Izyum, officials said. ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Russian missile kills four, wounds 20 in east Ukraine: governor
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 4, 2025
A Russian missile fired Tuesday on the eastern Ukrainian city of Izyum killed four people and wounded 17, the governor of the broader Kharkiv region said on social media. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Fifth H-3 rocket successfully launches Michibiki No. 6 satellite
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 03, 2025


The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched its fifth H-3 rocket on Sunday, carrying the Michibiki No. 6 satellite, a key addition to Japan's independent positioning system ... more

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DISASTER MANAGEMENT
How China allegedly contributes to the deadly fentanyl crisis
Beijing (AFP) Feb 3, 2025
US President Donald Trump has slapped new tariffs on Chinese goods, partly in response to Beijing's alleged role in a deadly opioid epidemic in the United States. ... more
TRADE WARS
How things stand in China-US trade tensions with Trump 2.0
Beijing (AFP) Feb 2, 2025
Donald Trump has followed through on his promise to wield the United States's vast economic weight to hit back at China for its alleged unfair trade practices and role in America's deadly fentanyl crisis. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Russia slams Trump plan for 'Star Wars' missile shield
Moscow (AFP) Jan 31, 2025
Russia on Friday criticised President Donald Trump's plan to build a "Star Wars"-like missile shield for the United States, saying it risked turning space into an arena of "confrontation". ... more
MISSILE NEWS
Iran unveils new ballistic missile in show of force
Tehran (AFP) Feb 2, 2025
Iran revealed a new ballistic missile on Sunday that it said was capable of travelling 1,700 kilometres, unveiling it at a Tehran ceremony attended by President Masoud Pezeshkian. ... more
AEROSPACE
NORAD responds to 'multiple' Russian jets near Alaska, Yukon
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 31, 2025
Russian military jets were "not seen as a threat" when they flew through international airspace not far from the border with Canada and the United States, the North American Aerospace Defense Command confirmed. ... more
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