Astronomers Detect Most Distant Fast Radio Burst Ever
Astronomers have detected a fast radio burst (FRB) from when the Universe was just 3 billion years old, a remarkable achievement that opens new windows into the early universe and…
This Could Prevent Rovers From Getting Stuck In Sand Or Dust
Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison uncovered a critical flaw in how lunar and Martian rovers are tested on Earth. Simulations revealed that test results have been misleading for decades…
The Europa Clipper Mission Tests it Radar Instrument at Mars
NASA’s Europa Clipper, the largest interplanetary probe, tested its radar during a Mars flyby. The results show the kind of detailed imagery the probe will capture once it arrives at…
How Telescope Noise Could Help Us Monitor Climate Change
University of Warwick astronomers, in partnership with institutions in Spain, are showing how astronomy tools, that are usually used to study stars, can be repurposed as climate sensors, helping us…
NASA Invites Media to View Artemis II Orion Stage Adapter at Marshall
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Artemis II Orion stage adapter, built at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. NASA Media are…
Sir Martin Sweeting and the rise of the small satellite industry
In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss speaks with Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited and a professor at the Surrey Space Institute…
NASA Awards Second Human Health, Performance Contract
Credit: NASA NASA has selected KBR Wyle Services, LLC of Fulton, Maryland, to provide services to the Human Health and Performance Directorate at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston,…
ULA’s Vulcan to launch first national security mission
ULA’s new rocket will fly to GEO an $250 million military experiment that could shape GPS modernization The post ULA’s Vulcan to launch first national security mission appeared first on…
Edgx raises seed funding to bring AI-powered computing to smallsats
Belgian startup Edgx has raised seed funding to develop Sterna, an artificial intelligence computer designed to run complex algorithms onboard satellites to speed decisions and use limited bandwidth more efficiently.…
Skyrora becomes 1st British company to get license to launch from the UK
Scotland-based Skyrora has received the first U.K.-issued vertical launch license for a homegrown company, enabling rocket launches from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands.