Hey Reg readers, what would you do with Honey, Queen, and Bumble? NASA is looking for ideas on what to do with the Astrobee drones flying around the International Space Station (ISS).…
Lees meerDRACO will be born to die in the fires of atmospheric re-entry The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded Spanish company Deimos Space a contract for a spacecraft whose sole purpose is to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere so engineers can see what …
Lees meerPrithvi, Prithvi, Prithvi good Researchers at IBM and NASA this week released an open source AI climate model designed to accurately predict weather patterns while consuming fewer compute resources compared to traditional physics-based simulations.…
Lees meerWants lunar sample return within three years, Venus launch in 2028, orbiting hab in 2035, boots on Luna five years later India's government last week signed off on three big space missions: a Moon lander, a space station module, and a Venus orbiter.…
Lees meerLab-based proof-of-concept shows how radiation creates explosive plumes to deflect menacing space rocks US scientists have demonstrated that potentially dangerous asteroids destined for Earth could be deflected from their trajectory using X-rays.…
Lees meerAnd it's here to carry your not-very-heavy stuff Researchers from South Korea suggest their Palletrone flying platform may someday be useful for light hauling scenarios.…
Lees meerJust like robotaxis, actual full self-driving, etc etc in just a few years We regret to inform you that Elon Musk has been using his social media orifice, X, to make some impressively outlandish claims once again. This time, the billionaire stated t…
Lees meerOr at least he would, if it weren't for those pesky regulators We regret to inform you that Elon Musk has been using his social media orifice, X, to make some impressively outlandish claims once again. This time, the billionaire stated that SpaceX p…
Lees meerLosing money on missions, space station delayed, but 'we will not be deterred' Axiom Space CEO Dr Kam Ghaffarian is attempting to reassure customers after an interview that did not go entirely to plan.…
Lees meerJust in case some aliens, say, come along in a billion years and feel like cloning us from extinction Whether or not some future entity will want to bring humanity back after its eventual extinction is now a theoretical if improbable option, thanks …
Lees meerJust in case some aliens, say, come along in a billion years and feel like cloning us from extinction Whether or not some future entity will want to bring humanity back after its eventual extinction is now a theoretical if improbable option, thanks …
Lees meerUpgrades on the way for both, with deep-ocean services and programmable sats on the way Two of the world's satellite positioning service constellations reached important milestones this week, after the European Space Agency and China's Satellite Nav…
Lees meerSurely at least one crew will get there in the next ten years? Intuitive Machines has bagged a contract worth up to $4.82 billion to support NASA's lunar relay systems.…
Lees meerSend astronauts nice pixel art, or try something a little harder The next round of the European Space Agency's Astro Pi challenge is open, inviting participants to use the diminutive computers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to calculat…
Lees meerSome good news for Elon – 2,500 planes to be Starlink Wi-Fi ready as United joins the party Elon Musk's impatience has led to the US Federal Aviation Administration proposing $633,009 in civil penalties against his SpaceX operation for allegedly vio…
Lees meerMulti-million euro package to control satellite swerving and debris dodging Neuraspace and the European Space Agency have signed a multi-million Euro contract spanning two years for the Portuguese company's skills in space traffic management (STM).…
Lees meerSolar arrays are massive... but it's the transistors onlookers are really worried about NASA's Europa Clipper is now less than a month from its October 10 launch, and the US space agency has shown off the spacecraft's giant solar arrays. However, co…
Lees meerDoubtful processes, risky spacecraft, what else could possibly go wrong? Oh...30,000 staff off work Industrial difficulties can be added to the list of woes at aerospace giant Boeing after members of the International Association of Machinists and A…
Lees meerNo, you read that right Tokyo-headquartered company ispace announced on Thursday it is sending a tiny toy red Swedish house to the Moon.…
Lees meerNo, you read that right Tokyo-headquartered company ispace announced on Thursday it is sending a tiny toy red Swedish house to the Moon.…
Lees meerMore cautious than 1960s efforts, EVA goes off without a hitch SpaceX's inaugural commercial spacewalk – and the first extravehicular activity (EVA) using its spacesuits – has taken place, almost eclipsing yesterday's altitude record.…
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