IMAGEFor Stoke Space “nothing else matters” but full and rapid rocket reuse"Does the world really need a 151st rocket company?"
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IMAGENASA backs dust tolerant wireless power links for Moon and Mars vehiclesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025 Yank Technologies has received a 1 million US dollar NASA Phase III Small Business Innovation Research commercialization contract to advance Dust-Tolerant Resonant Connectors for bi-directional vehicle-to-vehicle power transfer on the Moon and Mars. The award builds on the companys earlier NASA Phase I SBIR work on the same technology. Under the new contract with NASA, Yank Technologies wi
IMAGEStrengthened collision avoidance system boosts UK satellite safety for LEO constellationsLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 20, 2025 GMV's UK subsidiary has taken a significant step in space safety with the development and deployment of an advanced collision avoidance system tailored for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations. This new service has played a key role in securing new agreements with the Space Data Association (SDA), an international group focused on promoting safe and sustainable space operations.
IMAGERedwire to Deliver Spacecraft for DARPA Otter VLEO DemonstrationLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025 Redwire Corporation has secured a 44 million dollar phase 2 contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to advance the Otter Very Low Earth Orbit mission. The contract supports the completion, manufacturing, and delivery of a spacecraft that will demonstrate the first air-breathing platform in VLEO, using Redwire's SabreSat design. Tom Campbell, President of Space Missions
IMAGEWater production on exoplanets revealed by pressure experimentsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025 Researchers led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory postdoctoral scientist Harrison Horn have demonstrated a pathway for producing water on sub-Neptune exoplanets. The team recreated the boundary conditions between hydrogen atmospheres and magma cores using a laser-heated diamond-anvil cell. Horn stated, "Our experiments are the first to look at interactions between hydrogen and sili
IMAGEI Am Artemis: Ethan JacobsListen to this audio excerpt from Ethan Jacobs, a helicopter pilot and member of the Colorado Army National Guard developing a foundational flight training course for Artemis astronauts: High above the Rocky Mountains, Ethan Jacobs is helping NASA preparing to land people on the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. NASA […]
IMAGESmile approved for launch in spring 2026Smile has passed its qualification and flight acceptance review, meaning that it meets all requirements for launch. The launch window has been set for 8 April to 7 May 2026.
IMAGEReimagining space stations for the commercial ageIn this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss sits down with Marshall Smith, CEO of Starlab Space for a fireside chat at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, the next installment of the Center’s Discovery Series. The post Reimagining space stations for the commercial age appeared first on SpaceNews.
IMAGEOrbital cloud project to combine solar powered AI compute and satellite network in low Earth orbitLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 20, 2025 PowerBank Corporation is partnering with Smartlink AI under the Orbit AI banner to develop an orbital cloud architecture that combines satellite communications, AI computing and blockchain verification in low Earth orbit powered by solar energy. The project centers on two linked systems: DeStarlink, described as a decentralized low Earth orbit network for global connectivity, and DeStarAI,
IMAGEFaraday Effect Reveals Magnetic Role of Light in New StudyLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 20, 2025 Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have established that the magnetic field component of light actively influences the Faraday Effect. The team, led by Dr. Amir Capua and Benjamin Assouline of the Institute of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, provided theoretical proof that the oscillating magnetic field of light contributes directly to the Faraday Effect, challenging a
IMAGEArgonaut lunar lander family growsToday, the European Space Agency’s Argonaut lunar lander programme welcomes new members to its growing family. At ESA’s European Astronaut Centre (EAC) near Cologne, Germany, Thales Alenia Space Italy – the prime contractor for Argonaut’s first lander – signed agreements with Thales Alenia Space in France, OHB in Germany, and Thales Alenia Space and Nammo in the United Kingdom.
IMAGESARP East 2025 Terrestrial Fluxes GroupFaculty Advisors: Lisa Haber, Virginia Commonwealth University Brandon Alveshere, Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Mentor: Kayla Preisler, University of Arizona Terrestrial Fluxes Group Introduction Rice Rivers Center Director Chris Gough and Graduate Mentor Kayla Preisler Quinn Koch Monitoring Postfire Ecosystem Recovery With Spectral Indices and Eddy-Covariance Flux Towers Quinn Koch, University of California, Los Angeles Fire […]
IMAGESARP West 2025 Aerosols GroupFaculty Advisors: Andreas Beyersdorf, California State University, San Bernardino Graduate Mentor: Bradley Ries, University of California, Riverside Aerosols Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Andreas Beyersdorf Martha Santiago Aerosol Pollution in Two Coastal Agricultural Regions in the United States Martha Santiago, Northwestern University Although air quality has improved across the United States since the passage of the […]
IMAGESARP West 2025 Whole Air Sampling GroupFaculty Advisor: Donald Blake, University of California, Irvine Graduate Mentor: Oluwaseun Moses Akinola, University of Connecticut Whole Air Sampling Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Donald Blake Sarah Kinlaw Impact of Dairies on Ozone Production in Ontario, CA Sarah Kinlaw, College of William & Mary In the center of Ontario, California’s urban sprawl sits 5 square miles […]
IMAGESARP East 2025 Ecohydrology GroupFaculty Advisor: Dom Ciruzzi, William & Mary Graduate Mentor: Sarah Payne, University of California, Santa Barbara Ecohydrology Group Introduction Faculty Advisor Dom Ciruzzi and Graduate Mentor Sarah Payne Ethan Bledsoe Uncovering Hidden Green to Reveal Water: Can Spectral Unmixing of Vegetation Reduce Evapotranspiration Bias in Semi-Arid Landscapes? Ethan Bledsoe, Northwestern University Deserts push life to its […]
IMAGENASA Cassini Study Finds Organics ‘Fresh’ From Ocean of EnceladusResearchers dove deep into information gathered from the ice grains that were collected during a close and super-fast flyby through a plume of Saturn’s icy moon. A new analysis of data from NASA’s Cassini mission found evidence of previously undetected organic compounds in a plume of ice particles ejected from the ocean that lies under […]
IMAGEStation Nation: Meet Alyssa Yockey, Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory Flight LeadAlyssa Yockey supports the International Space Station from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston as a flight lead at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory is one of the world’s largest indoor pools where astronauts and support teams conduct trainings and other large-scale operations, both in the water and on the pool deck. […]
IMAGECuriosity Blog, Sols 4709-4715: Drilling High and Low in the Boxwork UnitWritten by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, Nov. 7, 2025 We are in the most intensive phase of the boxwork structures investigation — the drill campaign. The boxwork campaign group requested a pair of drilled targets — one in a hollow (the […]
IMAGEAvoiding a harmful lunar ‘gold rush’As shown by the recent SpaceNews editorials by Mustafa Bilal and Stirling Forbes, there is currently much talk of a coming lunar “gold rush,” with nations and companies seemingly in a mad scramble to access the moon for its alleged resources. But how realistic is this vision, and could the pursuit of it do more harm […] The post Avoiding a harmful lunar ‘gold rush’ appeared first on SpaceNews.
IMAGEHow drones are altering contemporary warfareCambridge, MA (SPX) Nov 14, 2025 A new book by scholar and military officer Erik Lin-Greenberg examines the evolving dynamics of military and state action centered around drones. In recent months, Russia has frequently flown drones into NATO territory, where NATO countries typically try to shoot them down. By contrast, when three Russian fighter jets made an incursion into Estonian airspace in September, they were interce