Finland’s ICEYE Closes €150 Million Series E Funding RoundFinnish Earth observation data provider and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite manufacturer ICEYE has closed a new funding round, securing €150 million. Founded in 2014, ICEYE operates the world’s largest SAR satellite constellation, providing near-real-time insights day or night and in all weather conditions. It manufactures its satellites in-house, delivering spacecraft for its own Earth […] The post Finland’s ICEYE Closes €150 Million Series E Funding Round appeared first on European Spaceflight.
Muon Space to develop sensor payload for missile defense satellitesThe company is adapting commercial thermal-sensing tech for military applications The post Muon Space to develop sensor payload for missile defense satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.
KATRIN experiment rules out favored light sterile neutrino regionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 Neutrinos are among the most abundant matter particles in the Universe, yet they interact so weakly that they are difficult to detect and study. The Standard Model includes three neutrino types, but their ability to oscillate between flavors shows they have mass and can change identity as they travel. For many years, anomalies in reactor and source experiments have pointed to the possible existe
NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim, Crewmates Return from Space StationNASA astronaut Jonny Kim returned to Earth on Tuesday alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, wrapping up an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station to benefit life on Earth and future space exploration. They made a safe, parachute-assisted landing at 12:03 a.m. EST (10:03 a.m. local time), southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, […]
Private capital targets mission-critical software power and platforms in new space economyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 Axle Point Capital and Balerion Space Ventures are directing new private capital into companies that build core infrastructure for the expanding U.S. space and defense economy, from mission software and guidance systems to deployable microreactors and high-temperature reactors. Axle Point's first transaction is a strategic equity investment in Odyssey Space Research LLC, a flight software and en
New island of inversion found in proton neutron symmetric molybdenum nucleiTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 For decades, nuclear physicists have known that so called islands of inversion mark regions of the nuclear chart where standard shell structure breaks down and magic numbers vanish in favor of strongly deformed shapes. In earlier work these islands were identified mainly in neutron rich isotopes such as beryllium 12 with N = 8, magnesium 32 with N = 20, and chromium 64 with N = 40, all distant f
Launch Roundup: China, Russia, Rocket Lab, ULA join SpaceX in flying this weekThe upcoming launch week, starting on Monday, Dec. 8, is a very busy one as… The post Launch Roundup: China, Russia, Rocket Lab, ULA join SpaceX in flying this week appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
XRISM Finds Chlorine, Potassium in Cas AThe Cassiopeia A supernova remnant glows in X-ray, visible, and infrared light in this Jan. 8, 2024, image that combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble, Webb, and Spitzer space telescopes. A study by the XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) spacecraft has made the first-ever X-ray detections of chlorine and potassium from […]
Space tested menstrual cup backs astronaut health on long missionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 Astrobiologist Ligia Coelho and collaborators have shown that a standard silicone menstrual cup can tolerate spaceflight conditions, opening another option for managing menstruation on long-duration missions. Coelho, a 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow in astronomy in Cornell Universitys College of Arts and Sciences and a fellow at the Carl Sagan Institute, leads AstroCup, a volunteer group
The World's Best Golf Resorts: Where Luxury Meets the FairwayLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 For golf enthusiasts, a memorable round isn't just about the score - it's about the setting, the experience, and the atmosphere. The world's best golf resorts combine championship courses with luxury accommodations, breathtaking landscapes, and first-class amenities. From the windswept coastlines of Scotland to the tropical beauty of Hawaii, these top-tier destinations offer more than just a game they deliver an unforgettable escape and some even let players enjoy
TRAPPIST 1 flares mapped to probe planetary habitabilityBoulder CO (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 TRAPPIST-1, a small star about 40 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius, produces flares roughly six times per day, and this activity complicates efforts to evaluate whether its planets could be habitable. A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder used NASAs James Webb Space Telescope together with detailed computer simulations to study how these flares arise and how
OroraTech expands GENA satellite platform with orbital testbed for scientific payloadsMunich, Germany (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 OroraTech has launched GENA-OT, the first mission built on its GEneric flexible NAnosatellite platform, on SpaceX's Transporter-15 rideshare flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The 16U CubeSat was developed under the European Space Agency's General Support Technology Programme with funding from the German Space Agency at DLR to provide a standardized satellite bus for scientific and technol
AAC Clyde Space secures ESA funding to develop Sirius EDGE on board computerLondon, UK (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 AAC Clyde Space has received SEK 4.7 million from the ESA Phi-Lab Sweden programme to develop the foundation for its next-generation Sirius EDGE on-board computer platform for small satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles. The work will be carried out at AAC Clyde Space in Uppsala together with subsidiary Spacemetric in Sollentuna and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. The proje
ESO signs MOSAIC deal for Extremely Large Telescope spectrographPotsdam, Germany (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 The European Southern Observatory ESO has signed an agreement with a large international consortium for the design and construction of the Multi-Object Spectrograph MOSAIC, an instrument for the Extremely Large Telescope ELT. On what will be the world's largest optical telescope, MOSAIC will simultaneously measure the light from hundreds of astronomical sources, tracing the growth of galaxies an
ONE Bow River backs Odyssey Space Research growth in flight software and mission engineeringLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 ONE Bow River National Defense Fund has taken a strategic stake in Odyssey Space Research LLC, a spaceflight software and engineering firm that supports government and commercial missions. The fund focuses on technology businesses that contribute to U.S. national security and the wider defense and space sector. Odyssey develops and supports flight software, guidance navigation and co
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 3,000th Starlink satellite in 2025 on record-setting 32nd flight of Falcon 9 boosterThe Starlink 6-92 mission also represents the planned launch of the 575th Falcon 9 rocket to date. SpaceX scheduled liftoff for 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 UTC).
ISS to change commanders before Soyuz crew leaves orbitLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Expedition 73 will swap commanders this weekend before three crew members return to Earth on Monday. Expedition 74 will begin once the home bound trio undocks from the Rassvet module inside the Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft the following day. Veteran Roscosmos cosmonaut and station Commander Sergey Ryzhikov will hand over a symbolic key representing command of the orbital outpost to four-time spa
Bio-hybrid robots turn food waste into functional machinesLausanne Switzerland (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 EPFL scientists have integrated discarded crustacean shells into robotic devices, leveraging the strength and flexibility of natural materials for robotic applications. Although many roboticists today turn to nature to inspire their designs, even bioinspired robots are usually fabricated from non-biological materials like metal, plastic and composites. But a new experimental robotic manipu
New mass measurements refine X ray burst reaction flowTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 A team at the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has directly measured the masses of the short lived nuclei phosphorus-26 and sulfur-27, providing data needed to determine a key nuclear reaction rate in Type I X ray bursts on neutron stars. The study reports high precision mass measurements of these proton rich nuclei, which are important for modeling the rapid
Digital twin successfully launched and deployed into spaceDavis CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 A dynamic digital twin designed by UC Davis researchers was launched into Earth's orbit last week aboard a SpaceX rocket. The innovation, which will model the current condition and predict the future condition of the spacecraft's power system, was carried by a Proteus Space satellite and is the first of its kind to be sent into space. The rocket was launched Nov. 28 from Vandenberg Space F




















