NASA Tests 5G-Based Aviation Network to Boost Air Taxi ConnectivityNASA engineers are exploring how the technology used in existing cellphone networks could support the next generation of aviation. In April and May, researchers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland built two specialized radio systems to study how well fifth-generation cellular network technology, known as 5G, can handle the demands of air taxi communications. […]
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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 2 O3b mPOWER satellites for SES on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape CanaveralThe mission represents the fifth pair of Boeing-built O3b mPOWER satellites to launch into medium Earth orbit. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:12 p.m. EDT (2112 UTC).
Four-legged robot’s first encounter with microgravityFor the exploration of planetary bodies with low gravity, such as the Moon or Mars, legged robots have an advantage over traditional rovers. One such robot recently jumped from wall to wall in conditions simulating partial microgravity and free flight at the European Space Agency’s Orbital Robotic Laboratory.
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch unspecified satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape CanaveralSpaceX disclosed neither the payload nor the customer for this mission launching from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for 1:04 a.m. EDT (0504 UTC), the opening of a 3.5-hour window.
I Am Artemis: Joe PavicicListen to this audio excerpt from Joe Pavicic, Artemis operations project engineer Joe Pavicic will never forget when he told the Artemis launch director teams were NO-GO for launch. Before Artemis I lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in November 2022, the launch team made multiple launch attempts the months prior. […]
New ESA gravity mission to detect weakening ocean conveyorAt the Living Planet Symposium, attendees have been hearing how ESA’s Next Generation Gravity Mission could provide the first opportunity to directly track a vital ocean circulation system that warms our planet – but is now weakening, risking a possible collapse with far-reaching consequences.
Arianespace and Avio Call for Enforced European Launcher PreferenceIn a joint statement published on 16 June, Arianespace and Avio have called for European missions to be launched aboard European rockets. The statement was presented on the first day of the Paris Air Show, being held in Le Bourget from 16 to 22 June. The statement warned that without “sustained support,” European rocket builders […] The post Arianespace and Avio Call for Enforced European Launcher Preference appeared first on European Spaceflight.
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape CanaveralThe Starlink 10-18 mission will be SpaceX’s 75th Falcon 9 launch of 2025. It’s targeting liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1:55 a.m. EDT (0555 UTC).
A Researcher’s Guide to: Microgravity Materials ResearchJune 2025 Edition Most materials are formed from a partially or totally fluid sample, and the transport of heat and mass from the fluid into the solid during solidification inherently influences the formation of the material and its resultant properties. The ISS provides a long-duration microgravity environment for conducting experiments that enables researchers to examine […]
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape CanaveralSpaceX will be attempting to land its 460th booster in the midst of the Starlink 12-24 mission. Teams are targeting liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 9:05 a.m. EDT (1305 UTC).
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How NASA advisory committees are navigating a new political landscapeSince the start of the second Trump administration, NASA’s formal advisory committees have largely been suspended. While the congressionally mandated Aerospace Safety Advisory Committee has continued its work, the NASA […] The post How NASA advisory committees are navigating a new political landscape appeared first on SpaceNews.
Interview with Dave Des MaraisLet’s start with your childhood, where you’re from, your family at the time, if you have siblings, your early years, and when it was that you became interested in what has developed into your career as an astrophysicist or research scientist? I was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1948, the youngest of four siblings – […]
Space assets could be held ransom. Will we have any choice but to pay?Ransomware exploits value. Attackers put victims against a decision to pay for the hope of the return of their system or lose it. For victims, it is hard to justify […] The post Space assets could be held ransom. Will we have any choice but to pay? appeared first on SpaceNews.
NASA Langley Uses Height, Gravity to Test Long, Flexible BoomsResearchers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have developed a technique to test long, flexible, composite booms for use in space in such a way that gravity helps, rather than hinders, the process. During a recent test campaign inside a 100-foot tower at a NASA Langley lab, researchers suspended a 94-foot triangular, rollable, […]
How Do We Do Research in Zero Gravity? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 62How do we do research in zero gravity? Actually when astronauts do experiments on the International Space Station, for instance, to environment on organisms, that environment is actually technically called microgravity. That is, things feel weightless, but we’re still under the influence of Earth’s gravity. Now, the very microgravity that we’re trying to study up […]
NASA Helps with Progress on Vast’s Haven-1 Commercial Space StationNASA-supported commercial space station, Vast’s Haven-1, recently completed a test of a critical air filter system for keeping future astronauts healthy in orbit. Testing confirmed the system can maintain a safe and healthy atmosphere for all planned Haven-1 mission phases. Testing of the trace contaminant control system was completed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in […]
NASA Interns Conduct Aerospace Research in MicrogravityThe NASA Science Activation program’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Enhancement in Earth Science (SEES) Summer Intern Program, hosted by the University of Texas Center for Space Research, continues to expand opportunities for high school students to engage in authentic spaceflight research. As part of the SEES Microgravity Research initiative, four interns were selected […]
Gravity Poppers: Hopping Probes for the Interior Mapping of Small Solar System BodiesBenjamin HockmanNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory The goal of this effort is to develop a robust and affordable mission architecture that enables the gravimetric density reconstruction of small body interiors to unprecedented precision. Our architecture relies on the novel concept of “Gravity Poppers,” which are small, minimalistic probes that are deployed to the surface of a […]



















