Under the nighttime California sky, NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:43 p.m. PDT on March 14. Taking off from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Santa Barbara, the EZIE mission’s trio of small satellites ... Continue Reading »

Four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission launched at 7:03 p.m. EDT Friday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a science expedition aboard the International Space Station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled ... Continue Reading »

In October 2024, NASA’s Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer (OCHMO) initiated a working group to review the status and progress of research and clinical activities intended to mitigate the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) during spaceflight. The ... Continue Reading »

Written by Ashley Stroupe, Mission Operations Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 The days are getting shorter and colder for Curiosity as we head into winter. So our rover is sleeping in a ... Continue Reading »

What does an engineer do? An engineer applies scientific principles to design, build, and test machines, systems, or structures to meet specific needs. They follow the steps of the engineering design process to ensure their designs work as planned while ... Continue Reading »

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wānaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agency’s super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift balloons will travel the Southern Hemisphere’s mid-latitudes for planned missions of 100 days ... Continue Reading »

Airplane manufacturers running noise tests on new aircraft now have a much cheaper option than traditional wired microphone arrays. It’s also sensitive enough to help farmers with pest problems. A commercial wireless microphone array recently created with help from NASA ... Continue Reading »

The International Space Station supports a wide range of scientific activities from looking out at our universe to breakthroughs in medical research, and is an active proving ground for technology for future Moon exploration missions and beyond. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue ... Continue Reading »

Depending on your locale, equinoxes can be seen as harbingers of longer nights and gloomy weather, or promising beacons of nicer temperatures and more sunlight. Observing and predicting equinoxes is one of the earliest skills in humanity’s astronomical toolkit. Many ... Continue Reading »

Eight finalist teams participating in the 2025 NASA Gateways to Blue Skies Competition have been selected to present to a panel of judges their design concepts for aviation solutions that can help the agriculture industry.  Sponsored by NASA’s Aeronautics Research ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX mission to replace stuck NASA astronauts launches  FOX 31 DenverWatch SpaceX's Crew-10 astronaut mission arrive at the ISS tonight  Space.comSoon on NASA+: SpaceX Crew-10 Making Their Way to Station  NASASuccessful SpaceX Dragon launch in mission to get NASA astronauts on ISS back ... Continue Reading »

See Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander bathed in red during solar eclipse captured from the moon  EngadgetWhat did the eclipse look like from the moon's surface? See photos taken by lunar lander  USA TODAYA blood moon is rising: When and how to watch ... Continue Reading »

The ‘blood moon’ total lunar eclipse stunned in the sky — see the pics  AOLPhotos Show Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse Around the World  The New York TimesVideo Golden retriever can't pass local bodega without saying 'Hi' to his girlfriend  ABC NewsBlood Moon eclipse ... Continue Reading »

Elon Musk's SpaceX asks US to address foreign trade barriers  Yahoo Canada FinanceView Full Coverage on Google News Continue Reading »

4 rocky exoplanets found around Barnard's Star, one of the sun's nearest neighbors  Space.comEarth has new neighbors: Four planets discovered just 6 light years away  Earth.com4 Rocky Worlds Found Orbiting Our Sun's Closest Single Star, And They're Tiny  ScienceAlertFour small planets discovered around ... Continue Reading »

James Webb telescope spots 'rogue' planet with a cake-like atmosphere barrelling through space without a star  Livescience.comView Full Coverage on Google News Continue Reading »

Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 61st Electron Mission, Second Launch for iQPS  Business WireRocket Lab launches private radar imaging satellite to orbit (video)  Space.comRocket Lab launches Japanese SAR satellite  SpaceNewsAnalyst turns heads with new Rocket Lab forecast after deal  TheStreetWatch Rocket Lab launch radar imaging ... Continue Reading »

When does spring 2025 start? Date, time, meaning of spring equinox.  NJ.comWhen is the spring equinox and what does it mean?  BBC.comEmbracing the Equinox  Science@NASAPublic Invited to Mark Spring Equinox at the UMass Sunwheel on March 20  Amherst IndySpring Equinox Is Next Week: Everything ... Continue Reading »

Sporadic radio pulses from a white dwarf binary at the orbital period  Nature.comAstronomers crack the case of a mysterious deep space radio signal that repeats every 2 hours  Space.comMysterious Signal Coming From a Dead Star and Its Companion  FuturismAstronomers Found a Dead Star ... Continue Reading »

Starship to depart for Mars end of next year, Musk says  The Jerusalem PostSpaceX to send Starship to Mars next year, Elon Musk confirms  Fox NewsStarship carrying Tesla robot to depart for Mars by end of 2026, Musk says  FRANCE 24 EnglishElon Musk’s ... Continue Reading »

Scientists Crack 4.6-billion-year-old Space Mystery Using Asteroid Dust  The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel Continue Reading »

Fears city-killer asteroid may be hurtling towards Earth... but we can't see it  The US SunAsteroid 2024 YR4 Possible Impact Raised Eyebrows: Skywatchers Continue Working as Guardians of Earth  United States Geological SurveySpinning through space: The astronomers watching the skies for asteroids  BBC.comRemember ... Continue Reading »

DARPA Wants to Build Giant Space Structures Using Living Organisms  The Debrief Continue Reading »

Saturday Citations: A baffling discovery from Webb; the face of an early human; humans and dogs like to chill together  Phys.orgIs our universe trapped inside a black hole? This James Webb Space Telescope discovery might blow your mind  Space.comUnexpected JWST Observations Hint ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX to launch Transporter-13 rideshare from Vandenberg  NASASpaceflight.comLiftoff! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launches From Kennedy Space Center  NASASpaceX Delivers Transporter-13 in Week’s 2nd West Coast Launch  NoozhawkIntelligence and dual-use commercial satellites launch on Transporter-13  SpaceNewsSpaceX launches 74 satellites to orbit, lands Falcon 9 rocket for ... Continue Reading »

Was the Final Experiment a Success?  Answers In Genesis Continue Reading »

I Want My NASA TV  NASA Continue Reading »

Epic solar eclipse to be visible in WEEKS where part of the Sun will turn black - exact time to see it  The US SunView Full Coverage on Google News Continue Reading »

Breakingviews - EU’s big Starlink headache is time, not money  Reuters.comCould Europe replace Starlink if America pulls the plug?  The EconomistChina is more likely than the EU to replace Starlink on the Ukrainian battlefield  Kyiv IndependentA European Starlink rival's shares skyrocketed 390% in ... Continue Reading »

TOI-1453 c: A key sub-Neptune discovered in a system of two exoplanets  Phys.orgTESS and HARPS-N Unveil Two Planets Transiting TOI-1453. A Super-Earth and One of the Lowest Mass sub-Neptunes  Astrobiology News Continue Reading »

Among the 74 payloads on SpaceX’s Transporter-13 mission was a technology demonstrator from the National Reconnaissance Office The post Intelligence and dual-use commercial satellites launch on Transporter-13 appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched more than 70 payloads in the latest in its series of dedicated rideshare missions that have reshaped the smallsat industry. The post SpaceX launches Transporter-13 rideshare mission appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Rocket Lab launched a radar imaging satellite for a Japanese company March 14, the first of eight such missions under contract with that customer. The post Rocket Lab launches Japanese SAR satellite appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Four people are on their way to the International Space Station on a typical crew rotation mission that has become enmeshed in political controversy. The post Crew-10 launches to space station appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Rising defense budgets and geopolitical shifts are creating new investment opportunities for Europe’s space industry, early-stage investors said at the Satellite Conference. The post Investors bet on Europe’s space sector as geopolitical winds shift appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Join us Mar. 24 for an exclusive one-on-one live interview with one of the nation's foremost authorities on hypersonics. The post Live Event: The Hypersonics Revolution – A Conversation with Mark Lewis appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Parts of China’s space strategy might not seem directly tied to defense: plans for a joint Chinese-Russian lunar facility, a permanently-crewed space station or a burgeoning quasi-commercial launch sector. It’s […] The post What’s driving China’s commercial launch industry appeared first ... Continue Reading »

One of NASA’s greatest successes of the 21st century thus far came in a very unexpected form: a four-pound helicopter called Ingenuity. Ingenuity created a new Wright Brothers moment when […] The post Where no rover has gone before: how Mars ... Continue Reading »

HELSINKI — Chinese commercial launch company iSpace has secured new funding as it prepares for a first launch of its Hyperbola-3 reusable rocket. The company, full name Beijing Interstellar Glory […] The post China’s iSpace secures D round funding, targets December ... Continue Reading »

NASA says its program to use commercial spacecraft to deliver payloads to the lunar surface is working well despite just a single fully successful landing in four attempts. The post NASA hails Blue Ghost 1 mission as “proof positive” of CLPS ... Continue Reading »

Italian smallsat developer Argotec has unveiled a new modular satellite bus design that it believes provides flexibility in accommodating a wide range payloads. The post Argotec announces modular satellite platform appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Golden Dome will require more than just deploying sensors and interceptors. The system needs a 'collaborative autonomous network' The post L3Harris taps commercial AI partners for Pentagon’s Golden Dome program appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

The new head of the Federal Communications Commission’s space division says his focus will be licensing reform and spectrum access. The post New FCC space chief seeks licensing reform and “intensive” use of spectrum appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

If satellite manufacturers don’t find ways to compete more effectively, SpaceX could dominate their market. The post Join or die: How satellite manufacturers approach competition with SpaceX appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

In this week's episode of Space Minds, Dan Smoot, CEO of Maxar Intelligence sits down with host David Ariosto. The post When Pixels Become the Priority appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Europe’s investment in HydRON, a multi-orbit optical data relay network, signals a pivotal shift in how data is moved across Earth and beyond. The program aims to transform satellite connectivity, […] The post ESA lays foundations for the future of data ... Continue Reading »

While Starlink’s broadband contract wins often grab the spotlight, a panel of multi-orbit operators at the Satellite Conference here highlighted how they are also gaining significant traction with enterprise and government customers. The post Multi-orbit operators highlight growth outside Starlink’s spotlight ... Continue Reading »

RBC Signals is acquiring 10 six-meter antennas to expand its ground-station network. The post RBC Signals adds 10 antennas to global ground-station network appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

Cognitive Space will work with the Space Development Agency to optimize missile tracking and network routing. The post Cognitive Space claims two SDA awards appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

The agency has found that building a constellation of networked spacecraft is more complex than initially anticipated The post Space Development Agency adjusts satellite procurement strategy appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

HELSINKI — China is expanding its presence and capabilities in the strategically vital geostationary belt, raising security concerns due to unpredictable satellite movements, according to experts. Participants in a panel […] The post China’s expanding footprint in geostationary orbit raises security ... Continue Reading »

Isar Aerospace has won a launch contract from the Norwegian Space Agency as the company prepares for its first orbital launch attempt. The post Isar Aerospace wins Norwegian Space Agency launch contract appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

The loss of a solid rocket motor nozzle on the second flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur last October was caused by a manufacturing defect. The post Manufacturing defect blamed for Vulcan solid rocket motor anomaly appeared first on SpaceNews. Continue Reading »

In Washington’s policy circles, warnings about America’s declining space dominance have become a familiar refrain. Yet these concerns are not mere bureaucratic hand-wringing — they reflect a reality that experts […] The post America’s next Sputnik moment is already here appeared ... Continue Reading »

In 2023, ESA published more than 400 vacancies in engineering, science and business and administration and more positions continue to be published as we are always on the lookout for talented new colleagues to join us. So, what does it ... Continue Reading »

Week in images: 10-14 March 2025 Discover our week through the lens Continue Reading »

The European Space Agency is releasing the first catalogue of astronomical data from the Euclid space telescope, including three new enormous image mosaics with zoom-ins. Follow the reveal live on Wednesday 19 March at 11:00 BST / 12:00 CET. Continue Reading »

Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image showcases striking rocky formations amid the blue waters of Halong Bay in northeast Vietnam. Continue Reading »

Video: 01:08:00 Watch the replay of our Hera mission Mars flyby event. On 12 March 2025, ESA’s Hera mission came to within 5000 km of the surface of the red planet and 300 km of Mars’s more distant and enigmatic moon ... Continue Reading »

While performing yesterday’s flyby of Mars, ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence made the first use of its payload for scientific purposes beyond Earth and the Moon. Activating a trio of instruments, Hera imaged the surface of the red planet ... Continue Reading »

High above the Arctic Circle, on the rugged terrain of Andøya, three ESA radionavigation engineers take a rare moment to unwind with a game of shuffleboard. Outside, sheep graze under the shimmering northern lights, a serene backdrop to their demanding ... Continue Reading »

European scientists are asking volunteers to lie down on a waterbed for 10 days as part of a pioneering dry immersion study to recreate some of the effects of spaceflight on the body. Continue Reading »

Video: 00:03:21 Meet Hera, our very own asteroid detective. Together with two CubeSats – Milani the rock decoder and Juventas the radar visionary – Hera is off on an adventure to explore Didymos, a double asteroid system that is typical of the ... Continue Reading »

On Episode 152 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX launched its third mission in less than 13 hours this ... Continue Reading »

The partial solar eclipse on March 29, 2025, will be seen ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX's Crew-10 astronaut mission will arrive at the International Space Station ... Continue Reading »

After many previous claims and false alarms, astronomers can finally confirm ... Continue Reading »

What do you get when you fold together the contributions of ... Continue Reading »

Firefly Aerospace plans to launch its Alpha rocket for the sixth ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX launched the Crew-10 mission to the ISS today (March 14) ... Continue Reading »

Lego is off to a strong start with its range of ... Continue Reading »

Know no fear brother, because 'Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3' is ... Continue Reading »

A rock on Mars that may hold clues about ancient microbial ... Continue Reading »

Cosmic speed limits can be a major inconvenience but they've rarely ... Continue Reading »

A SpaceX photographer caught this time-lapse image of the March 13-14, ... Continue Reading »

The world of virtual reality doesn't have to be an expensive ... Continue Reading »

Director Peter Browngardt on Porky and Daffy's mission to save the ... Continue Reading »

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander witnessed a solar eclipse during ... Continue Reading »

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 74 satellites from California early ... Continue Reading »

China is planning to send two new crews to its Tiangong ... Continue Reading »

Rocket Lab successfully launched a private radar imaging satellite to orbit ... Continue Reading »

Young Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi Bobbleheads make a great addition ... Continue Reading »

The James Webb Space Telescope is investigating the Flame Nebula, hunting ... Continue Reading »

"From our perspective down in the trenches actually working for the ... Continue Reading »

While unraveling the mystery of why some planet-forming disks fall onto ... Continue Reading »

Relive the 2025 "Blood Worm Moon" total lunar eclipse with these ... Continue Reading »

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has assumed the top job at ... Continue Reading »

Tom Hanks knows there are two things that are going to ... Continue Reading »

This nostalgic remake of the 2002 animated classic arrives on May ... Continue Reading »

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander just beamed home up-close video ... Continue Reading »

During a flyby of Mars on Wednesday (March 12), ESA's Hera ... Continue Reading »

Capri Sun now shares another thing in common with NASA. The ... Continue Reading »

Europe's HERA mission has taken a good look at Mars and ... Continue Reading »

The moon will turn blood red overnight on Thursday and Friday ... Continue Reading »

The grand total of Saturnian moons is now 274. ... Continue Reading »

Here are the weather conditions that can be expected during the ... Continue Reading »

Intuitive Machines' Athena lander died inside a small crater near the ... Continue Reading »

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 21 Starlink internet satellites, 13 ... Continue Reading »

The moon will put on quite the show tonight; we've got ... Continue Reading »

The James Webb Space Telescope has found perhaps its most profound ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX scrubbed today's (March 12) planned launch of the Crew-10 astronaut ... Continue Reading »

The SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts have departed NASA's checkout facility at Kennedy ... Continue Reading »

From malevolent computers to Arcturian shore leave, here are all the ... Continue Reading »

For starters, they taught us that Earth is round ... Continue Reading »

"We were surprised that water could actually form so early on ... Continue Reading »

Here's a planet-draining primer on Galactus, the new 'Fantastic Four' movie's ... Continue Reading »

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two NASA science probes on ... Continue Reading »

The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus ... Continue Reading »

Here's how to watch all the total lunar eclipse action unfold ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX plans to launch the Crew-10 mission to relieve the current ... Continue Reading »

SpaceX's Crew-10 mission will send two NASA astronauts, a Japanese spaceflyer ... Continue Reading »

Astronomers have traced a starnge blast of radiowaves that repeats every ... Continue Reading »