Isaacman opens door to alternatives to moving shuttle Discovery to Houston
WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman suggested he would be open to transferring a spacecraft other than the space shuttle Discovery…
HyPrSpace looks for applications beyond launch for its hybrid propulsion technology
WASHINGTON — A French launch startup that recently closed a funding round is seeking defense applications for its hybrid propulsion…
Proposal to dismantle NCAR would have space science impacts
NEW ORLEANS — A proposal by the Trump administration to dismantle a leading atmospheric science center would also have implications for space…
‘Stop and re-check everything’: Scientists discover 26 …
NASA‘s cleanrooms rank among the cleanest spaces on Earth, and for good reason — these sterile spaces are fortified to prevent even the…
China hits 90 launches as Guowang deployment continues, Fengyun-4C heads to GEO
HELSINKI — China reached 90 orbital launches in 2025 with consecutive Long March missions deploying Guowang megaconstellation satellites and…
Synspective tapped to provide satellite imagery for Japan’s new military constellation
WASHINGTON — Japanese radar-imaging company Synspective has been selected as a partner in a Japan Ministry of Defense project to build and…
Stunning array of 400 rings in a ‘reflection’ nebula so…
Composite image of the star-forming region NGC 1333 obtained by combining data from the 8.2 m Subaru Telescope and the Digitized Sky Survey.…
Is the sun really a dwarf star?
The sun is the biggest object in the solar system; at about 865,000 miles (1.4 million kilometers) across, it’s more than 100 times…