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Satellogic would produce satellites for Ukraine under a Halifax International initiative The post Halifax International raising funds to build imaging satellites for Ukraine appeared first on SpaceNews.

Computer vision models only work after they have ingested extensive data of various objects, which is not always available. The post Synthetic data helps train algorithms to spot rare objects appeared first on SpaceNews.

If you want to view the solar eclipse on April 30, you'll need sufficient eye protection.

Ligado Networks faces renewed calls to block its terrestrial wireless plans over GPS interference concerns as the company prepares to turn part of its network on as early as Sept. 30. The post Ligado Networks critics ste...

NASA says it expects to know by June whether a Russian cosmonaut will fly on a Crew Dragon mission in September in exchange for a NASA astronaut flying on a Soyuz, as the agency's leadership continues to express optimism...

Crew-4 will launch toward the International Space Station early Wednesday (April 27), if all goes according to plan.

Mars, the moon and asteroids will get a deeper look from these spacecraft with eight NASA mission extensions.

May's full moon, known as the Flower Moon, will undergo an eclipse on the night of May 15-16. Find out about viewing opportunities in our observer's guide.

Mars was recently shaken up by two of the largest marquakes recorded.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris called NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei earlier this month to congratulate him on his record-breaking space mission.

NASA has granted mission extensions to eight different planetary missions, citing the continued excellent operations of the spacecraft, but more importantly, the sustained scientific productivity of these missions, "and ...

Using new analyses, scientists have just found the last two of the five informational units of DNA and RNA that had yet to be discovered in samples from meteorites. While it is unlikely that DNA could be formed in a mete...

Advanced Cooling Technologies (ACT), a thermal management specialist, announced a contract with Planet to design and build structures for the first two Carbon Mapper methane-monitoring satellites. The post ACT to embed t...

If you're looking for a new telescope or a new pair of binoculars, these skywatching savings could be for you.

The famous Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky once said, "Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot remain in the cradle forever.” Tsiolkovsky is often hailed as one of the fathers of rocketry and co...

Future Mars astronauts may need to go underground to avoid dangerous radiation

The Drake equation is one of the most famous equations in astronomy. It has been endlessly debated since it was first posited in 1961 by Frank Drake, but so far has served as an effective baseline for discussion about ho...

China plans to develop a system for monitoring asteroids that pose a threat to earth, highlighting the nation's growing ambitions for its space program.

Launched back in 2018, Aeolus has outlived its 36-month in-orbit design life--but going above and beyond, it continues to deliver excellent data. This shows that there's life yet in the satellite, meaning ESA's wind miss...

You can watch a big asteroid make a safe flyby of Earth today (April 26) if you have strong Internet access.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will swing by Earth to deliver a sample from asteroid Bennu on Sept. 24, 2023. But it won't clock out after that.

Launcher integration for the inaugural flight of Vega-C began with the P120C solid-fuel first stage being delivered to the Vega Launch Zone (Zone de Lancement Vega, or ZLV) at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana ...