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STRASBOURG, France -- Leanspace, a leading provider of ground segment solutions, announced on September 17 that it has won the France 2030 "UMBRELLA" Project, valued at €10.5 million, along with […] The post Leanspac...

Saltzman pointed to initiatives like the establishment of the Space Futures Command and enhancements in training programs as steps toward building a more agile and effective force The post Space Force chief urges readine...

Moon dust, or regolith, isn't like the particles on Earth that collect on bookshelves or tabletops - it's abrasive and it clings to everything. Throughout NASA's Apollo missions to the Moon, regolith posed a challenge to...

The TacSRT program "complements the exquisite work done by the intelligence community with unclassified operational planning products delivered on tactically relevant timelines" The post U.S. Space Force chief endorses c...

PARIS - By 2030, France plans to have an active capability to defend the space assets its armed forces rely upon, said Eva Portier, space deputy in the French armament […] The post French armament agency responds to sp...

NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton, Colorado, to develop a lightning mapping instrument as part of NOAA's Geostationary Extended...

Astronomers have uncovered the "Neptunian Ridge," a newly identified feature in the distribution of exoplanets. This discovery, led by an international team including members of the University of Geneva, The NCCR PlanetS...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch two European navigation satellites tonight (Sept. 17). It will be the 22nd flight for this particular booster.

In an era of increasing global launch rates, heightened by the buckshot approach to tossing mega-satellite constellations into Earth orbit, there's also escalating anxiety about the ramifications from reentry of […] Th...

The first NASA spacecraft dedicated to studying an ocean world beyond Earth, Europa Clipper aims to find out whether the ice-encased moon Europa could be habitable.

Americans are famously fond of their guns. So it should come as no surprise that a team of NASA scientists has devised a way to “shoot” a modified type of sensor into the soil of an otherworldly body and determine wh...

Is it time for space lasers yet? Almost. As time passes, ideas that were once confined to the realm of science fiction become more realistic. It’s true of things like using robots to explore other worlds. Space lasers ...

From Sept. 6-7, 2024, NASA's Johnson Space Center brought the excitement of space exploration to the annual Japan Festival at Hermann Park in Houston.   The lively cultural event featured traditional food, dance, marti...

The commander of the daring space voyage that included the first-ever spacewalk by private astronauts described opening the hatch into the void as an "emotional experience" that left him in awe, yet deeply aware of the d...

The FAA has proposed fining SpaceX more than $630,000 for allegedly failing to comply with regulations on two launches in 2023.

Introduction The NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 mission (ICESat-2), launched September 15, 2018, continues the first ICESat mission, delivering invaluable global altimetry data. Notwithstanding its icy a...

Mission concepts to the outer solar system are relatively common, as planetary scientists are increasingly frustrated by our lack of knowledge of the farthest planets. Neptune, the farthest known planet, was last visited...

Read this news release in English here. Para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana, la NASA publica nuevos contenidos para Universo curioso de la NASA, el primer pódcast en español de la agencia, que inicia ahora su s...

Lee este comunicado de prensa en español aquí. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, NASA is releasing new content for Universo curioso de la NASA, the agency's first Spanish-language podcast, now in its second se...

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will sweep around the sun on Sept. 27 to make a brief foray into the morning sky. Will it be a bright naked-eye object with a significant tail? Here's where and when you might be able to see it.

The spacecraft bus that will deliver NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to its orbit and enable it to function once there is now complete after years of construction, installation, and testing.

The inaugural Manufacturo Customer Day 2024 (MCD 2024) brings our customers, fellow industry executives, and our product and industry experts together to learn, network, inspire, and celebrate our joint successes. […] ...