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Boeing warns SLS employees of potential layoffs
Space News - 8 Feb 2025 03:32
Boeing has notified employees working on the Space Launch System program that up to 400 of them could lose their jobs. The post Boeing warns SLS employees of potential layoffs appeared first on SpaceNews.
Space Junk Could Re-Enter the Atmosphere in Busy Flight Areas
Universe Today - 8 Feb 2025 01:10
In the more than 60 years since the Space Age began, humans have sent more than 6,740 rockets to space. According to the ESA’s Space Debris Office, this has resulted in 56,450 objects in orbit; about 36,860 of these ob...
NASA's 3D Observation of the Sun Will Include Images of a Solar Eclipse From Space
Discover - 8 Feb 2025 01:00
Learn how these advances in instrumentation could provide a better understanding of solar winds and improve space weather forecasts.
Lockheed Martin, Boeing compete for military satellite contract amid commercial disruption
Space News - 8 Feb 2025 22:15
The Space Force last year awarded Lockheed Martin and Boeing $66 million each for the first phase of the MUOS Service Life Extension program The post Lockheed Martin, Boeing compete for military satellite contract amid c...
NASA will beam Super Bowl LIX to orbit for astronauts aboard the International Space Station
SPACE.com - 8 Feb 2025 18:00
The Super Bowl is one of the most-watched sporting events across the world (for Americans), and there's a chance for astronauts living aboard the International Space Station to catch the big game.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 147 -- Not As They Seem
SPACE.com - 8 Feb 2025 17:14
On Episode 147 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik speak with Mick West, a passionate conspiracy debunker.
Croatia's 1st satellite captures its first views of home (photo)
SPACE.com - 8 Feb 2025 17:00
Croatia's first ever satellite has just beamed to Earth the first image of its homeland.
Exploring Venus may require exotic tech like balloons and 'aerobots'
SPACE.com - 8 Feb 2025 15:00
Scientists are proposing ways to explore Venus in the next decade and beyond by way of a host of advanced technologies, from balloons to long-lived landers.
Researchers confirm an exoplanet potentially capable of sustaining life
Phys.org - 8 Feb 2025 14:20
An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby sun-like star. The planet was originally detected two years ago by Oxford University scientist Dr. Michael Cre...
The Moon has Two Grand Canyons, Carved in Minutes by an Asteroid Impact
Universe Today - 8 Feb 2025 06:07
Our Moon continues to surprise us with amazing features. Scientists recently shared new information about two canyons that branch out from a major lunar impact. The site is the Schrödinger basin near the Moon’s South ...
Is Methane the Key to Finding Life on Other Worlds?
Universe Today - 8 Feb 2025 03:48
How would detecting methane help astronomers identify if exoplanets, or even exomoons, have life as we know it, or even as we don't know it? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to addr...
Vast Space now aims for 2026 launch of Haven-1 space station after key milestone (photos)
SPACE.com - 8 Feb 2025 01:00
With primary structure qualification tests complete on its pathfinder module, Vast Space has updated the timeline for the launch of its Haven-1 commercial space station.
FCC sets stage for SpaceX and wireless industry C-band showdown
Space News - 8 Feb 2025 00:20
The Federal Communications Commission looks set to launch a process to review new uses for upper C-band satellite spectrum at its first open meeting under Chairman Brendan Carr Feb. 27, potentially setting up a battle be...
'Marsquakes' may solve 50-year-old mystery about the Red Planet
SPACE.com - 8 Feb 2025 00:04
Scientists say AI has crossed a critical 'red line' after demonstrating how two popular large language models could clone themselves.
Space Junk Is Falling in Airplane Flight Paths, but Chances of Impact Is Low
Discover - 8 Feb 2025 00:00
Regulations to monitor and control the descent of debris linked to both new launches and old satellites could save lives.