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February 26, 2025
ROCKET SCIENCE
Gilmour Space Sets March 15 Launch Window for Eris Orbital Rocket



Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
Gold Coast and Bowen, Australia - February 24, 2025 - Gilmour Space Technologies has confirmed that its first orbital rocket, Eris, is set for launch no earlier than March 15. This milestone marks Australia's first domestically designed and built rocket attempting to reach orbit. The announcement follows the final regulatory approvals from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and Airservices Australia, clearing the last procedural steps required for the mission. This achievement represents y ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
Throttled Power Rocket Engine Demonstrator Completes Extended Hot-Fire Tests
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
A cutting-edge rocket engine demonstrator, developed by the Lukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Aviation, has completed an extended hot-fire testing phase, demonstrating its ability to dynam ... more
MARSDAILY
Have we been wrong about why Mars is red
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
New research combining spacecraft data from the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA with advanced laboratory experiments suggests that Mars developed its distinctive red hue much earlier in its his ... more
IRON AND ICE
Asteroid 2024 YR4 No Longer a Significant Impact Threat
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Planetary Defence Office has significantly downgraded the risk posed by asteroid 2024 YR4, reducing its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 to a negligible 0.001 ... more
IRON AND ICE
NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Takes Its 1st Images of Asteroid Donaldjohanson
San Antonio TX (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
NASA's Lucy spacecraft has its next flyby target, the small main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, in its sights. By blinking between images captured by Lucy on Feb. 20 and 22, this animation shows the ... more
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IRON AND ICE
Chance huge asteroid will hit Earth down to 0.001 percent
Paris (AFP) Feb 25, 2025
The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 percent, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday. ... more
MOON DAILY
MIT engineers prepare to send three payloads to the moon
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
In the coming days, weather permitting, MIT engineers and scientists will send three payloads into space, on a course set for the moon's south polar region. ... more
MOON DAILY
Private US company set for second Moon landing attempt
Washington (AFP) Feb 26, 2025
Intuitive Machines made history last year as the first private company to put a robot on the Moon, although the triumph was marred by the lander tipping onto its side. ... more
MARSDAILY
Gardens on Mars? No, Just Rocks!
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 26, 2025
Over the past week, Perseverance has been parked at a location called "Tablelands," an area containing the "Serpentine Lake" abrasion patch acquired a few weeks ago. The Mars 2020 team has been dili ... more

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MARSDAILY
Rover finds evidence of 'vacation-style' beaches on Mars
University Park PA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
Mars may have once been home to sun-soaked, sandy beaches with gentle, lapping waves according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). An intern ... more
MOON DAILY
NASA Prepares Gateway Lunar Space Station for Artemis Missions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
The Power and Propulsion Element for NASA's Gateway lunar space station is currently undergoing assembly, setting the stage for its mission to orbit the Moon as part of the Artemis program. This cru ... more
MARSDAILY
Ancient beaches testify to long-ago ocean on Mars
Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
A Chinese rover that landed on Mars in 2021 detected evidence of underground beach deposits in an area thought to have once been the site of an ancient sea, providing further evidence that the plane ... more
MARSDAILY
Laser-powered spectrometer tested on Earth may uncover microbial fossils on Mars
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
The possibility that microbial life once thrived in ancient Martian waters has intrigued scientists for years. Now, researchers have demonstrated a method to detect fossilized microbes in gypsum dep ... more
OUTER PLANETS
NASA's Europa Clipper Leverages Mars for Critical Gravity Assist
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
On March 1, NASA's Europa Clipper will execute a close flyby of Mars, passing just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the planet's surface. This maneuver, known as a gravity assist, will adjust the sp ... more
EXO WORLDS
Today's forecast Partially cloudy skies on an ultra-hot Neptune
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
New insights into the extreme atmosphere of LTT 9779 b, a rare ultra-hot Neptune, have emerged from observations conducted using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Led by Louis-Philippe Coulombe ... more
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SOLAR SCIENCE
NASA's EZIE Launching to Study Magnetic Fingerprints of Earth's Aurora
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
High above Earth's poles, intense electrical currents called electrojets flow through the upper atmosphere when auroras glow in the sky. These auroral electrojets push about a million amps of electrical charge around the poles every second. ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
Proba-3 Prepares for Solar Corona Observations with Stellar Alignment Test
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
The European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission is set to generate artificial solar eclipses in orbit, enabling scientists to conduct prolonged studies of the Sun's corona-observations that are otherwis ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
UAH team determine local dark matter density using direct acceleration measurements
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti, the Pei-Ling Chan Endowed Chair in the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), and her team have pioneered the use of gravitational acceleration ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
The Galactic Voyage of Our Solar System
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
An international team of researchers, led by the University of Vienna, has determined that our Solar System journeyed through the Orion star-forming complex, a key structure within the Radcliffe Wav ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Shenzhou 19 Crew Advances Scientific Research and Conducts Training in Space
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 26, 2025
Astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station have been actively engaged in scientific research and technical tasks, as confirmed by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). A video released b ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
SpaceX targeting Friday for next test of Starship megarocket
Washington (AFP) Feb 24, 2025
Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing for the next test flight of its Starship megarocket on Friday, following a dramatic mid-air explosion over the Caribbean during its last trial. ... more
MARSDAILY
New evidence suggests gypsum deposits on Mars may hold signs of ancient life
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 25, 2025
A research collaboration between the University of Bern and the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene in Algeria has yielded significant progress in astrobiology. Their recent study ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Moon-Exposed Grass Seeds to Be Cultivated on Earth
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 21, 2025
Herders in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region may soon have access to a unique variety of forage, as researchers are set to cultivate grass seeds that have undergone a journey to the moon. These seeds ... more
SPACEWAR
Deep Space advanced radar capability makes tremendous progress in first year
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2025
Just one year after signing a ground-breaking trilateral agreement, the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability partnership is completing facilities construction at the first of three sites that will h ... more
SPACEWAR
Foreign Military Sales Conference Ushers in New Era for Space Systems Command
Los Angeles CA (AFNS) Feb 24, 2025
In anticipation of what some in the defense industry are calling a "tidal wave" of new foreign military sales cases, Space Systems Command hosted a first-ever Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Enterprise ... more
SPACEWAR
Kapta Space debuts metamaterials radar system for defense and earth observation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2025
Kapta Space a Seattle-based space technology firm has emerged from stealth mode with a fresh 5 million seed round to drive the development of its breakthrough radar imaging system. The funding round ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
BlackSky Secures Strategic International Contract for Subscription-Based Gen-2 Imagery Services
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2025
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has secured a six-figure contract with a new strategic international client to provide subscription-based on-demand Gen-2 imagery and analytics services. As par ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
Eyeing China and US, EU hopes clean tech boost will spark growth
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 20, 2025
How do you solve Europe's lagging economic growth and reverse its industrial decline? That is the challenge the EU faces as the bloc comes under fierce pressure from US President Donald Trump's tariffs and a rising China. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Pierogi Make Their Debut Aboard the International Space Station
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 16, 2025
ESA project astronaut Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski is bringing a unique culinary touch to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the upcoming Axiom Mission 4. For the first time, traditiona ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Blue Moon mission drives NanoAvionics SuperSharp thermal imaging innovation
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2025
Based in the UK and a member of the Satlantis group, SuperSharp has chosen the Kongsberg NanoAvionics MP42 microsatellite platform for its pioneering Blue Moon mission. This unique Thermal InfraRed ... more
WATER WORLD
INFLECION project to revolutionize maritime security
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 21, 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) has partnered with AAC Clyde Space to launch the first phase of INFLECION, a satellite constellation project aimed at transforming Maritime Domain Awareness. This ini ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
ESA Red Cross alliance advances crisis response
Paris, France (SPX) Feb 24, 2025
The European Space Agency (ESA) in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has signed a Memorandum of Intent to leverage space technology for global humanitarian aid. ... more
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