Investigation fails to determine root cause of MethaneSAT failure
An investigation into the loss of a privately operated methane monitoring satellite could not identify a single root cause for ...
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Key antenna in NASA’s Deep Space Network damaged
One of the largest antennas in NASA’s Deep Space Network was damaged in September and may be out of service ...
How AI fixed the James Webb Space Telescope’s blurry vision
An ultra-high-resolution instrument on board NASA's $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope has been suffering from blurry vision. AI helped ...
These 5 Venus missions could launch in the next decade to study Earth’s ‘evil twin’
Several new missions to Venus are expected in the late 2020s and early 2030s, but some of them depend on ...
Mysterious smoldering wreckage in Australian Outback is likely part of a Chinese rocket
A piece of smoldering wreckage found in Western Australia is likely part of a Chinese rocket that crashed to Earth ...
Rocket test proves bacteria survive space launch and re-entry unharmed
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Oct 07, 2025 A world-first study has proven microbes essential for human health can survive the extreme ...
Yeast withstands Mars-like shocks and toxic salts in survival test
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 15, 2025 Life on Mars, if it ever existed, would need to survive an environment defined ...
Key ExoMars Rover part ships from Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth, Wales (SPX) Oct 13, 2025 The search for life on Mars takes a leap forward today, as a key ...
Beyond the downlink: Why Earth-independent AI is the next moat in space operations
Every new space mission runs into the same wall: physics and fragility. Physics, because the speed of light and contested ...
Beyond Gravity plans US push after fivefold boost in European solar mechanism output
Beyond Gravity is weighing expanding solar array drive mechanism production in Florida to support Golden Dome and other U.S. space ...