NASA’s Europa Clipper, en route to Jupiter’s moon Europa, captured infrared images of Mars during a gravity-assist flyby to calibrate its thermal imaging camera. This crucial step ensures the spacecraft can accurately map heat signatures on…
Category: 2. Space
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Europa Clipper Just Tested Its Life-Hunting Tech on Mars – Here’s What It Found
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SES to demonstrate ‘satellite orchestration’ tech for military communications
WASHINGTON — As military operations increasingly depend on rapid and resilient communications across multiple domains, satellite operators are racing to provide not just bandwidth, but smarter ways to use it.
Under a new contract…
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Scientists May Have Found a Massive Ocean of Water Deep Beneath Mars’ Surface
Scientists have uncovered a seismic signature beneath Mars’ surface that hints at something astonishing—liquid water may still exist in the planet’s upper crust. This exciting research comes from an international team of scientists: Dr….
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Cosmic turbulence shapes structure and evolution of galaxies
May 16, 2025 Scientists mapped turbulent energy in the interstellar medium with record resolution, revealing magnetic effects and insights into galactic structure and star formation.
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Beyond launch: SpaceX’s expanding role in U.S. defense
SpaceX’s ascent from commercial launch provider to indispensable national security asset marks one of the most significant shifts in America’s defense industrial base in decades. As Elon Musk’s company extends its reach deeper…
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Hubble Captures Cotton Candy Clouds
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling cloudscape from one of the Milky Way’s galactic neighbors, a dwarf galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud. Located 160,000 light-years away in the constellations Dorado…
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NASA X-59’s Latest Testing Milestone: Simulating Flight from the Ground
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft successfully completed a critical series of tests in which the airplane was put through its paces for cruising high above the California desert – all without ever leaving the ground.
“The idea…
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Virgin Galactic says production of new spaceplanes on track
WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic says production of its new suborbital spaceplanes remains on track to allow commercial flights to begin in the middle of next year as it contemplates restarting ticket sales.
The company spent much of a May 15…
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Eutelsat’s DoD setback adds to GEO headwinds as LEO growth builds
TAMPA, Fla. — The sudden loss of a large U.S. Department of Defense contract has added to Eutelsat’s geostationary challenges as the French operator shifts greater focus to its low Earth orbit (LEO) OneWeb constellation.
During earnings…
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House hearing on asteroid threats also takes up budget threats
WASHINGTON — A House hearing about how NASA is dealing with the threat posed by asteroid impacts turned into a discussion about a very different threat: the impact of proposed NASA budget cuts.
The focus of the May 15 hearing by the House…
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