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MILAN — The European Space Agency (ESA) has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with an asteroid due to make a close approach to Earth in 2029. ESA signed a contract worth €63 million (about $68 million US at current exchange rates) with OHB Italia at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) here on Thursday […]
Sierra Space plans to launch a trash compactor to the space station in two years — and some media outlets say the machine looks like Wall-E. An International Space Station (ISS) resupply mission in 2026 will send up the Sierra Space trash compactor for testing, company officials stated in a press release on Wednesday (Oct. […]
MILAN — If you’re going to team up with Prada for a 21st-century moon suit, it only makes sense to unveil it in one of the fashion capitals of the world. Axiom Space and Prada revealed the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit in a press conference held at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) here […]
Relive SpaceX’s epic Starship launch (and rocket catch) in these jawdropping photos and video (Image Credit: Space.com) Fresh images of Starship’s flight test on Sunday (Oct. 13) look like incredible abstract art from space. SpaceX released the photos late Tuesday (Oct. 15) to celebrate the fifth test flight of its Starship megarocket, which saw the […]
MILAN — After collecting the first-ever samples from the far side of the moon, China is now setting its sights on even more distant destinations — Mars, asteroids and Jupiter, positioning itself as a key player in space exploration for the coming decade. The country’s plans span the moon, near-Earth asteroids, comets, obtaining the first-ever samples […]
Hera probe snaps its 1st images of Earth and moon on way to asteroid crash site (Image Credit: Space.com) The European Space Agency’s Hera asteroid mission has beamed back its first images from space, capturing a stunning view of Earth and the moon. The Hera spacecraft successfully launched toward the asteroids Didymos and Dimorphos on […]
NASA Contractor Shows Off New Spacesuit for the First Moon Landing in Over Half a Century (Image Credit: futurism-com) The astronauts will literally wear Prada. Side of Luxury NASA contractor Axiom Space has shown off the latest design of its spacesuit designed to protect astronauts on the lunar surface. The suit, a collaboration with Italian […]
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a 107 million euros contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the supply of 6 additional radar-based satellites dedicated to the Italian Earth observation constellation, IRIDE. IRIDE imagery is courtesy of ESA. This second batch of satellites, as the previous […]
New Australian research using satellite imagery to monitor the location of emperor penguin colonies in East Antarctica, shows the birds are struggling to adapt to rapid changes in their environment. Australian Antarctic Division seabird researcher, Dr. Barbara Wienecke, said that for nearly one million years emperor penguins have responded to changes in their favored breeding […]
Some of the wild plants that grow across the Australian landscape may not be so wild, according to new research led by Penn State scientists. The researchers studied four wild Australian plants—three test species and one control group—and how the hunting-gathering practices of the Martu Aboriginal people affect where these non-domesticated plants grow on the […]
