Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF), a division of the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, after eight years of preparation, will make available a huge amount of data from a joint mission of NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). NISAR satellite, neglected 30 July 2025 year Fr. 12:10 UTC from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on India's southeast coast, will provide free data to the global community. […]

5 August 2025 the year of Scottish Skyrora became the first British manufacturer, which has received a commercial license for space launches from the UK Civil Aviation Management (CAA). This license allows Skyrora to launch Skylark L Saxaward Saksavard Space, What is an important step towards creating a full -fledged launch system from a British territory. This event […]

SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts return to Earth after a five-month stay on the International Space Station (ISS). The Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft with four crew members ejects from the ISS 8 August 2025 year, and landing is scheduled for 9 August in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. Due to adverse weather conditions, particularly strong winds, NASA and SpaceX postponed the push […]

6 August 2025 NASA announced an ambitious plan to deploy nuclear reactors on the Moon and Mars by the end of the decade, to get ahead of the joint initiative of China and Russia. Directive, signed by NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy, mandates the appointment of a nuclear energy coordinator and the selection of two commercial projects within six months, emphasizing the strategic imperative of US leadership in space. […]

NASA awarded the contract to 176,7 million dollars with Firefly Aerospace (Cedar Park, Texas) to deliver two rovers and three scientific instruments to the south pole of the Moon. This mission, which is part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative (CLPS) and Artemis programs, will be the first, which will deliver multiple rovers and instruments in one flight, exploring the most complex lunar environments for […]

According to reports, the Trump administration has instructed NASA to develop plans to terminate two key Orbiting Carbon Observatory missions (OCO-2 and OCO-3), which monitor the level of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. These actions, started in July 2025 year, drew criticism from lawmakers and scientists, who call them illegal and harmful to climate research. OCO Mission Details OCO missions are assigned […]

Argo Space Corp. and ThinkOrbital announced a strategic partnership to launch in 2026 year of the first space mission, which will use long-range, high-voltage X-ray imaging to increase awareness in outer space (Space Domain Awareness, SDA). The mission will deploy ThinkOrbital's proprietary ThinkX system on the maneuverable platform of the Argo spacecraft, combining unique technologies for revolutionary capabilities in […]

NASA has officially terminated the Lunar Trailblazer mission, small orbital satellite, intended for mapping water resources on the Moon, after five months of unsuccessful attempts to reconnect, lost a day after launch 26 February 2025 year. This failure was another blow to NASA's SIMPLEx program (Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration), which is aimed at creating economically effective planetary missions. […]

5 August 2025 year Fr. 07:10 near Kyiv, the Rocket Lab company successfully launched the Electron rocket from the Launch Complex cosmodrome 1 on the Mahia Peninsula, UTC. The mission, called "The Harvest Goddess Thrives," delivered a synthetic aperture radar satellite into orbit (SAR) QPS-SAR-12, also known as Kushinada-I, for the Japanese company Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS). […]

As of August 2025 of the European aerospace company Airbus, Thales and Leonardo are continuing preliminary talks on a possible merger of their space divisions, despite missing the July deadline for deciding whether to initiate or cancel the merger. Discussion, which are conducted with the European Commission in the pre-notification phase, aim to create a single space company with annual revenue […]

04 August 2025 year Fr. 10:21 (UTC) from Wenchang Cosmodrome, The People's Republic of China launched an unspecified number of China's satellite communication satellites "SatNet LEO Group 07" using the "Long March 12" launch vehicle. «SatNet LEO Group 07» – The next party of communication satellites within the Global project "Gouwan". Communication satellites, will be unfolded in low Earth orbit for Chinese […]

04 August 2025 year Fr. 07:57 (UTC) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, with the help of the "Falcon" launch vehicle 9 Block 5 ”was launched 28 US spacecraft "Starlink Group 10-30". Satellites "Starlink v2" – these are larger and more powerful communication satellites of SpaceX. They weigh approx 750 kg and have a design with two solar panels to increase the number […]

In July 2025 the year of Japan's Self -Defense Air Force (JASDF) For the first time participated in a multinational cosmic defense training as part of Talisman Sabre, US and Australia conducted. The event took place at a military facility in Townsville, northeastern Australia, With the participation almost 10 countries. Training focused on: Collection and Analysis of Radio Dispex, aimed at satellites. Collision prevention procedures […]

The team of solarophysicists develops a new constellation of Space Weather Investigation Frontier satellites (SWIFT), which will use a solar sail to forecast space weather ahead of 60 minutes. This system is aimed at protecting critical infrastructure - power grids, aviation, telecommunications and satellites - from space weather threats, in particular, interplanetary coronal mass ejections (CME). Space Weather Threats Space weather encompasses change […]

3 sickle Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' company, launched six passengers into suborbital space, including crypto-billionaire Justin Sun. Mission NS-34, 34-and the flight of the New Shepard rocket, launched from the company's spaceport in West Texas 08:43 in the Eastern time (15:43 outside Kyiv). The most famous passenger was 34-year-old Justin Sun, founder of the Tron blockchain platform, which in June 2021 year anonymously […]

A new radiation-resistant layer, developed by the University of Surrey, significantly increases the durability of new generation perovskite solar cells for space use. This innovation makes satellite solar panels lighter, more effective and cheaper compared to traditional analogues. Engineers from the Institute of Advanced Surrey In cooperation with Oxford University, The University of New South Wales and several South Korean institutions have created a protective layer of propane-1,3-diammonium […]

Four SpaceX CREW-11 Mission Astronauts arrived in MKS. Crew Dragon Endeavur capsule faced the station 2 August Fr. 02:26 in the Eastern time (09:26 outside Kyiv), less than through 15 hours after launch on a Falcon rocket 9 from Florida's Space Coast. The hatches between the devices opened close 04:45 in the Eastern time (11:45 outside Kyiv), and the greeting ceremony […]

29 July 2025 the year at the ESRI users conference in San Diego, California, ESRI companies, Microsoft and Space42 signed a memorandum of understanding, by launching the Map Africa initiative – a five-year project to create the most detailed and scalable geospatial base map of Africa. The initiative will cover everyone 54 African countries and will provide high -precision cartographic data to support over 1,4 A billion people. The problem is […]

28 July 2025 European Commissioner for Defense and Space Andryus Kubilius said, that countries, which are not members of the EU, particularly Norway, Ukraine and Great Britain, can join the European IRIS² secure satellite communications network, which is positioned as an alternative to Starlink from Elon Musk's SpaceX. IRIS² Program Details IRIS² (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity, and Security […]

01 August 2025 year Fr. 15:43 (UTC) from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, US with the help of a rocket launcher “Falcon 9 Block 5" was launched by the US manned spacecraft "Crew-11". "Crew-11" is the eleventh regular crew rotation mission to the ISS. Crew Dragon Endurance will deliver four astronauts to the station, where they will stay for six months. Composition of the "Crew-11" mission: A woman […]