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Trump’s renomination of billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman is a tale of politics, ambition and vanityIt used to be that once your star had fallen in Donald Trump’s orbit, it was destined never to rise again. Any number of discarded former allies stre…
In today’s newsletter: As suppliers get ready to meet policy makers and space agencies at the industry’s largest gathering, a look at the exploration and exploitation of spaceGood morning. This week Glasgow hosts one of the UK’s largest ever gatherings…
NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected electrical discharges, dubbed ‘mini-lightning’, in Mars’ thin atmosphere, marking the first direct evidence of such activity on the Red Planet.These faint sparks, resembling static electricity, were recorded amid dust devils and storms using the rover’s SuperCam microphone and electromagnetic sensors.The six-wheeled rover, operational in Jezero Crater
The US‑licensed BlueBird-6 satellite, built by AST SpaceMobile, is scheduled to launch on 15 December 2025 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, on ISRO’s LVM‑3 heavy‑lift rocket, subject to final confirmation by Indian authorities.Weighing about 6.5 tons, it will be among the heaviest commercial communications spacecraft ever placed in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and marks a major
Blue Origin says it is aiming for another attempt as soon as Wednesday as competition with Musk’s SpaceX intensifies Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, was forced on Sunday to postpone the anticipated launch of its New Glen…
India’s Aditya-L1 mission, the nation’s first dedicated solar observatory, has delivered breakthrough data on the Sun’s violent activity. Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) in Bangalore, in collaboration with NASA, have made the first-ever spectroscopic observations of a coronal mass ejection (CME) in the visible wavelength range, using the Visible Emission Line
The NASA–ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, the first joint Earth observation satellite developed by India and the United States, will officially become operational on Friday.ISRO Chairman V Narayanan confirmed that the mission’s calibration phase has been completed, paving the way for full-scale data operations. The declaration will be made during a dedicated conclave scheduled for 7
President withdrew Jared Isaacman’s nomination in May but says on Truth Social he is ‘ideally suited’ for top roleDonald Trump has renewed his nomination for the billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to become Nasa administrator.“This evening, I…
Nasa chief Sean Duffy confirms 1969 landing was indeed real after US celebrity on TV show says ‘I think it was fake’Nasa has rejected comments made by Kim Kardashian about the 1969 moon landing and confirmed that it did, in fact, happen.During Thursday…
NASA’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator has successfully completed its maiden flight, marking a significant milestone in the agency’s quest to pioneer quiet supersonic travel.Developed in collaboration with Lockheed Martin’s renowned Skunk Works division, the experimental aircraft took off from Palmdale, California, on 28 October and landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base after a one-hour and