India's first space tech unicorn emerges as Skyroot gears up for orbital launch | TechCrunch
Artemis Program 4 months ago
India's first space tech unicorn emerges as Skyroot gears up for orbital launch | TechCrunch

Skyroot's valuation has more than doubled since 2023 as the Indian rocket startup prepares for the country's first private orbital launch.

Source: TechCrunch

Animated Artemis II Photos Reveal Satellites Buzzing Around Earth
Artemis Missions 4 months ago
Animated Artemis II Photos Reveal Satellites Buzzing Around Earth

Ok, this is incredible: this person on Reddit discovered that if you take a bunch of the sequential photos of the Earth captured by the Artemis II cre...

Source: kottke.org

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Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo’s New Art Island Made a Sunny Splash in a Rainy Venice Vernissage Week

ARTnews Top 200 collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo launched the island of San Giacomo in the Northern Lagoon of Venice for contemporary art.

Source: ARTnews

A researcher may have found a shortcut to Mars as NASA eyes red planet
NASA & Space Agencies 4 months ago
A researcher may have found a shortcut to Mars as NASA eyes red planet

A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to less than a year.

Source: USA Today

SpaceX just fired up its 33-engine Starship 'V3' Super Heavy rocket booster. When could it fly? (video)
Space Technology 4 months ago
SpaceX just fired up its 33-engine Starship 'V3' Super Heavy rocket booster. When could it fly? (video)

SpaceX just took a big step toward its next Starship test flight, firing up all 33 engines of the vehicle's Super Heavy on the pad in Texas.

Source: Space.com

Scientists found 10,000 possible exoplanets hiding in NASA data
Astronomy Research 4 months ago
Scientists found 10,000 possible exoplanets hiding in NASA data

It would appear we now have 10,091 candidate exoplanets to go through and confirm.

Source: Space.com

NASA & Space Agencies 4 months ago
NASA Fuel Cell Tests Pave Way for Energy Storage on Moon

With a small blue crane, four researchers hoist a cylindrical fuel cell, which looks like a stack of flattened silver and gold soda cans bundled toget...

Source: NASA

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United States Welcomes Paraguay's Signing of the Artemis Accords

The Department of State congratulates the Republic of Paraguay on joining the Artemis Accords. Paraguay is the 67th country to sign the Accords to dat...

Source: Globalsecurity.org

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Dr. Jitendra Singh holds bilateral meeting with French Minister India-France ties set for expansion in space, AI and emerging technologies

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, and Minister of State for PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances...

Source: Globalsecurity.org

Space Technology 4 months ago
Two Blue Origin Operators Just Joined a MACH 2+ Air-Launch Platform

Issued on behalf of Starfighters Space, Inc. Starfighters Space (NYSE American: FJET) added senior leaders from Blue Origin’s New Glenn program — a sm...

Source: Financial Post

These Remarkable Photos of Planet Earth Were Taken 50 Years Apart by NASA
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These Remarkable Photos of Planet Earth Were Taken 50 Years Apart by NASA

These Remarkable Photos of Planet Earth Were Taken 50 Years Apart by NASA   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by NASA Earth (@nasaearth) Las...

Source: My Modern Met

How working for NASA actually works, according to a former NASA astronaut
NASA & Space Agencies 4 months ago
How working for NASA actually works, according to a former NASA astronaut

Mike Massimino is a retired NASA astronaut and veteran of two Space Shuttle missions.

Source: Business Insider

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts saw flashes on the far side of the moon that cameras struggle to capture. Here's why scientists are excited
Artemis Missions 4 months ago
NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts saw flashes on the far side of the moon that cameras struggle to capture. Here's why scientists are excited

The Artemis 2 astronauts saw several impact flashes on the moon during their epic April 6 flyby, observations that have excited scientists and mission...

Source: Space.com

A beacon of light in swirls of dust
Astronomy Research 4 months ago
A beacon of light in swirls of dust

This latest Picture of the Month from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features Messier 77 (M77), a bar...

Source: Esa.int

Extended Reality at ESA opens new pathways for space exploration
NASA & Space Agencies 4 months ago
Extended Reality at ESA opens new pathways for space exploration

The European Space Agency (ESA) is using Extended Reality (XR) to support training, enhance operations, improve simulation environments, and to bring ...

Source: Esa.int

Indian space co Skyroot becomes first $1 billion space-tech startup with GIC, Sherpalo, Blackrock backing
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Indian space co Skyroot becomes first $1 billion space-tech startup with GIC, Sherpalo, Blackrock backing

Skyroot Aerospace, an Indian space company, has achieved a valuation of one billion dollars. This milestone follows a recent funding round securing si...

Source: The Times of India

Scientists discover “hell planet” with molten magma oceans and rotten egg atmosphere
Astronomy Research 4 months ago
Scientists discover “hell planet” with molten magma oceans and rotten egg atmosphere

Astronomers at the University of Oxford have discovered a new class of exoplanet called L 98-59 d, a molten world with surface temperatures of 1,500 C...

Source: Naturalnews.com

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SatVu zooms in energy facilities in Cuba, India and Australia

SAN FRANCISCO – British startup SatVu released imagery from HotSat-2, a thermal satellite built to keep tabs on energy infrastructure. HotSat-2, built...

Source: SpaceNews

From NASA’s Spacesuit to a $119 Folder: 14 EDC Knives
Artemis Missions 4 months ago
From NASA’s Spacesuit to a $119 Folder: 14 EDC Knives

Last month pulled us in fourteen different directions. A Benchmade riding inside an Artemis II spacesuit, a coin-sized hawkbill from Kizer, a Detroit ...

Source: The Gadgeteer

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Lunar Outpost raises $30 million

Lunar Outpost, a developer of lunar rovers, has raised $30 million as it works to revamp designs to meet NASA’s revised Artemis architecture.

Source: SpaceNews