December 16th, 2025
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With the launch on November 27 of Russia’s crewed Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS), it turned out there was more “blast” to their “blastoff,” so much so that the liftoff caused pad damage at Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome. The event happened after the rocket was well clear of the pad, so the […]
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In a “breakthrough” (my term) document, the United Nations environment program has grown some space legs. A new report from them is titled “Safeguarding Space Environmental issues, risks and responsibilities.” That group took the high road and dubbed them “Emerging Issues.” World embrace The report explains that the space sector is growing exponentially, with over […]
Mars Guy explores the never before seen face of NASA’s Perseverance rover, now on duty at Jezero Crater on the Red Planet. “Having a two-meter-long arm with a camera on it provides the opportunity for some really great selfies, which Perseverance has used for both hero shots and serious self-inspection,” Mars Guy explains. “But it […]
Today, NASA released its 2025 Architecture Concept Review on its Moon to Mars Architecture website. Revision C of the Architecture Definition Document is a snapshot of the current state of the architecture. The document captures two new elements — the lunar utility rover and lunar nuclear fission system — as well as […]
China lofted a Long March-12 carrier rocket on December 12 from the southern island province of Hainan. The booster sent a group of internet satellites into space – with the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) on the other end of expected debris from the rocket launch. The Long March-12 departed the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site. […]
China’s up and coming Qingzhou cargo spacecraft has completed multiple key technology verifications and entered integrated testing. Qingzhou, which means “Light Ship” in Chinese, is under development by the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The vehicle is expected to provide a low-cost solution for transporting supplies to and from China’s […]
From the folks that landed their Blue Ghost lander on the Moon in March of this year. Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas has announced a new commercial payload agreement on its Blue Ghost Mission 2 lander. Volta Space Technologies is providing a wireless power receiver, a technology demonstration for Volta’s planned lunar power network, […]
The late Willy Ley, a visionary science writer, rocketry advocate, and one of the earliest public voices to express what a true Space Age may become is on an Earth-departure trajectory. Next year, a symbolic portion of Willy Ley’s cremated remains will fly aboard Serenity Flight – an Earth-orbit memorial mission launching from Cape Canaveral. […]
A university team has found that small orbital debris hits can emit radio bursts when they collide or approach each other in space. The signal can be detected with large radio dishes on Earth, as well as satellites in orbit. One upshot of the research is to help monitor the onset of the “Kessler syndrome”- a […]
Overview Energy, a space startup, has announced its plan on building a constellation of large, deployable power-beaming satellites. Based in Ashburn, Virginia, the group has initiated an ongoing airborne program that has already demonstrated precise delivery of low-intensity, infrared light from a moving aircraft to solar panels on the ground. The power-beaming hardware uses the […]
