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Magdrive and Perpetual Atomics Sign MoU to Pave the Way for Nuclear-Plasma Propulsion in Space

Magdrive, the developers of high-performance plasma propulsion for next-gen spacecraft, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Perpetual Atomics, the company behind pioneering space nuclear power systems.

From Magdrive 23 Jul 2025

Celestia UK Starts Building World’s First Ka-Band Multi-Beam Gateway

Celestia UK is announcing at the UK Space Conference 2025 that it has commenced the preproduction stage of a new generation of ground station gateway.

From Celestia 16 Jul 2025

ABB Infrared Camera on Hydrosat Satellite Delivers Strong Results and is Set to Enhance Water Scarcity Insights With Next Launch

ABB's collaboration with Hydrosat enhances agriculture with thermal imaging from the VanZyl-1 satellite, providing critical data for water resource management.

From ABB Measurement and Analytics Analytical Products 3 Jul 2025

Researchers Develop New Design and Fabrication Method to Make Lightsails for Interstellar Travel

Since its launch in 1977, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has traveled over 15 billion miles into deep space.

3 Apr 2025

Australian Innovation ‘Sifts’ Space for Mysteries

The first trial of an Australian-developed technology has detected mysterious objects by sifting through signals from space like sand on a beach.

28 Jan 2025

Astronauts Return to Earth Following Seven-Month Science Expedition on International Space Station

After seven months of living and working onboard the International Space Station (ISS), astronauts of NASA’s eighth rotational SpaceX crew mission (Crew-8) splashed down safely off the coast of Florida.

From ISS National Laboratory 28 Oct 2024

Finnish Technology Going Into Outer Space – Aims to Help Protect Earth from Asteroid Impacts

The hyperspectral camera ASPECT, developed by VTT, is on board the European Space Agency’s (ESA) space mission, Hera, to test the deflection technology of potentially hazardous asteroids.

8 Oct 2024

Quantum Space Sensor to Fight Climate Change

A team of European scientists is developing new space sensors that use quantum technologies to measure acceleration with great precision. This research marks a critical step towards future space missions that will track subtle changes in Earth’s gravity field.

27 Sep 2024

Alice & Bob and Thales Develop Quantum Algorithms for Next Generation Aerospace Equipment

Alice & Bob and Thales announced today a partnership to develop quantum algorithms capable of accelerating the simulation of aerospace equipment, such as radar or telecommunications antennas.

From Alice & Bob 20 Sep 2024

AFRL Funds New $5.5 M Center of Excellence to Advance Spacecraft Materials

Low Earth orbit (LEO), which consists of altitudes up to 1,200 miles above Earth, is the focus of a rapidly growing commercial space economy and is key for telecommunications, navigation, military operations, scientific research and human spaceflight.

From The Ohio State Univ. College of Engineering 16 Sep 2024