Gilmour Space completes first of four tests for world’s first interplanetary CubeSat propulsion system
Gilmour Space Technologies, a new space launch company based in Australia and Singapore, has successfully completed the first of four rocket motor tests for a CubeSat propulsion system that can potentially...
Indian lab discovers large exoplanet around a Sun-like star
The scientific team, led by Prof Abhijit Chakraborty of Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, have found a sub-Saturn or super-Neptune size planet (mass of about 27 Earth Mass and size of...
China Publishes Research Paper Containing Details of Mars Exploration Mission
SciEngine, a platform which publishes Chinese scientific journals, has made public a paper outlining China’s Mars mission.
Written by researchers from the China Academy of Space Technology, Beijing, and the Institute of...
Thailand’s mu Space unveils Iron Man spacesuit design, to develop terrestrial IoT apparel
mu Space, a Thai NewSpace company with plans to provide both satellite communications and space tourism, has just announced two new developments: a spacesuit design for space tourists, as well as...
Chang’e-4 relay satellite operating smoothly, lunar rover to launch in December
Based on the operational success of its relay satellite launched on May 21 this year, China has confirmed that the Chang’e-4 lunar rover will be launch in December as scheduled.
The announcement...
Why Titan is the best place for Humans in the Solar System beyond Earth
While almost everyone has their eyes set on Mars as the next destination for Humans in space, the truth is that we should probably not send people there (read why here)....
China-ESA SMILE spacecraft to launch on Vega-C in 2021
Between October 10-12, scientists from China’s space programme and the European Space Agency (ESA) conducted a review of China-ESA joint mission SMILE. During the review, they confirmed that the SMILE spacecraft...
What’s happening on Asteroid Day 2017
30 June is Asteroid Day, which seeks to raise awareness "of the Earth’s vulnerability and the realization that asteroids hit Earth all the time", and is held each year on the...
Facing the heat: the amazing engineering of the Parker Solar Probe
The other evening when I took a taxi ride home, the driver said “what a hot day!” as soon as I got in. She went on to explain that she had...
China’s Asteroid Capture Plan
Earlier this year, Chinese media outlets announced that researchers from the National Space Science Center in Beijing had come up with a plan to capture an asteroid and steer it back...
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