Greek CubeSat links up with a ground station by laser weeks after commissioning
ERMIS-3, an 8U CubeSat built by the University of Athens, has linked to an optical ground station in Greece, the country's first…
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NIH and NASA offer up to $7.1 million for quantum sensors that could cut animal testing
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NASA’s 368-page ISAM guide now lists only hardware that exists, and industry is asking for it
NASA Langley's 2026 ISAM State of Play covers 11 capability areas in 368 pages, and admits only hardware…
Three Norwegian firms win ESA deals to keep ships and drones on course under jamming
ESA signed three contracts in Oslo with Testnor, Norse Navigation and Rift Dynamics to build tools against GNSS…
Curtains of plasma wider than Britain may feed the Sun’s jets
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Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman is leaving astronaut life to become JPL’s deputy director
Caltech has named the Artemis II commander as JPL deputy director. He starts Nov. 30 and will also…
Everyday Mylar, stacked by hand, shows promise as Moon insulation
Penn Engineering researchers stacked Mylar films into a flexible insulator that kept its performance under heavy compression in…
Vietnam is the 78th country on the Artemis Accords, a week after Uzbekistan
Vietnam's science minister signed the Artemis Accords in Ha Long, NASA said, making it the 78th signatory of…