Canadarm2 Grips Cargo Spacecraft, Spacewalk Prep and Biology Continue - NASA A JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) cargo spacecraft is in the grasp of the Canadarm2 robotic arm following its detachment from the International Space Station’s Harmony module on Thursday. Th...

Via #NASA - Canadarm2 Grips #JAXA's HTV-X1 Cargo Spacecraft, Spacewalk Prep and Biology Continue www.nasa.gov/blogs/spaces...

Space Force Wants Payloads, Not More Rockets - Technology Org Pentagon space chief says launch is solved but payload manufacturing lags years behind. SBIR funding freeze and new defense spending rules add urgency.

www.technology.org/2026/02/24/p...

NASA's Artemis II will test laser communications system in lunar orbit The mission will mark NASA's first crewed test of laser communications in lunar orbit. O2O will use infrared light instead of radio frequencies to transmit voice, mission...

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The science of agentic AI: What leaders should know The science of agentic AI: What leaders should know

“(Gen AI) is firmly grounded in decades of foundational science in areas such as machine learning and neural networks. With agentic AI, we are in genuinely new territory, with few established scientific and engineering principles to set expectations.”

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On the left, this image shows SamCam, provided by the U of A to track the spacecraft’s sample head during its primary mission. The Y-shaped sample return capsule release mechanism is visible in the center in its deployed position. The OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter, provided by the Canadian Space Agency to create detailed 3D topographical maps of Bennu, is behind the release mechanism. To the right, one of the spacecraft's two navigation cameras, or NavCams, is visible.

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX just flew past Earth, making a course adjustment to asteroid Apophis in 2029. Apophis will come very close to us that year & could hit in the future.

OSIRIS-APEX will tell us a lot about Apophis...assuming the mission survives budget cuts. 🔭🧪

news.arizona.edu/news/osiris-...

X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft first flight - (b-roll unedited video) YouTube video by MechDesignTV

X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft first flight - (b-roll unedited video)

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3,842 airborne A320 family aircraft.

“Analysis... has revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.

A significant number of A320 Family aircraft currently in-service which may be impacted.”

Currently ~3,000 airborne A320 family aircraft.

www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/...

Secure World Foundation is teaming up with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for a special virtual session on space sustainability — happening December 3, 2025, from 15:00–16:00 CET.

Next week! 🚀
Join SWF & ITU on Dec 3, 15:00–16:00 CET for a virtual session on space sustainability, featuring insights from SSF-2025 & SWF’s 7th Summit.
Topics: STM, debris removal, policy, cooperation & orbital environment.
Don’t miss it! 🌍✨https://bit.ly/481rgrd

China finds jamming Starlink over Taiwan possible with enormous resources A new simulation by Chinese defense researchers suggests that jamming Starlink coverage over an area the size of Taiwan is technically possible.

interestingengineering.com/military/chi...

The NewGlenn GS2 stage has been tracked by astronomers in a 315 km perigee hyperbola with C3=0.23 which (preliminary estimate) will send it to a 0.98 x 1.08 AU x 0.1 deg heliocentric orbit (Further observations will refine this assessment)

HANDRAYAAN-3 was last reported by Space-Track.org on 2025-06-27. In September it became obvious from asteroid tracking data that the service module would encounter the Moon in early November twice. 🧵⬇️

"The number of active satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) has surged from less than 1,000 in 2019 to more than 10,000 today. As other mega-constellations join the fray, some forecast that number to reach at least 70,000 by 2030"
#space

Will quantum be bigger than AI? The highly-complex technology is increasingly being tipped to transform computing.

"The threat is so high that it's assumed everyone needs to introduce quantum-resistant encryption now. The moment such a computer exists is sometimes referred to as Q-day"

#Quantum #QuantumComputing #technology #Science

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If you want to satiate AI’s hunger for power, Google suggests going to space Google engineers think they already have all the pieces needed to build a data center in orbit.

Google's ambitious Project Suncatcher intends to deploy swarms of solar panel-equipped satellites in low-Earth orbit, each carrying AI accelerator chips designed for training, content generation, synthetic speech and vision, and predictive modeling.

The next solar superstorm could wipe out 'all our satellites,' new simulations reveal New ESA simulations suggest that a solar storm on par with the 1859 Carrington Event could wreak havoc on Earth-orbiting satellites — and it is a question of "when," not "if" this will happen, experts...

This would indeed be a bad day.
#space

www.livescience.com/space/the-su...

Self-assembling data centers in space are becoming reality as Rendezvous Robotics partners with Starcloud — Elon Musk chimes in that 'SpaceX will be doing this' "Move cloud computing closer to where data is generated."

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Chicken Wingius!

Wow that question had a lot more replies than I expected. Behold- the need for mirth is strong indeed

Night sky, long exposure from Big Sur, CA

What happens when the US stops funding the science behind SpaceX? The US could once again spend hundreds of millions of dollars - public and private - and end up no further along than the last generation of overreaching programs that never flew.

my Bloomberg story on SpaceX's use of government technology projects to build its world-leading space tech has been syndicated, so now it's easy for anyone to read for free: www.al.com/news/2025/10...

Earth Just Received Final NASA Laser Message From 218 Million Miles Away NASA's Psyche has set a new benchmark for space communications.

www.sciencealert.com/earth-just-r...

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) shortly after the end of astro twilight. As has been typical, the wider angle lens picks up a lot of green airglow. This is a composite of two images: one tracking the stars/comet and the other untracked for the foreground. Nikon D850, 35mm, f/1.4, ISO 200, 120 seconds.

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) shortly after the end of astro twilight. As has been typical, the wide angle view picks up a lot of green airglow near the horizon.

This is a composite of two images: one tracking the stars/comet and the other untracked for the foreground.

#astrophotography #landscape 📷

Spacebook.com consolidates a comprehensive set of space object information and metadata. It draws upon a rich set of space object databases and historical archives, including Space-Track.org, CelesTrak, Jonathan McDowell’s (@planet4589.bsky.social) GCAT, and COMSPOC. (1/4)

Unsurprisingly indeed..

I had not!

"this techno-centric narrative overlooks a critical reality: that militaries do not win wars merely by acquiring new gadgets, but by developing the institutions, training regimens, logistical networks, and doctrinal concepts that enable those tools to be used effectively at scale."

Satellites found exposing unencrypted data, including phone calls and some military comms | TechCrunch Researchers spent the past year alerting affected organizations, including T-Mobile and AT&T, but warn that large amounts of satellite data will remain unencrypted and exposed for some years to come.

That's for sure troubling.. techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/s...

absolutely

Agree, this is such a stupid idea.