Heriot-Watt University in Scotland has broken ground on a new £2.5 million optical ground station for quantum satellite communications.

Heriot-Watt Begins Work on £2.5M Quantum Comms Ground Station

Heriot-Watt University has broken ground on the new quantum communications optical ground station in Scotland. The Edinburgh City Council approved plans to build the optical...
The third European Service Module has begun its journey to the US aboard the Ariane 6 transport ship Canopée.

Europe Delivers Orion Service Module for Artemis III Mission

The third European Service Module, which will power NASA's Orion spacecraft, has left Germany and is on its way to the Kennedy Space Center...
The student-led Gruyère Space Program has continued to pass milestones in testing its 2.5-metre Colibri rocket hopper.

Student-Led Reusable Rocket Team Prepares to Spin-Off Tech

A group of students from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne in Switzerland have built and begun testing a vertical takeoff, vertical landing...
A Polish-led variable-thrust rocket engine project passes a milestone with a successful static fire test campaign.

ESA and Poland Test Fire Variable-Thrust Rocket Engine

A Polish consortium has completed a Phase A static fire test campaign of a new variable-thrust rocket engine. The Throttleable Liquid Propulsion Demonstrator (TLPD) engine...
ESA has announced that it completed a drop test for its reusable Space Rider spacecraft to validate its recovery system.

ESA Completes First Drop Test for Reusable Space Rider Spacecraft

The European Space Agency has announced that it has begun drop tests for its reusable Space Rider spacecraft in Sardinia, Italy. The testing will...
Dawn Aerospace Europe has introduced a Docking and Fluid Transfer port for on-orbit refueling operations.

Dawn Aerospace Introduces On-Orbit Docking and Refueling System

Delft-based Dawn Aerospace has introduced its Docking and Fluid Transfer port, which will be used in conjunction with its SatDrive propulsion system. Dawn is...
The German space agency DLR has developed a laser clock that will lose just one second every 30 million years.

DLR Laser Clock Loses Just One Second Every 30M Years

A laser clock developed by the German space agency DLR has achieved a record-setting level of accuracy for optical clocks, with a deviation of...
German startup POLARIS Spaceplanes has received the airframe structures for its MIRA II and MIRA III demonstrators.

POLARIS Spaceplanes Takes Delivery of MIRA II and III Airframes

Bremen-based startup POLARIS Spaceplanes has taken delivery of a pair of airframe structures for its MIRA II and MIRA III spaceplane demonstrators. MIRA II...
The UK Space Agency has awarded £4.8 million in additional funding to Rolls-Royce for the development of a space micro-reactor.

Rolls-Royce Submarines to Develop Nuclear Reactors for UK Space Agency

Rolls-Royce Submarines has received £4.8 million in additional UK Space Agency funding to develop a Space Micro-Reactor demonstrator. The funding was announced as part of...
The UK Space Agency has awarded funding to ten initiatives that are developing systems to extract purified water from lunar soil.

UK Funds Tech to Purify Water Frozen in Lunar Soil

The UK Space Agency has announced the ten finalists of its Aqualunar Challenge, which aims to promote the development of systems that will enable...
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