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ESA confirms data breach

30 décembre 2025 à 19:30
Illustration of ESA's Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (ARIEL) orbital telescope, which will study the atmospheres of exoplanets. Credit: ESA, CC BY-SA IGO 3.0

MILAN — The European Space Agency has confirmed a security breach of unclassified material from  science servers following reports on social media. A threat actor claimed to have compromised ESA systems and to have leaked roughly 200 gigabytes of data. According to screenshots shared on X by French cybersecurity professional Seb Latom, the actor alleges […]

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Indian rocket launches AST SpaceMobile’s next-gen BlueBird 6 satellite

24 décembre 2025 à 05:10

An Indian LVM3 rocket launched AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation direct-to-device BlueBird satellite Dec. 23, kicking off a rollout of dozens of spacecraft built around the largest commercial communications antenna ever deployed in LEO.

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ESA to hire 520 new staff as workforce expansion begins in 2026

23 décembre 2025 à 21:41
ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher speaks during a media session after ESA’s 342nd Council meeting. Credit: Screenshot of ESA recording

MILAN — The European Space Agency announced plans to hire approximately 520 new staff members starting in 2026, following decisions approved at ESA’s 342nd Council meeting earlier this month.  The recruitment will result in a net increase of about 400 staff, alongside the replacement of roughly 120 positions due to retirements. “This will be the […]

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Microgravity Research Rideshare Program Launched by Genesis, Experiments from €6K to and from SSO

22 décembre 2025 à 16:40

21 December 2025, Čakovec — Genesis Space Flight Laboratories launches its Microgravity Research Rideshare Program, making it easier and more affordable to conduct retrievable experiments in space. From now on, […]

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It’s time to unburden space cooperation with China

22 décembre 2025 à 15:00
Partial Lunar soil sample collected by China's Chang'e 5 mission displayed at Airshow China 2021. Credit: Wikipedia Commons; CC BY 3.0

The time is ripe to end the “Wolf Amendment,” a congressional bar inhibiting civil collaboration between the United States and China in space. The impetus for the law was noble — an attempt to challenge human rights conditions in China and prevent leaks of space-related technology — but in practice the ban harms our security […]

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Desert Works Propulsion expands U.S. ion propulsion capability through domestic manufacturing partnership and test capacity growth

22 décembre 2025 à 14:00

New Mexico — December 22, 2025 — Desert Works Propulsion (DWP) today announced the expansion of its domestic electric propulsion development and testing capabilities to address growing demand for advanced […]

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