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Administrators near sale of Reaction Engines' assets to preferred bidder
By FlightGlobal: Insolvency specialists handling the administration of UK firm Reaction Engines appear to be slowly closing in on the sale of the collapsed hypersonic technology developer's assets.
EU Space Act Explained: What Strategic Fairness Means for Industry
By SpaceNews.com: The EU Space Act: a call for true strategic fairness.
ESA Ministerial 2025: Portugal Doubles Its ESA Commitment with Hugo Costa
By SpaceWatch Global: Torsten Kriening speaks with Hugo Costa, Executive Director of the Portugal Space Agency, about what has become Portugal’s most successful ESA ministerial ever.
South Korea's multipurpose satellite to be launched this week by a Vega-C rocket operated by France-based Arianespace
By koreatimes.co.kr: Korea will launch a multipurpose satellite, tasked with providing high-resolution imagery for environmental monitoring, from the Guiana Space Centr...
Why NASA Needs Space Gardeners: Roadmap for Lunar and Martian Plant Systems Ahead of Artemis III
By Universe Today: Growing fresh lettuce and strawberries might sound mundane until you consider doing it on the Moon or Mars. An international team has created a roadmap for cultivating plants in space, addressing one of NASA's highest priority challenges for long duration missions.
Radiation‑hardening method could significantly extend lifetime of space solar panels
By Universe Today: What steps can be taken to improve and enhance the lifetime of space solar cells? This is what a recent study published in Joule hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated new methods for improving both the lifetime and performance of space solar cells from the harshness of space weather and radiation.
China’s Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 separate after pioneering geostationary refueling tests
By SpaceNews.com: China’s Shijian spacecraft separate after pioneering geosynchronous orbit refueling tests AChina’s experimental Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 satellites have separated in geosynchronous orbit after being docked for months conducting apparent low-profile on-orbit refueling tests.