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Payload Space — Space 2025: Coverage & Analysis
By Payload: Content from Payload Space regarding Space 2025.
The Moon: 2025 Wrapped
By Payload: In the long push to get people back to the Moon—and this time, to bring with them long-term, sustainable infrastructure to support an ongoing lunar presence—2025 has been pivotal.
NASA Marshall testing shows MetaSeismic material reduces vibration and shock for spacecraft hardware
By SpaceNews.com: MetaSeismic material mitigates vibration and shock in NASA Marshall testing.
A Golden Era of Solar Discovery
By Universe Today: Scientists have achieved an unprecedented view of the Sun by coordinating observations between two of the most powerful solar instruments ever built. For the first time, observations from the Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii and the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft have captured the same solar region simultaneously from different vantage points.
The Radio Signal That Predicts Aurora Storms
By Universe Today: Scientists have discovered a crucial clue to understanding one of nature's most spectacular light shows, the aurora. Research from the University of Southampton reveals that just before these magnetospheric substorms erupt, a distinct pattern of low frequency radio waves appears above the aurora, radio emissions that surge in strength precisely as mysterious.
'MONA LUNA', a European Lunar Rover, Completes Test Campaign at ESA's LUNA Center
By SpaceWatch Global: MONA LUNA, has successfully completed a test campaign at the European Space Agency’s (ESA) LUNA center in Cologne, Germany.
STMicro has shipped 5 billion chips for Starlink in past decade; that could double by 2027
By Reuters: STMicroelectronics has shipped more than 5 billion radio-frequency antenna chips to Elon Musk's SpaceX for the Starlink satellite network, and chips delivered under the partnership in the next two years could double that number, a senior executive at the chipmaker told Reuters.