Astronauts say space station’s ultrasound machine was critical during medical crisis

The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station say a portable ultrasound machine came in “super ...

Bezos' Blue Origin to deploy thousands of satellites for new communications network

Jeff Bezos’ space company announced a plan to deploy 5,408 satellites, jumping into a market dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

Webb reveals a planetary nebula with phenomenal clarity, and it is spectacular

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of ...

NASA rolls out massive rocket for Artemis moon mission. See photos

NASA's towering SLS rocket that will help propel four astronauts on a historic journey around the moon is now visible at the ...
IEEE

State-Space-Model-Guided Deep Feature Perception Network for Insulator Defect Detection in High-Resolution Aerial Images

Abstract: With the advancement of high-resolution aerial imaging technology enabled by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), insulator defect detection based on images has emerged as a key approach for ...
IEEE

Service Exchange Based Symbiotic Space-Terrestrial Integrated Network: A Multi-Objective Optimization Perspective

Abstract: The space-terrestrial integrated network (STIN) is crucial for achieving ubiquitous connectivity in the 6G era. However, leveraging full potential of STIN is challenging due to the distinct ...
Ars Technica

After half a decade, the Russian space station segment stopped leaking

A small section of the International Space Station that has experienced persistent leaks for years appears to have stopped venting atmosphere into space. The leaks were caused by microscopic ...
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The Soviet moonbase they tried to build before Apollo, inside Project Zvezda and the rocket that doomed it

After Sputnik, the USSR quietly pursued Zvezda, a self-sufficient lunar settlement designed to expand in phases, hide under regolith, and run on nuclear power. This story follows the engineering ...
Interesting Engineering

World’s first modular AI service space powered by a humanoid robot unveiled in China

Chinese robotics firm AI² Robotics has unveiled ZhiCube, billed as the world’s first modular embodied AI service space. ZhiCube houses the company’s AlphaBot 2 humanoid robot within a customizable, ...
The New York Times

NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts

Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out. By Eric Niiler The ...
Defense One

2025 in review: Space Force

Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ plan would put weapons in space, at a big cost It’s a Cold War concept for a mission whose threats and tools have long since changed. January 30, 2025 | Patrick Tucker ...