NASA's twin ESCAPADE probes complete powered Earth flybys and head for Mars
Each probe's roughly nine-minute burn came at its closest pass of Earth, on November 7 and 9. NASA says both are on target for Mars in September 2027.
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AST SpaceMobile says it will build its own reusable rocket, Blacklift, using Firefly engines
AST wants Blacklift flying from late 2028, carrying up to five BlueBirds at a time. Until then it relies on SpaceX, Blue Origin and others, its filings show.
Firefly Aerospace's third-quarter revenue more than triples to $110.7 million, with $1.7 billion backlog
Spacecraft and defense software work drove the rise, and the net loss narrowed to $94.2 million. Firefly expects 2026 revenue of $440 million to $450 million.
New analysis reproduces the ring in the 2019 M87 black hole image, CSIRO team reports
Four CSIRO researchers report a 42.2-microarcsecond ring from telescope data combined in triplets, in line with the Event Horizon Telescope's 2019 result.
NOAA forecasters see minor geomagnetic storms as likely on November 17-18 and 27-28
SWPC ties the likely G1 days to coronal-hole solar wind. At G1, NOAA says, auroras are commonly visible at high latitudes such as northern Michigan and Maine.
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See all Industry & PolicyRocket Lab posts $268 million quarter and now expects Neutron's first launch in 2027
Revenue rose 73% from a year earlier and backlog reached $3.57 billion, Rocket Lab said, while a flaw in a composite tank pushed back its new rocket.
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