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Space News

  • A Siberian Snowman in Billings

    Winds, waves, and ice near a remote town on the Chukchi Peninsula have sculpted a series of coastal inshore lagoons that resemble an icon of winter.

  • Novel Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe instrument delivers first-light data

    Southwest Research Institute's novel Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument aboard NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft has successfully collected first-light data. IMAP launched in September to help researchers better understand the boundary of the heliosphere, the magnetic bubble that surrounds and protects our solar system.

  • Exploring the origins of the universe: 145 low-noise amplifiers complete ALMA telescopes

    The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) in the Chilean Andes is one of the most powerful radio telescope facilities in the world. Researchers use it to study dark and distant regions of the universe in order to better understand how stars, planets, galaxies and life itself are formed.

  • Image: Hatch thermal cover protects space station vestibule

    Clockwise from left, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui and NASA astronauts Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman, and Mike Fincke pose for a playful portrait through a circular opening in a hatch thermal cover aboard the International Space Station on Sept. 18, 2025.

  • NASA JPL tests future lunar craft with shake-up

    The same historic facilities that some 50 years ago prepared NASA's twin Voyager probes for their ongoing interstellar odyssey are helping to ready a towering commercial spacecraft for a journey to the moon. Launches involve brutal shaking and astonishingly loud noises, and testing in these facilities mimics those conditions to help ensure mission hardware can survive the ordeal.

Space Industry Jobs

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    Director of Programmes

    The European Southern Observatory · Garching, BY, Germany
    €10,000 - €15,000 per month

    Reporting directly to the Director General, the Director of Programmes leads ESO's major programmes and oversees the Organisation's programmatic framework. The Director of Programmes is responsible for programme planning and control, for providing project-management capabilities across ESO, and for guiding the design...

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    Astronomer / VLTI Project Scientist

    The European Southern Observatory · Garching, BY, Germany
    €5,000 - €10,000 per month

    The Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) is an ESO flagship infrastructure and facility combining the light from the four 8.2-meter Unit Telescopes and the four associated movable Auxiliary Telescopes. Its development recently included the GRAVITY and MATISSE instruments, and the planned final commissioning...

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    ELT Programme Scientist

    The European Southern Observatory · Garching, BY, Germany
    €7,500 - €11,000 per month

    The ELT Programme Scientist provides the overall scientific leadership for the ELT and its suite of instruments. The role encompasses all scientific aspects of the ELT Construction Programme, covering the telescope itself, and the development of its instruments under the ESO Instrumentation Programme. A key...

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    Senior Photonics Design Engineer

    MBRYONICS · Galway, G, Ireland

    MBRYONICS is at the forefront of free space optical communications. Our product portfolio covers a wide range of emerging technologies from photonic integrated circuits to advanced optical systems and embedded software solutions. Our optical communications systems are integrated and deployed in satellite...

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    Data Systems Engineer (f/m/d)

    Telespazio Germany GmbH · Darmstadt, HE, Germany

    We are supporting the European Space Agency (ESA) with Data Systems management services at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt. Within the area of Earth Observation Data Systems our service team manages the ground segment operations and evolutions of a family of missions. To complement this...