Impact cratering generates fractures in Mercury’s superficial layer that can become pathways for volatiles to escape from deeper layers.

The research team mapped the global distribution and morphological properties of about 400 bright slope streaks (lineae) on Mercury.

Lineae on Mercury appear as elongated bright filaments often occurring in groups and are frequently associated with very bright, irregular-edged depressions called hollows.

The SIMBIO-SYS instrument will provide compositional data for Mercury’s surface and lineae that are currently largely missing or insufficient.

Volatiles identified as relevant to Mercury’s surface processes include sodium, potassium, sulfur, and chlorine.

MESSENGER observed Mercury from 2011 to 2015 and is the only spacecraft to have visited the planet so far.

Mercury’s surface experiences an approximate 600-degree Celsius temperature swing between its day side and night side.

Mercury has an almost non-existent atmosphere and a solar day that lasts 176 Earth days.

The SIMBIO-SYS instrument onboard BepiColombo will begin providing spectra, high-resolution images, and 3D surface imagery starting in March 2027.

The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission is currently en route to Mercury with orbital insertion planned for the end of 2026.

When volatiles escape at the base of a crater on Mercury, collapse structures called hollows can form, and when volatiles escape on crater walls, microhollows can form that trigger material to fall and create lineae.

Several lineae from the new catalog created by the researchers are designated as specific high-resolution spatial and spectral observation targets for BepiColombo.

Researchers from the Center for Space and Habitability at the University of Bern and the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica performed the first statistical analysis of lineae (bright slope streaks) on Mercury.

Artemis II will be the first crewed test flight to the Moon following the uncrewed Artemis I mission in 2022.

Each Thermal Control Unit can manage 1.4 kW of thermal power.

GMV personnel will serve as part of Orion’s ground control team to provide real-time mission support.

GMV developed the mission anomaly management tool used to detect, analyze, and resolve incidents during operations.

GMV’s training team traveled to Houston to train astronauts on ESA’s EveryWear crew health and activity monitoring system.

GMV collaborated with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) on requirements definition and systems engineering for Orion-related systems.

The Thermal Control Units command the pumps that inject air and water into the crewed service module.

Artemis II is scheduled to launch the Orion spacecraft in the first weeks of February on a crewed mission to the Moon.

Alter evaluated high-performance LEDs for robotic applications intended for a future permanent lunar base.

HV Sistemas designed and manufactured test benches for the Consumables Storage Subsystem (CSS) of the Orion European Service Module.

Artemis II will carry four astronauts on a ten-day trip to the Moon.

NASA contracted Airbus, marking the first time a non‑U.S. company was tasked to build a critical element for a U.S. human spaceflight mission.

The European Service Module will provide water, air, electricity, and thermal control to Orion crew during the mission.

Each European Service Module contains two Thermal Control Units that operate continuously to maintain temperatures within safe limits.

HV Sistemas supplied the TCU Unit Tester Front-End and the complete TCS/CSS SCOE to simulate sensors, actuators, and heaters for the service module.

The European Space Agency supplied the European Service Module (ESM) for NASA’s Orion spacecraft.

Airbus was contracted to develop the Thermal Control Units (TCU) for the Orion European Service Module.

Alter supplied and validated critical electronic and electromechanical components for the Orion European Service Module to meet program quality standards.

HV Sistemas’ test benches are used for qualification and prelaunch ground testing of the Thermal Control Unit and the complete TCS/CSS subsystem.

The Thermal Control Units collect data from more than 230 sensors and control more than 100 heaters.

GMV provided other operational support solutions previously designed by the company for Orion.

DeepSky is designed to enable observation cadences that materially lower cost-per-scan and cost-per-impact.

Each DeepSky satellite will host multiple proprietary instruments.

Tomorrow.io completed full deployment of its first constellation equipped with Ka-band radar and microwave sounders one week before introducing DeepSky.

Tomorrow.io has development underway for DeepSky with a stated path to deployment and scale.

DeepSky satellites are designed for multi-modal sensing spanning much of the usable electromagnetic spectrum for atmospheric and ocean observation.

DeepSky is designed to improve prediction of rapidly evolving and extreme weather events.

DeepSky is intended to support civilian meteorological agencies, severe weather and hurricane forecasting centers, defense and national security organizations, and international partners.

Tomorrow.io introduced DeepSky, an AI-native, space-based atmospheric and oceanic sensing network.

DeepSky is Tomorrow.io’s second constellation.

DeepSky is designed to deliver frequent, diverse, and globally consistent observations to enable faster refresh cycles for global and regional models.

DeepSky is a proliferated Low Earth Orbit (pLEO) constellation of satellites.

DeepSky is designed to complement existing government geostationary and low Earth orbit assets by extending their value through higher cadence and new sensing modalities.

Nikhil Ahuja, Senior Director of Planning and Supply Chain at Amazon, holds that operational resilience depends on treating atmospheric data with the same rigor as other mission-critical infrastructure.

Matt Garland, Chief Technology Officer at BNSF, holds that continuous sensing of operating conditions and translating that intelligence into network-wide decisions is essential for modern supply chain resilience.

DeepSky is designed to deliver high-revisit global coverage that significantly increases temporal observation density alongside existing GEO and LEO systems.

DeepSky is designed to enable new AI-native applications that are not feasible with today’s observation density.