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Launch Vehicles & Propulsion
Nov 21, 2024
Both of France’s space defense demonstration programs, Yoda and Toutatis, are making progress in hardware development but a launch period is hard to predict.
Nov 21, 2024
The European Space Agency and ArianeGroup have signed an agreement for around €230 million ($242 million) in additional funding for a reusable rocket program.
Commercial Space
Nov 21, 2024
Lunar Outpost has signed a contract to have its lunar rover travel to the Moon aboard SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System.
Nov 21, 2024
Startup Inversion has raised a $44 million in a Series A round to fund development of a reentry capsule that could carry payloads on orbits around Earth.
Satellites
Nov 21, 2024
Lockheed Martin will partner with a group led by Finish synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite supplier Iceye.
Nov 20, 2024
The International Space Station crew used propulsion from a Russian Progress resupply capsule to carry out an orbital debris avoidance maneuver, NASA says.
Budget, Policy & Regulation
Nov 19, 2024
The election of Donald Trump to another term as U.S. president has become a rallying point for the European space sector to strengthen sovereign capabilities.
Nov 19, 2024
The European Space Agency is looking to revamp how it implements technology programs to better support its member states' companies as competition in the sector heats up globally
Operations & Safety
Nov 21, 2024
Russia’s Progress MS-29 resupply capsule was on course for a Nov. 23 docking with the ISS, following a launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Nov 20, 2024
Over the past half-century, the U.S. has introduced over 20 efforts to harness nuclear power and propulsion for space operations, only to cancel all of them.
Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2024
Intuitive Machines and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab will work to enhance the safety, security and reliability of a cislunar comms and navigation network.
Nov 21, 2024
The European Space Agency and its counterpart Japan Aeropace Exploration Agency are moving to strengthen ties in lunar and asteroid exploration.