Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

Nov 20, 2024
SpaceX passed on trying to bring the Super Heavy booster that launched a Starship spacecraft Nov. 19 back to its launch tower, due to a communications glitch.
Nov 20, 2024
With President-elect Donald Trump in attendance, SpaceX’s sixth Starship-Super Heavy vehicle lifted off from its launchpad at 5 p.m. EST.

Commercial Space

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.
Nov 20, 2024
Taiwanese manufacturers in SpaceX’s supply chain are shifting some satellite component production to Southeast Asia, driven by business and geopolitics.

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 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.
Nov 18, 2024
As threats in space proliferate, governments have been seeking to bolster their awareness of what is taking place there.

Space Exploration

Nov 19, 2024
NASA plans to add uncrewed missions to both SpaceX and Blue Origin’s Human Landing System service contracts to deliver a lunar rover and a habitat to the Moon.
Nov 19, 2024
Russia’s Progress MS-27 cargo capsule departed the seven-person International Space Station early on Nov. 19.