The first launch of Rocket Lab’s proposed medium-lift Neutron is slipping to no earlier than mid-2025 due to development of its Archimedes engine.

The long-awaited flight was scrubbed to address an issue with an oxygen relief value in the upper stage of the spacecraft’s Atlas V launch vehicle.

Muon Space plans a 2026 launch of its FireSat constellation, a group of small satellites designed to spot wildfires.

NASA has selected six exploration concepts to receive up to $600,000 in additional development funding.

Unseenlabs, a French startup, plans to launch its Generation NexT constellation of radio frequency detection satellites in 2026.

It’s been a big year for United Launch Alliance, the Lockheed Martin- and Boeing-owned joint venture that has been remaking itself for the commercial space age.

Lockheed Martin is withdrawing its bid to take over the rest of small satellite startup Terran Orbital’s stock it did not already own.

China has launched the Chang’e 6 lunar probe, on what it hopes will be the first mission to collect soil samples from the far side of the Moon.