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Launch Vehicles & Propulsion
Apr 17, 2025
The NRO and the U.S. Space Force successfully launched multiple national security payloads for the intelligence agency’s NROL-174 mission.
Apr 14, 2025
SpaceWERX has awarded Outpost Technologies a $1.8 million contract to develop and test a subscale prototype of its deployable thermal protection system.
Commercial Space
Apr 14, 2025
Jeff Bezos' fiancee and five other women lifted off aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard launch system on April 14 for a 10-min. ride to and from suborbital space.
Apr 10, 2025
The Dragon capsule splashed down with its crew of four in the Pacific Ocean, ending a 3.5-day mission, as SpaceX shifts returns to the West Coast.
Satellites
Apr 16, 2025
Astranis will provide connectivity from its microGEO communications satellite to Taiwan starting in 2026.
Apr 11, 2025
Bulgaria is using two nanosatellites to support surveillance efforts over the Black Sea, says a senior NATO official.
Budget, Policy & Regulation
Apr 17, 2025
The release of the Space Warfighting Framework on April 17 sharpens the U.S. Space Force's public focus on its role in counterspace operations.
Apr 17, 2025
The Texas Space Commission has awarded five companies grants totaling $26 million.
Operations & Safety
Apr 09, 2025
The U.S. Space Force is using many terms to describe a mission area where satellites can move in space and continue operating even under duress in a conflict.
Apr 08, 2025
U.S. Space Command is co-sponsoring a $20 million effort to build up U.S. on-orbit maneuvering capabilities, its commander, Gen. Stephen Whiting, says.
Space Exploration
Apr 17, 2025
With new evidence from the long-lived robotic scout Curiousity, early Mars is looking even more like early Earth.
Apr 17, 2025
The European Space Agency is getting ready for the launch of an atomic clock system to the International Space Station.