Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force and SpaceX launched the National Reconnaissance Office’s 10th and final mission of 2025 on Dec. 9.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The 18-ft.-dia. fairing, which opens and closes like a clamshell, is now en route to Neutron’s launch site on Wallops Island, Virginia.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Russia's Soyuz MS-27 made a successful parachute-assisted landing in remote Kazakhstan early Dec. 9, safely returning three crewmembers from the ISS.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
After two successful launches in back-to-back months, the third Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 mission won’t launch until 2026.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force expects to release a solicitation for the next batch of new launch providers under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program this month
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Korean Air’s Aerospace Division and Hyundai Rotem have launched a joint program to develop a 35-ton-class reusable methane rocket engine for launch vehicles.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Chen Chuanren
China completed the inaugural launch of the ZhuQue-3 rocket, but failed to recover the first stage that was a key objective of the flight.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX has been cleared to develop Cape Canaveral SFS’ Space Launch Complex-37 for Starship-Super Heavy launch and landing operations.
Operations & Safety

By Garrett Reim
Reditus Space plans to launch its ENOS reusable spacecraft in the summer of 2026, with biotech, pharmaceutical and advanced materials payloads.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
German rocket startup Isar Aerospace has secured a contract from the European Space Agency to launch an in-orbit demonstration late next year.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
French satellite-making startup U-Space has tasked MaiaSpace with launching the Toutatis demonstration due in 2027.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
France has completed the first flight test of the suborbital SyLEx sounding rocket, which gives the country its first homegrown suborbital launcher.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea launched its KSLV-II, better known as the Nuri rocket, in the early hours of Nov. 27, marking the vehicle's fourth flight.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
A Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on Thursday brought NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev to the ISS.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency is seeking around $4.5 billion from its member states to support its space transportation program covering the 2026-29 period.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Japan has big ambitions for its space industry. But before the country can realize those dreams, it needs rides to space to test its technologies.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
When ESA meets in Bremen this week for its annual ministerial, decisions about government support for sovereign launch activities will draw intense interest.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
China has launched the Shenzhou-22 capsule to the Tiangong space station as part of a recovery mission after an earlier spacecraft was damaged by space debris.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
The Eastern Range is working with NASA to be able to host SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy flights from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in early- to mid-2026.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX is investigating an accident that heavily damaged the Super Heavy booster being prepared for a flight test from Starbase, Texas, early next year.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The launch window at the Alcantara Space Center in Brazil now runs to Dec. 22, the company says.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz, Vivienne Machi
The Eastern Range marked its 100th launch of year on Nov. 20, an unprecedented milestone.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin became the second company to nail the landing of an orbital-class booster.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Voyager Technologies is continuing its acquisition spree with a U.S. propulsion focus, announcing Nov. 20 it is buying Estes Energetics.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin has unveiled a series of upgrades that will roll out beginning with Flight 3 in early 2026.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion