Space

By Irene Klotz
Intuitive Machines expects to lose communications with its Nova-C lunar lander Odysseus early on Feb. 27 after 4 1/2 days on the Moon’s surface.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Dana Weigel, NASA’s International Space Station deputy program manager since 2021, is taking over as the 15-nation orbital lab’s program manager.
Space

NASA, SpaceX and Russia’s Roscosmos are preparing for the first seven-person, multiweek crew exchange of 2024 aboard the International Space Station.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Flight controllers at Intuitive Machines conducted their first mission on the Moon’s surface Feb. 23.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The tenure of Frank Calvelli as the Department of the U.S. Air Force’s space acquisition boss has been defined by a few key tenets.
Space

The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) team has conducted a preliminary design review for the mission and discussed its latest developments.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Fully funded and hardware-rich, Blue Origin readies for orbital operations.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Flight directors at Intuitive Machines’ mission control center were working to refine the signal from its Nova-C lander, which touched down on the Moon Feb. 22.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) faces long-running challenges in addressing safety concerns for human commercial spaceflight passengers.
Space

By Garrett Reim
After reentering the atmosphere and deploying its parachute, Varda Space Industries’ space capsule touched down at the Utah Test and Training Range on Feb. 21.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
The Indian government on Feb. 21 eased its space sector’s foreign direct investment (FDI) restrictions.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force has taken its Victus Nox satellite out of orbit less than five months after it demonstrated the tactically responsive space launch mission.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Since the start of continuous staffing of the ISS by astronauts in November 2000, more than 3,000 science experiments and technology demonstrations have been logged.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A privately owned lunar lander positioned itself into orbit around the Moon on Feb. 21, setting the stage for an attempted touchdown on Feb. 22.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
“We can go dramatically faster,” says new Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
There is a long history of NASA brain power moving on to private industry.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Astroscale Japan’s debris inspection satellite has been successfully launched into orbit on a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Russia's Progress MS-26 resupply mission capsule arrived at the ISS early Feb. 17 carrying a 2.7-ton cargo load of food, crew supplies and propellant.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The agreement is intended to facilitate a growing space economy by creating a “collaborative development environment,” NASA says.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has opened applications for a second set of four volunteers motivated to spend a year in confinement in a simulated, 3D-printed Mars mission habitat.
Space

By Guy Norris
The global community should avoid doing commercial space business with China because it will support further growth of China's military space operations.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Washington has recently determined how Russia will attempt to field a new ASAT capability that analysts have been secretly tracking for several years.
Space

By P. Barry Butler
Engineering education has evolved to include many real-world, hands-on opportunities that are essential for keeping students inspired about career options.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Varda Space Industries’ reentry capsule has received permission from the FAA to leave orbit, pass through the atmosphere and land back on terra firma.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
NASA has learned a number of lessons that have helped shape an evolving Moon-to-Mars Architecture strategy that underpins the agency’s Artemis program.
Space