Space

By Mark Carreau
The launch of Russia's Soyuz MS-25 to the ISS from the Baikonur Cosmodrome was aborted 20 sec. prior to liftoff.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Astra Space and Terran Orbital are the latest public space startups to bow out.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
DARPA has selected Northrop Grumman to study a concept to develop a railroad on the Moon that could transport humans, supplies and other resources.
Space

By Tony Osborne
A new study of the aftermath of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission shows the Sept. 26, 2022, impact altered the shape and course of its target.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
A key element for the Chang’e-6 moon landing mission later this year, the Queqiao-2 communication relay satellite has been put on a lunar transfer trajectory.
Space

By Garrett Reim
SpaceX plans to sell laser communications systems developed for its Starlink broadband satellites to third-party satellite manufacturers.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The agency is asking for the same amount of money it received in 2023.
Space

By Mark Carreau
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. (ret.) Thomas Stafford, who commanded NASA’s May 1969 Apollo 10 mission to the Moon and led the Apollo crew that participated in a historic linkup with Soviet cosmonauts, has died.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
The launch will be part of Ariane 6’s development and remain under the ESA’s responsibility.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Tournear says while the test did successfully transmit data, transmissions were only successful about half of the time.
Space

By Bill Carey
Spanish companies will use a microsatellite built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics to test their planned space-based air traffic management (ATM) system.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Johnson Space Center is positioned to receive the largest share of NASA’s $25.384 billion funding request for 2025.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA must establish a more integrated, top-down management approach to its supercomputing assets, an agency IG report says.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
China’s usually reliable Long March fleet suffered a launch hiccup when a Long March 2C failed to put two lunar navigation test satellites into orbit.
Space

By Bill Carey
The filing with the ITU, a U.N. agency that manages global use of radio-frequency spectrum and sat orbits, is a prerequisite to building the constellation.
Commercial Space

At the 66th Annual Laureate Awards, Daniel S. Goldin was given the Lifetime Achievement award for his six decades of contributions to the field of space.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane has been inducted into the NASA Armstrong In-Space Propulsion facility in Ohio in readiness for thermal vacuum testing.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Terran Orbital has unveiled a new small geosynchronous orbit communications satellite product.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space has unveiled a series of advanced autonomous, satellite and reentry products developed by Axelerator, its newly launched innovations incubator arm.
Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX's Starship completed a full-duration ascent burn and was able to run through a series of engineering demonstrations as it coasted above Earth.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Stratasys plans to test two types of 3D-printed material on an upcoming lunar lander mission.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Lucy probe to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids encountered a surprise last November as it flew by the main belt asteroid Dinkinesh.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Space One's Kairos rocket exploded seconds after liftoff on the morning of March 13, with the company saying “flight termination measures” had kicked in.
Space

By Irene Klotz
With the upcoming launch of the last Delta IV Heavy, a family of rockets that has been flying since 1960 comes to an end.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Last living Apollo 17 crewmember is guiding off-world prospecting.
Commercial Space