Space

Strategic partners Ad Astra Rocket and Space Nuclear Power are seeking to advance high-power nuclear electric propulsion technologies for missions to Mars.

The first elements of the International Space Station (ISS) to be launched will be the Khrunichev/Boeing FGB spacecraft (top) shown undergoing checkout in Russia, and the Boeing Node 1 docking hub in checkout at the Kennedy Space Center.

The spacecraft were launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 3:10 a.m. EST, supported by the U.S. Space Force’s Launch Delta 30.

Russia has completed the deployment of the Kondor-FKA radar Earth observation constellation with the launch of a second satellite.

A group of mostly undergraduates has set a record for amateur rocketry.

The student rocket club is launching a spacecraft propulsion and guidance, navigation and control startup.

The Prometheus effort began in 2018 to perform science and tech experiments in the extreme reentry environment through a low-cost, high-cadence flight testbed.

The Commerce Department has finalized up to $35.5 million in direct funding for BAE Systems and as much as $23.9 million for Rocket Lab.

The demonstration’s multiple objectives include creating and validating new technologies for improving communications between quantum computers.

Negotiations just wrapped up on the Vega E.

The extra time is being used to conduct additional checks.

The British government is exploring how to use space communication links to provide broadband-like connectivity in remote and rural locations.

Western satellites once flew on Russian-made rockets, such as Europe’s use of the Soyuz to deploy its Galileo navigation spacecraft constellation.

In partnership with T-Mobile, SpaceX has said it aims to launch texting services via its Starlink low-Earth-orbit constellation by year’s end.

The car-sized Dragonfly rotorcraft will fly over Titan’s surface and periodically land.

Launched Oct. 14 atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, the $5.2 billion mission will perform a series of 49 flybys of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa beginning in 2031.

Airbus says it is due to start delivering a new military satellite communications (milsatcom) modem to the UK for entry into service in 2026.

JAXA's Epsilon S program continues to face issues after a fire broke out during a ground test of the rocket's second-stage engine at Tanegashima Space Center.

The U.S. needs nuclear propulsion to power spacecraft beyond geostationary orbit for human space exploration and dynamic space operations.

The launch is dubbed Blue Ghost Mission 1, or “Ghost Riders in the Sky.”

The first of the missions took place from Rocket Lab’s second launch complex located at Wallops, Virginia, on Nov. 24.

As the hatch was opened, the Russian cosmonauts observed small droplets of liquid as well as an unanticipated odor.

The uncrewed Russian cargo craft is delivering a 5,500-lb. cargo of food, propellant and crew supplies.

Blue Origin launched its ninth New Shepard (NS) suborbital flight with passengers on Nov. 22.

Lunar Outpost has signed a contract to have its lunar rover travel to the Moon aboard SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System.