Space

After a year’s delay to resolve software issues, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is poised to explore a namesake asteroid.

Telesat signed a 14-flight contract with SpaceX to deploy its Lightspeed broadband satellite constellation, the companies said Sept. 11.

The company is demonstrating the platform at its Littleton, Colorado, campus.

GEOST says its Starlite protective system will be integrated into the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Tracking Layer Tranche 1 satellites.

The program, known as Silent Barker, consists of at least two launches, each with multiple payloads.

SpaceX says it has completed 57 corrective actions required by the FAA prior to a second flight test of the Starship Super Heavy launch system.

NASA has declared the Mars Oxygen-Generating Experiment (MOXIE) launched aboard the Mars Perseverance rover mission a success.

SpaceX has been ordered to implement 63 corrective actions to resume flight testing of its Starship Super Heavy launch system following a debut liftoff mishap.

Virgin Galactic’s suborbital spaceship conducted a third commercial mission on Sept. 8, but did not livestream or release the passengers' names before takeoff.

NASA officials have acknowledged the evolving Space Launch System rocket is unaffordable at current cost levels.

Building on good results of initial 4,000-lb. demonstrator RDRE engines, NASA says larger pressure-gain rockets hold promise for future space missions.

Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket passes key tests, looks toward first launch in 2024.

SkyDrive and JAXA have signed a joint research agreement devoted to improving noise-estimation technology for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft

NASA says it will pursue recommendations from an agency inspector general audit report of its Earth System Science Pathfinder Program.

Three women astronaut candidates from 1978 observed the milestone and encouraged those from all backgrounds to follow their dreams.

The UK has rejoined the EU’s Horizon research and development initiative, much to the delight of the nation’s aerospace industry.

After three delays, Japan has placed its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon lunar lander into space, with the aim of validating its landing capabilities.

NASA says a $1.2 billion mission to learn more about the metal-rich asteroid Psyche is on track for launch on Oct. 5 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

The Vulcain 2.1, the main-stage engine on the Ariane 6 launcher under development, was run Sept. 5.

Companies work to track millions of pieces of space junk and plan for their incineration.

Spire Global has won a $4.6 million, 12-month NASA contract to develop a microwave sounder device for the NOAA Near-Earth Orbit Network satellite constellation.

Satys Aerospace has signed a new agreement with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Aerospace Hub (MBRAH) to build a new paint hangar at Dubai South - Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC).

First launch of Europe's new workhorse Ariane 6 is finally coming into view.

The Space Development Agency said the launch manifest included Transport satcoms from Lockheed Martin Space and York Space Systems, and a SpaceX Tracking sat.

Aditya-L1 blasted off from India's Satish Dhawan Space Center on Sept. 2 onboard the PSLV-C57 rocket, carrying seven domestically developed payloads.