Airbus says the bulk of the head-count reduction it disclosed in October will hit its space segment, with over half of the 2,043 positions being eliminated.
President-Elect Donald Trump has nominated billionaire Jared Isaacman, a commander of two SpaceX commercial space flights, to be the next NASA administrator.
UK satellite launch startup Orbex will shift operations to the Shetland Islands’ SaxaVord Spaceport and mothball construction of mainland Scotland facilities.
An F-35 has off-boarded data to a non-U.S. command and control system for the first time in testing by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works and the UK Royal Air Force.
SatVu, a London-based startup infrared satellite company, has received an infusion of £20 million ($25.4 million) from a funding round and an insurance payout.
Strategic partners Ad Astra Rocket and Space Nuclear Power are seeking to advance high-power nuclear electric propulsion technologies for missions to Mars.
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.
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.
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.