Space

China is intensifying efforts to build reusable rockets it sees as integral to achieving its space power ambitions.

After a roll back to its hangar for a repair and servicing, the Space Launch System rocket was being prepared for another launch try.

Portions of Southern California, Mexico, and Central America are visible through a clear spot in weather patterns in this photograph taken by the Apollo 12 crew on the cover of the Aviation Week & Space Technology issue dated March 9, 1970.

Satellite bus builder Apex has signed a contract with Tokyo-based technology company NEC Corp. to support an on-orbit laser link demo launching in 2027.

A U.S. Space Force program to boost the capacity of military satellite communications in Arctic regions has been operationally accepted.

NASA conducted a spacewalk March 18 to prepare for the installation of a final pair of solar-power-augmenting Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs).

NASA has rescheduled the rollout for the Artemis II flight test to March 19.

OHB has booked a €248 million ($285 million) contract for 20 Eumetsat Polar System-Sterna (EPS-Sterna) microsatellites.

Firefly’s rocket is flying again as the company aims to ease launch constraints while validating systems for a more capable configuration.

Telesat plans to add 500 MHz of military Ka-band spectrum to its initial Lightspeed satellite constellation.

NASA was aiming to return its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B on March 20.

The U.S. Space Force has laid out how it plans to divide most of its mission areas under the Pentagon’s new portfolio acquisition executive (PAE) system.

SpaceX has bought Maryland-based Hexagon Masterworks Inc.

Innospace says a gas leak led to a combustion chamber rupture that caused the first flight of the Hanbit-Nano rocket to fail.

Nvidia is deepening its efforts to secure a share of the space economy, with the launch of a new GPU to deliver more edge computing horsepower on spacecraft.

Canada wants to stand up a sovereign spaceport, with plans to invest $200 million CAD ($146 million) over 10 years for a multiuser launchpad.

Russia's Progress MS-31 resupply capsule departed the International Space Station March 16 filled with trash for a destructive reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

Isar Aerospace says it has secured the launch service agreement for the ELSA-M orbital debris removal demonstration.

The Swedish government is moving forward with efforts to build a local national security rocket launch capability as part of a wider push to enhance its military space capacity.

ILC Dover reports embarking on the development of a new generation of modular life support systems for human space flight.

ESA is prepping to launch two low-Earth-orbit PNT demonstration satellites to lay the groundwork for an operational constellation to be lofted this decade.

Avio is considering how to speed up U.S. missile motor production, with wars in Ukraine and the Middle East pointing to demand greatly surpassing projections.

A Senate panel on March 12 voted in favor of President Trump’s nomination of Matthew Anderson to serve as NASA’s deputy administrator.

NASA is now targeting liftoff of the Artemis II mission as early as April 1.

Mantis Space, a startup working on a proposed constellation of satellites that beam solar power around in orbit, said March 12 it raised a $10 million seed round of venture capital.