Space

NASA has added Rocket Lab to the list of teams hired to study alternative architectures for returning high-priority rock and soil samples from Mars.

The vehicle took off from Glentanner Aerodrome on the South Island of New Zealand.

A new launch date was not immediately announced.

The announcement follows a budget speech by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to India’s parliament in July.

The FCC has issued a special permission to T-Mobile and SpaceX to use the Starlink system’s new direct-to-cell capability in areas affected by Hurricane Helene.

The new mission, known as Hera, is a followup to NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART).

The 11-year-old company also detailed plans for a new evolution of its Miura family of rockets.

The strategy was first discussed publicly around the time of the NATO summit in Washington in July.

A powerful hurricane expected to cross the Florida peninsula mid-week is delaying launch of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft.

The U.S. Space Force’s SSC wants Impulse Space to demonstrate its Mira spacecraft quickly conducting space domain awareness missions.

The Vulcan Centaur rocket's only post-launch issue was a "variant observation" in one of the first stage's two solid rocket boosters, ULA says.

Sweden’s armed forces can begin developing space capabilities after the country’s government allocated SEK1 billion ($100 million) to the plans.

U.S. Space Command pushes for a faster pace to field maneuverable spacecraft to counter on-orbit threats.

The once-classified office, first publicly acknowledged in 1992, is close to operationalizing its new constellation.

Sierra Space will study a scaled-up version of its Ghost logistics supply spacecraft concept.

ESA says the motor was successfully fired for a second time on Oct. 3, following a first test in May.

ULA is preparing for the second flight of its new Vulcan-Centaur rocket, a mission needed to complete certification ahead of service for the U.S. military.

Based in Copenhagen, the fund is called Final Frontier.

The mission is intended to complete certification of the two-stage rocket by the U.S. Space Force for national security missions beginning by year’s end.

NASA wants novel ideas for processing inorganic waste streams like food packaging, discarded clothing and science experiment materials into usable products.

OTVs adjust satellite positions in space after they are launched by a rocket.

ESA is still optimistic its Hera mission to survey the Dimorphos asteroid will launch Oct. 7 despite a technical glitch with a SpaceX Falcon 9 during a recent flight.

The Starliner astronauts have completed configuration of the SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft now docked to the International Space Station.

As part of the first phase of its rollout, the Traffic Coordination System for Space is sending alerts to nine satellite operators.

The 5650B is an upgraded version of Comtech’s current wideband global satcom-certified modem.