Space sector strategy experts AstroAgency and AzurX announce intention to bridge fast-growing commercial space activities between Scotland and the United Arab Emirates.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is entering the final phase of commissioning prior to the start of science observations this summer, project scientists told reporters May 9. The telescope, which launched on Dec. 25, 2021, aboard an Arianespace Ariane V rocket, is designed to follow on and expand scientific observations made by the Hubble Space Telescope and other space observatories.
Momentus’ space tug demonstrator has arrived at Cape Canaveral for its inaugural launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission after its application for payload review won FAA approval.
NASA’s Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket will head back to its Kennedy Space Center launchpad in June for a second run at a Wet Dress Rehearsal as the agency strives to get the system’s first lunar test flight, Artemis I, underway by summer’s end.
Maritime Launch Services, which aims to establish Canada’s first indigenous space launch from Nova Scotia, and rocket manufacturing startup Reaction Dynamics of Quebec are partnering for a 2023 debut.
Virgin Galactic is slipping its forecasted start of revenue-generating commercial operations to the first quarter of 2023 instead of this year, executives announced May 5 while revealing the space tourism provider’s latest quarterly loss.
The CEO of Avio does not see any problem in the medium term regarding supply of the RD-843 engines that power its upgraded Vega C light launcher, despite their Ukrainian origin.
The U.S. military is testing the use of OneWeb and SpaceX’s Starlink to provide communications from remote outposts in the Arctic where resilient connections in austere locations is a problem that U.S. Northern Command needs to address.
DARPA has released a presolicitation for phase 2 and 3 of its Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations program, an effort to develop a nuclear thermal rocket engine. DARPA is interested in developing such an engine to speed up the time it takes to move spacecraft through the vast distances of cislunar space.
NASA is teaming with crowdsource solutions sponsor HeroX, computer game developer Epic Games and real-time graphics developer Buendea to sponsor the NASA MarsXR Challenge, a call for contributions to a virtual reality testbed environment meant to simulate experiences and situations that future astronauts might encounter on Mars.
Four astronauts are headed for a splashdown in waters off the Florida peninsula early May 6, following their departure from the International Space Station aboard NASA’s Crew-3 SpaceX Endurance Dragon spacecraft.
The deployment of the high-orbiting segment of Russia’s Glonass global navigation satellite system is expected to start in 2026, Chief Designer Sergey Karutin said in an interview with Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin on the Sputnik radio station on May 2.
Satellite-based remote sensing startup Satellogic expects to grow its low Earth orbit constellation to as many as 34 Earth observation satellites by the fourth quarter, executives say.
NASA and its crowdsource partner HeroX have announced the winners of their “Honey I Shrunk the NASA Payload, the Sequel” challenge for miniaturizing payload prototypes for Moon missions to fill scientific knowledge gaps.
Astroscale has completed rendezvous operations with its ELSA-d orbital debris removal demonstration despite losing half the servicing spacecraft’s maneuvering thrusters.
Start-up launch vehicle and satellite developer Phantom Space has emerged from stealth mode with a purchase agreement for more than 200 rocket engines from Colorado-based propulsion company Ursa Major.
