Space

New agreements between the U.S. and Japan are set to expand cooperation in the future human exploration of the Moon.

Spanish near-space tourism company Halo Space has unveiled the design of the balloon capsule it plans to use to take passengers on stratospheric flights.

The Space Force is moving more into the mission, which it is calling tactical surveillance, reconnaissance and tracking.

The document identifies the specific missions it wants to focus on for increasing commercial capabilities.

Vast plans to integrate SpaceX’s Starlink laser communication system into its commercial space station, Haven-1, scheduled for launch in 2025.

U.S. Space Command has extended invitations to France, Germany and New Zealand to join a high-level collaborative group on military space operations.

JAXA tells Aerospace DAILY that despite the two-year delay, it is only considering some minor efforts to add “more sophistication” to some of the MMX experiments.

The Chinese government has recently proactively shared space safety information twice with the U.S. within the past six months.

Boeing’s new leaders would be wise to study GE’s metamorphosis under Larry Culp.

The U.S. military was ULA's primary customer for the booster, purchasing 12 of its 16 flights.

The Russian threat was first hinted at in an intelligence assessment revealed Feb. 14.

NRO is building the proliferated architecture across different orbits to provide more resilient imaging and signals intelligence.

ESA has awarded Thales Alenia Space a contract for the development of the Mars Entry, Descent and Landing Module of the ExoMars 2028 mission.

The flight of a Russian Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket from Vostochny Cosmodrome was automatically aborted 2 min. before the planned 5:00 a.m. EDT April 9 liftoff.

As part of a demonstration, Astrobotic will use an AI-enabled software program to control and monitor its CubeRover lunar rover on its upcoming Moon mission.

CEO Steve Isakowitz speaks about the transformation underway at the only U.S. government-backed R&D center committed exclusively to space enterprise.

Rocket Lab USA will launch a group of experimental payloads to very low earth orbit (VLEO) in April 2026.

The company to show how technology onboard spacecraft could be used for Joint All-Domain Command-and-Control applications.

It will result in a cost-plus incentive fee and cost-plus award fee contracts after a full and open competition, the announcement states.

The funding will be used to jointly develop technologies with the U.S. for a fission nuclear system for space power applications.

Wakata has logged 505 days in space over five missions on the NASA space shuttle, Russian Soyuz, SpaceX Crew Dragon and International Space Station.

A Falcon 9 rocket has delivered 11 satellites into mid-inclination, low Earth orbit, marking the inaugural run of a new rideshare service called Bandwagon.

Sierra Space has begun initial drop tests of Ghost, a deployable decelerator designed to protect a pre-staged payload during re-entry within 90 min. of call-up.

Touchdown of the descent module on the steppes of Kazakhstan occurred at 3:17 a.m. EDT, or 12:17 p.m. local time, about 90 mi. southeast of Dzhezkazgan.

Startups Isar Aerospace, PLD Space and Rocket Factory Augsburg already have agreed to use the refurbished ELM-Diamant launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana.