NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is confident in the well-being of the International Space Station (ISS) and ongoing efforts to soon resume full staffing of the 15-nation orbiting science lab with launches from U.S. soil.
New research based on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return mission has revealed the surface of the asteroid Ryugu is composed of a sand-like, cohesionless material, making it essentially a “rubble pile” in space.
The mission will mark the first flight of astronauts aboard a U.S. orbital spaceship since space shuttle Atlantis rolled to a stop at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 21, 2011
The European GNSS Agency (GSA), the EU agency managing Europe’s satellite navigation systems, EGNOS and Galileo, today announced the return of the Farming by Satellite Prize, which will promote the use of GNSS and Earth observation in European and African agriculture.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 booster, making an unprecedented fifth flight, successfully dispatched another 60 Starlink websats into orbit, then failed to touch down on a drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
As NASA struggles with cost and schedule challenges in the development of the Space Launch System and Orion crew capsule, it is facing similar difficulties with another key piece of hardware, the Mobile Launcher.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, a MHI Group company, has completed the maiden flight of Flight Test Vehicle 10 (FTV10), the first Mitsubishi SpaceJet M90 in final, certifiable baseline configuration.
Launch provider Rocket Lab is being considered by NASA for certification to loft higher value payloads on future research and demonstration missions following initial space agency approval to launch low-cost, small satellites.
Rocket launching company Rocket Lab has reached a deal to acquire satellite hardware maker Sinclair Interplanetary, the companies announced late March 16.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s planetary science decadal survey for 2023 to 2032 has some significant new themes—astrobiology and planetary defense—according to a virtual presentation sponsored by the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC).
Arianespace has indefinitely suspended its launch preparation activities at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, due to the implementation of measures against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. Space Force recently accepted its first offensive weapon system, the Counter Communications System Block 10.2, providing quick reaction capability that denies adversary satellite communications.
Ongoing problems with NASA’s Space Launch System may delay efforts to return to the Moon with human explorers by late 2024, according to the NASA inspector general.
