Space

The U.S. may be losing ground in a global race to develop highly maneuverable spacecraft.

NASA’s Tracer twin-satellite mission launched successfully with a handful of other small spacecraft payloads on July 23.

Space startup iRocket will go public via a $400 million merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by former U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

Dealing with defunct satellites can cost constellation operators serious money, especially if a broken satellite starts getting in the way of other spacecraft in its orbital shell.

Dassault Aviation is pushing for its proposed Vortex reusable spaceplane to become a European Space Agency program.

Iran has conducted a suborbital Qased launch in what may have been intended as a show of capability after the country’s 12-day conflict with Israel.

Thales CEO Patrice Caine says the outcome of talks with Leonardo and Airbus to merge some satellite operations is uncertain.

As components decrease in size, more capability can be packed into small spacecraft.

Join the National Air and Space Museum’s director Chris Browne and Aviation Week’s Joe Anselmo for a private tour of the revamped museum in Washington.

A lifting-body vehicle derived from NASA's X-38 flight tests reenters the Earth's atmosphere with six space station astronauts in this painting by Pat Rawlins of SAIC.

The service seeks to fortify the GPS architecture against such threats as jamming, spoofing and other adversarial actions.

The 13-ton NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center Hubble Space Telescope is held above the orbiter Discovery by the shuttle manipulator arm as Hubble's first 40-ft. solar array is deployed 331 naut. mi. above Earth.

The UK government plans to use Eutelsat’s OneWeb low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellation for its global government operations.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Director Makenzie Lystrup is leaving the agency on Aug. 1, NASA announced July 21.

A first-ever joint NASA-Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Earth science venture is set for a July 30 launch.

A U.S.-based team seeking to make history by soaring a specially designed glider to a record height of 90,000 ft. is soliciting donations and volunteers.

Australia has kicked off a competition for a narrowband satellite communications system as part of a wider reset of its plans.

Those taking part in NASA’s upcoming Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) are preparing to adjust as necessary to a dynamic period.

From jam-resistant antennas to magnetic navigation systems, alternatives to GPS are in demand.

The U.S. Space Force is using the fiscal 2026 budget cycle to take a look at its space-based GPS enterprise.

The International Space Station (ISS) National Lab’s Orbital Edge Accelerator program has selected six startups for its inaugural class.

ESA engineers are using a system testbed to prepare algorithms on the second generation of Galileo timing, positioning and navigation satellites.

Intuitive Machines has received approval from the Houston City Council to expand its current Lunar Production and Operations Center at Spaceport Houston.

Swift Engineering has won a contract to further develop its solar-powered, high-altitude drone, with plans to demonstrate a 30-day flight in 2026.

The parent of space and defense technology company York Space Systems has agreed to acquire U.S.-based ground communications provider ATLAS Space Operations.