Space

The BAE Systems PHASA-35 high-altitude, solar-electric, uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) will carry an Aloft Sensing X-band synthetic aperture radar.

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) wants to cancel its Space-based Kill Assessment (SKA) experiment in favor of higher priority Pentagon investment.

Rocket Lab has awarded a contract to build the sea-based landing platform for its forthcoming Neutron reusable launch vehicle, the company announced July 10.

Axiom Space is partnering with Oakley, known for its rugged sportswear and advanced optics, to provide future astronauts with high-tech visors.

The European Space Agency says it has made the first optical communications connection between a ground station and NASA’s Psyche mission.

Interstellar Technologies has raised a ¥8.9 billion ($61.8 million) Series F round.

NASA is planning for the launch of its four-person SpaceX Crew 11 Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The British government is following France in taking a stake in OneWeb-owner Eutelsat, boosting the value of the French satellite service operator.

In response to the disastrous July 4 weekend flooding in the Texas Hill Country, NASA is contributing high-technology airborne responses.

Europe is ramping up efforts to field its next-generation rocket engines as it seeks higher thrust and more efficient propulsion systems.

South Korea's Innospace says it has taken another step toward the inaugural launch of its Hanbit-Nano rocket by the year's end.

President Donald Trump is replacing acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro with U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

The Space Force is replacing its legacy tactical and strategic satellite communications assets with disaggregated and proliferated spacecraft.

MDA Space says it demonstrated a Ka-band direct radiating array using direct sampling.

Before the Indian Space Research Organization launches the first uncrewed flight test of its Gaganyaan capsule, one astronaut is now an experienced space flyer.

Spain will again rely on Airbus to provide its radar satellites with a replacement.

Congress and the White House are sending NASA mixed messages about the future of the Artemis program to return humans to the Moon.

The pace of in-space servicing missions is picking up, with at least nine endeavors planned over the next 18 months.

Europe’s meteorological agency Eumetsat wants to go ahead with the EPS-Sterna program that aims to grow a system of 20 weather-monitoring satellites.

The European Space Agency has named five companies as participants in its European Launcher Challenge.

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) says the winner of its satellite deorbit demo will pick the spacecraft they will attempt to remove from orbit.

In the issue dated May 31, 2010, we reported that the James Webb Space Telescope would take scientists back nearly to the Big Bang and the early formation of the first objects in the universe.

Texas lawmakers are a step closer to snatching away the National Air and Space Museum's prized space shuttle and moving it from Northern Virginia to Houston.

ESA says astronomers have now confirmed the discovery of only the third interstellar comet and it is due for its closest approach to Earth in October.

The Defense Department’s latest budget plan goes all in on space-based moving-target tracking.