Space

The Phoenix 1 capsule is set to be part of the Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission due sometime after March.

The image on the cover of the February 3, 1958 issue of Aviation Week, shows the weather map of North America as it would be transmitted by television by satellite 4,000 mi. over Amarillo, Texas.

SKY Perfect JSAT is looking to get into the low-Earth-orbit remote-sensing business through a $230 million investment and partnership with Planet Labs.

The European Space Agency says the risk of the 2024 YR4 asteroid crashing into Earth has gone up since an initial assessment it made late last month.

The four PUNCH small satellites with their narrow- and wide-field imagers are to be distributed in complementary low-altitude Sun-synchronous polar orbits.

The company develops and operates space tugs that carry spacecraft to their final orbits and host payloads, including experiments and demonstrations.

The reusable New Shepard lifted off from Launch Site One near Van Horn in West Texas at 11:01 a.m. EST on Feb. 4.

Chinese satellite startup Ada Space Technology has filed preliminary paperwork to go public.

NASA announced in July that it was suspending VIPER development due to schedule delays and cost concerns.

Sixteen companies were selected in 2023 to compete for task orders.

The company plans to hand over the second Orion spacecraft to the agency in April.

The groups conduct community-wide, interdisciplinary planning and assessments for lunar, Mars, Mercury, Venus, small bodies, outer planets and other planetary research.

Spanish aerospace and defense equipment company Indra says it is aiming to become a top-tier space company through its acquisition of Hispasat.

Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite spinoff company Aalto has completed its first flight from its new base in Kenya. Tony Osborne reports.

Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite spinoff company Aalto has completed its first flight from its new base in Kenya.

The ISRO is trying to figure out how to recover from the failure of bringing the NVS-02 navigation satellite to its orbital position.

The deal marks the latest shakeup in the satellite communications sector.

The planned launch from Kennedy Space Center is set for no earlier than this spring aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.

French space agency CNES, operator of Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, is preparing a new contractual relationship with launcher manufacturer Avio.

Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson has disclosed the August 2024 launch of its first military satellite, GNA-3, and detailed plans for future missions.

After President Trump signed an executive order for “Iron Dome for America,” editors discuss how an idea that dates back to the Cold War could take shape today.

The asteroid mining startup is to launch Odin mounted underneath Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 lunar lander mission.

Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore enhanced their extended mission to the ISS by recovering an RFG antenna.

British services company Serco is buying Northrop Grumman’s mission training and satellite ground network communications software business, the company says.

Virgin Galactic has partnered with space infrastructure company Redwire to build research payload lockers for its next-generation Delta-class spaceplane.