Space

Advocates for more scientific rigor in studying unidentified anomalous phenomena have renewed calls for wider data collection and proliferated sensor systems.

A NASA Inspector General’s audit is calling on the agency to close gaps in its Standing Review Board process for making recommendations to senior leadership.

An ill-timed sea breeze pushed a cumulus cloud too close to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on July 31.

European states looking to boost defense spending are likely to help drive a large jump in business that SES does with governments, CEO Adel Al-Saleh says.

The EU is exploring how its ground infrastructure for space needs to evolve to support the region’s desire for autonomous access to space.

The U.S. Space Force is increasingly exploring commercial options to provide space domain awareness on orbit.

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million task orde for the delivery of two microrovers and three scientific payloads to the lunar south pole in 2029.

The first-ever NASA-India Space Research Organization joint Earth science mission successfully launched early July 30.

Australian space startup Gilmour Space’s first attempt to launch its Eris Block 1 rocket ended in failure after the vehicle crashed.

The Canadian Space Agency has awarded three contracts worth C$14.6 million ($10.6 million) in total to study different lunar rover designs.

Starlab Space LLC and Journey have announced a strategic partnership to advance development of Starlab’s commercial space station.

Crowdsourcer HeroX and NASA are holding an upcoming “Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge."

SpaceX plans another Starship flight test soon after a vehicle slated to perform that mission suffered an explosion in June.

Editors share what they heard at AIAA's showcase events in Las Vegas and their concerns about what the NASA cuts could mean for U.S. competitiveness in commercial aviation and space.

The U.S. Space Force has selected five companies to begin the process of building new space-based protected tactical satellite communications capabilities.

Houston-based Barrios Technology, LLC has been awarded a $450 million contract to provide technical integration services for NASA’s human spaceflight programs.

NASA launched its Bard spacecraft mission on July 23 to demonstrate interoperability between gov-ernment and commercial satellite relay networks.

The U.S. Space Force plans to use its X-37B to conduct operational demonstrations of laser link communications and quantum-based navigation in space.

NASA is nearing the Oct. 1 start of fiscal 2026 with continuing uncertainty.

Firefly Aerospace would raise up to $632 million in capital as part of its initial public offering based on the upper end of the company’s proposed listing price.

Hanwha Aerospace has signed a technology transfer agreement with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute for the Nuri Korea Space Launch Vehicle-II.

As China and Russia flex their military muscles in space, Western defense officials are becoming punchier in their mindset around those operations.

Arianespace launched the CO3D and MicroCarb missions in the penultimate Vega-C launch for the service provider before operations of the rocket shift to Avio.

Thales Alenia Space says it has secured a contract from the Italian Space Agency to design a lunar outpost for launch in 2033.

Blue Origin will fly a space domain awareness sensor built by Scout Space on its inaugural Blue Ring mission targeted for spring 2026, the company said.