Space

By Irene Klotz
JPL reduced its workforce by 8%—approximately 530 staff and 40 contractor positions—in February.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
The challenges are even more relevant because of a constrained federal budget environment.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz, Vivienne Machi
The Round D, which raised more than initially expected, was led by RPM Ventures.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The Louisville, Colorado-based company is a prime contractor for the agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
The contracts were awarded to four companies and a university.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Vivienne Machi
The Boeing subsidiary completed two identical satellites for NASA’s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (Tracers) mission.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
German space company OHB could remain public throughout 2025 despite completing a deal with investors KKR aimed at taking the company private.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The memorandum of understanding is part of Thailand’s “National Space Experiment and Exploration” program.
Space Exploration

By Chen Chuanren
AVIC subsidiary Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute has lifted the veil on its Haolong reusable cargo space shuttle.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The Nov. 8 operation had already been set when the resupply mission docked to the U.S. segment of the ISS earlier this week.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
The agreement is part of Glavkosmos’ broader deal with the recently established Alliance of Sahel States.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The German parliament has given the green light to €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) in military satellite communication-related activities.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
The company provided a static version of the two-person vehicle to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in September.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship delivered a cold welding experiment to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 5.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Building a skilled technical workforce for the 2040s is among NASA’s biggest challenges.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The Pentagon has historically kept the spaceplane’s capabilities and mission objectives under wraps.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Rolled out on Jan. 12, the X-59 previously used external sources for power.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The seven-member review team selected in mid-October is currently assessing a dozen MSR concepts.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The agency, in a Nov. 5 solicitation, said the work will relate mainly to an X-ray mirror assembly for AXIS.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX said it would try to launch another Starship-Super Heavy vehicle as early as 5 p.m. EST Nov. 18.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The wildcatting company sees lucrative potential in mining platinum in space.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The service is preparing for a major overhaul of its military-grade satellite communications architecture over the next decade.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
A quantum gravity gradiometer measures variations in gravitational acceleration.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The Soyuz-2.1b medium-lift vehicle with a Fregat upper stage took off Nov. 4 at 6:18 p.m. EST from Russia’s Vostochny spaceport.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
The $1.6 billion mission was launched Aug. 12, 2018, on a seven-year primary mission to gather firsthand data on the solar corona, or the Sun’s atmosphere.
Space Exploration