Space

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.

A new leader, a funding plan and an architecture outline define the early steps toward Trump’s hawkish homeland defense plan.

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

Russia’s Progress MS-31 resupply capsule is set for a July 5 arrival and docking at the International Space Station following a July 3 launch.

Boeing has landed the Evolved Strategic Satcom program, the U.S. Space Force said, as the service also cancels the Protected Tactical Satcom-Resilient program.

MacLean Engineering & Applied Technologies won a five-year, maximum-value $150 million contract to provide simulation and advanced software services to NASA.

Boeing has appointed Stephen Parker as president and chief executive officer of its Defence, Space & Security (BDS) business, effective immediately.

The UK Space Agency plans to perform a space debris removal demo and has kicked off the search for a domestic vendor for the mission.

In the waning days of June, NASA and its contractors conducted three tests and demonstrations for Artemis missions that the Trump administration seeks to end.

The Space Development Agency plans to tap into a pool of prescreened contractors to mature technologies for future satellite constellations.

The Defense Department is debating how best to develop the space-based data connectivity backbone of its future force.

The Deep Impact impactor spacecraft scored a direct hit on Tempel 1 on July 4, (see page 28). The flyby craft took this picture 67 sec. after the strike with its high-resolution camera.

Boeing has delivered the ninth and 10th O3b mPOWER satellites to SES ahead of a scheduled launch this summer.

Europe has added to its weather monitoring and Earth-observation capacity with the launch of the MTG-S1 satellite and the Sentinel-4 instrument.

U.S. electric power startup Magnix says it aims to continue working with NASA on the technology.

A privately funded spacecraft that has been pinpointing sources of methane emissions in oil- and gas-producing regions across the world has failed.

NASA's flagship initiative to expand human presence into deep space under the Artemis program continues multibillion-dollar cost overruns, the GAO says.

The U.S. Space Force expects to soon award a second contract for its next batch of missile warning/missile tracking satellites in medium Earth orbit.

Four academics have been awarded a prize for proposing the creation of a Panel on Asteroid Orbit Alteration.

The European Defense Agency has signed a contract with Isispace to build and deploy three cubesats to maneuver between low Earth orbit and very low Earth orbit.

Momentus says it is planning an inflight demonstration of a multispectral sensor for in-space rendezvous and proximity operations in early 2026.

Thales Alenia Space says that the French government has appointed the Franco-Italian joint venture to lead development of a laser communications system in GEO.