Space

NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX have set June 25 at 2:31 a.m. EDT as the next target time for launch of Axiom's fourth private astronaut mission to the ISS.

The ispace team investigating why its lunar lander crashed on June 6 says an anomaly in the systems laser range finder is the most likely culprit.

NATO is establishing initiatives to deepen ties to the commercial space industry across its 32-member alliance, via an inaugural strategy released June 24.

Various communities are celebrating the release of the first imagery from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory exploring the influences of dark energy and dark matter.

NASA is preparing to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-14 mission its Arcstone cubesat.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket delivered 27 satellites—built, owned and operated by Amazon—into low Earth orbit June 23.

The Netherlands plans to field four high-resolution Iceye synthetic aperture radar satellites, the Finnish spacecraft provider says.

Varda Space plans to bring development of the spacecraft bus portion of its reentry system in-house.

Initial analysis points to a composite overwrapped pressure vessel containing nitrogen gas in Starship’s nosecone area as the possible cause of an explosion.

NASA’s Psyche mission spacecraft has resumed solar electric propulsion operations after being successfully switched to a backup fuel line.

Dassault Aviation is exhibiting a small-scale model of the Vortex, a reusable spaceplane it is proposing for dual-use civil-military applications.

NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX are standing down from their targeted June 22 launch of the Axiom 4 private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.

Eutelsat, whose OneWeb system competes with SpaceX’s Starlink, is raising $1.6 billion with backing from the French government.

The U.S. Space Force anticipates the initial use of a ground system developed to support its new protected tactical waveform on orbit in fiscal 2027.

More than a decade after its first liftoff, Russia’s Angara A5 heavy rocket finally has become operational.

A SpaceX Starship vehicle being prepared for the company’s upcoming 10th integrated flight test exploded on a test stand around midnight EDT June 19.

The French government has launched several military space efforts, spanning space situational awareness initiatives to nanonsatellites.

Finnish satellite-maker Iceye says it will invest more than $287 million to scale up its SAR spacecraft production capacity and speed technology developments.

Two Chinese-built satellites may be on the verge of conducting an on-orbit, satellite-to-satellite refueling activity for the first time, U.S. space situational awareness company Slingshot Aerospace recently announced.

After a rough start, the International Space Station became one of NASA’s most popular programs, drawing support from seven presidential administrations.

The U.S. Space Force is partnering with SpaceX to field a new satellite communications (satcom) network.

The European Space Agency (ESA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) June 18 to work with a third aspiring U.S. space station operator.

Firefly Aerospace plans to offer ultraviolet and visible spectrum imaging of the Moon from a lunar-orbiting satellite.

Aalto, Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite spinoff, will support French military efforts to better understand the stratosphere as a warfighting domain.

NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX have again delayed the planned launch of Axiom’s fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.