Space

Like Axiom, Vast has hired SpaceX for PAM crew ferry flights and training.

The “Gravitas” mission is funded via a mixture of private capital and government funds.

Taiwan is eyeing the use of satellites in medium and low Earth orbit to preserve communication services in the event of a conflict with China.

The aircraft achieved a 24-hr. flight from New Mexico’s Spaceport America in October.

The Finnish defense administration will develop the new strategy while also trying to identify how space impacts other parts of the defense system.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed €350 million ($363 million) in contracts with Avio to further evolve the Vega launcher family.

Stephane Israel is stepping down as Arianespace CEO and member of ArianeGroup's executive committee on Dec. 31, to be succeeded by David Cavailloles.

The Gamma Ray Observatory took the photo while gathering historic data on some of the most violent phenomena in the universe. Here is a "superbly detailed images of the surface of Venus".

The seventh and eighth O3b mPOWER satellites were launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 5:26 p.m. EST from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Nelson, who was appointed by President Joe Biden to head NASA in 2021, will be leaving the agency on Jan. 20.

The funding cut will mean that NASA will have to reallocate $180 million from its current space operations budget.

The service is teeing up 2025 as the year of space domain awareness as threats from China loom.

The FMV says the first step is an order placed with the Swedish Space Corporation.

The fixed-price contract listed a maximum value of $140 million over a five-year base period with an additional two-year option.

The pace of growth is down slightly from the 11% seen between 2022 and 2023.

The 777-200ER was acquired in 2022 to replace a long-serving DC-8-72, which was retired in May after nearly 40 years with NASA.

Member states are expected to provide €4.8 billion and the European Union €1.7 billion, with an additional €1.2 billion coming from other sources.

The UAE has announced a new milestone in its Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt with the completion of the concept review of its lander, which is designed to land on and study the asteroid Justitia.

Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong have completed extensive extravehicular activities on the Tiangong space station lasting 9 hr. 6 min.

Ispace says it is targeting another attempt to touch down a lunar lander on the Moon’s surface around four to five months after launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9.

"When you’re using taxpayer direct dollars to fund something, you don't want to fail," SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell says. "I think that's a huge mistake."

The FAA cleared SpaceX to conduct a series of Starship-Super Heavy flight tests from Boca Chica Beach, Texas.

Geopolitical and environmental challenges in the northern latitudes are prompting investments in satellite communications and infrastructure.

The agency administrator has timed his resignation to coincide with President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration day.

The spacecraft was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:52 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral.