Space

Varda Space Industries’ reentry capsule has received permission from the FAA to leave orbit, pass through the atmosphere and land back on terra firma.

NASA has learned a number of lessons that have helped shape an evolving Moon-to-Mars Architecture strategy that underpins the agency’s Artemis program.

Lockheed Martin and Rhea have been awarded contracts to develop software to control the UK’s future constellation of ISR satellites.

Singapore’s ST Engineering has unveiled its new Knight Earth observation satellite.

U.S. startup Vast has picked Singapore space connectivity firm AddValue to provide Inter-satellite Data Relay System connectivity for its Haven-1 space station.

A pair of prototypes for the MDA's Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) program reached orbit following launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9.

Russia's Progress MS-26 resupply mission launched on course for an early Feb. 17 docking with the ISS, loaded up with food, crew supplies and propellant.

Intuitive Machines will attempt the first U.S. landing on the Moon in 52 years following a successful launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 early Feb. 15.

The Space Development Agency plans to launch its last group of Tranche 0 missile Tracking Layer demonstration satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle.

NASA has selected the UltraViolet EXplorer (UVEX) for a new astrophysics mission to study how galaxies and stars evolve across the universe.

Skylo Technologies has raised $37 million to further develop and grow its satellite-to-device network.

NASA and SpaceX are retargeting the launch of the four-person Dragon Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station from Feb. 22 to no earlier than Feb. 28.

Former NASA shuttle astronauts Dr. Dave Hilmers and Marsha Ivins have been selected as 2024 inductees into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.

The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space's new report shows private-sector interest in U.S. National Laboratory ISS assets continues to increase.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom capsule carrying four Axiom Space private astronauts splashed down safely in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast on Feb. 9.

A NASA environmental sat designed to help scientists probe the relationships between Earth’s oceans, atmospheric aerosols and cloud formations reached orbit.

Small satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital has settled its dispute with the “Concerned Investor Group” that included several prominent former employees.

NASA intends to lead an internationally and commercially partnered effort to establish a sustainable human presence at the Moon and keep on going.

The Houston-based company is poised to become the fourth private entity to attempt a lunar landing.

Ax-3's splashdown and the start of SpaceX-led recovery operations are planned for Feb. 9 at 8:30 a.m. EST off the coast of Daytona Beach, Florida.

Japanese space startup Pale Blue has been awarded up to $27 million from Tokyo to develop miniature water-based ion and Hall-effect thrusters.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory plans to cut about 530 staff positions, or about 8% of its workforce, as well as about 40 contractor jobs.

NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX plan an undocking of the Crew Dragon Freedom capsule from the International Space Station no earlier than 9:05 a.m. EST on Feb. 7.

Unfavorable weather has again stymied Ax-3's departure from the ISS, with NASA, SpaceX and Axiom Space to re-assess the weather outlook as the day progresses.

Virgin Galactic is investigating the loss of a part of the mechanism connecting VSS Unity with the carrier aircraft VMS Eve during a commercial spaceflight.