Space

By Garrett Reim
An exact launch date has not been chosen, ispace said on Sept. 12.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
The EVA was the highlight of a five-day charter organized and financed by entrepreneur Jared Isaacman.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
Boeing has more work to do before it can join SpaceX in ferrying crews to the ISS.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch a two-member SpaceX Crew-9 team to the International Space Station.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
With testing and integration still ahead, the New Glenn will miss its Mars launch debut.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The company is jointly opening two new facilities in Colorado called “Victory Works.”
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The company’s service, called Astra, monitors the quality and reliability of primary Global Navigation Satellite System services.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s Soyuz MS-26 launched to and docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sept. 11.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The agency worked in the shadows for decades before being declassified in 1992.
Satellites

By Matthew Fulco
Hanwha and its subsidiary Hanwha Defense Australia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Advanced Navigation.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz
Surpassing the 853-mi.-high Gemini 11 apogee record was a personal goal of Polaris Dawn commander and financier Jared Isaacman.
Space Exploration

The 18.3-m (60-ft.) vehicle took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at noon local time Sept. 11.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
The UK is undergoing a major overhaul of its military satellite communications architecture.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Development Agency is about to put the first operational satellites in its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture on orbit.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX says it has been ready to launch the fifth Starship-Super Heavy Integrated Flight Test (IFT-5) since early August.
Commercial Space

By Kim Minseok
The first mission is planned as early as March 2025.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The 204-page assessment is titled, “NASA at a Crossroads: Maintaining Workforce, Infrastructure and Technology Preeminence in the Coming Decades.”
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Boeing plans to launch its Q4S satellite in 2026 to demonstrate quantum entanglement swapping.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The CEO of SES Global says the satellite operator has secured a multi-year deal to provide NATO access to its medium Earth orbit satellite constellation.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and three crewmates lifted off onboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on Sept. 10 for the five-day Polaris Dawn mission.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is targeted between Oct. 10-30 from Kennedy Space Center.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
NASA and Boeing appear to remain committed to identifying and addressing the propulsion system issues and other concerns that arose following a June 5 launch.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
The EU says it has received one bid from the SpaceRISE consortium—SAS, Eutelsat and Hispasat—to develop and deploy the sovereign satcom constellation IRIS2.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
After weeks of tests, analysis and debate, NASA pulled veteran astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams from the Starliner Crew Flight Test.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin had been targeting New Glenn’s debut for Oct. 13.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion