Space

Listen in as editors explain why a crew vehicle is coming home from the space station without a crew, and what it means for Boeing, SpaceX and two stranded astronauts.

The Oct. 13-21 launch window is an ambitious goal.

Starliner’s undocking from the ISS is targeted for 6:04 p.m. EDT Sept. 6.

In an Aug. 17 post, X denounced the court order as “censorship.”

Arianespace is gearing up to launch the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2C Earth observation satellite on its last Vega light rocket.

At issue is a founding principle of the Copernicus program.

Kim’s appointment as Firefly CEO comes about six weeks after the company abruptly announced the departure of Bill Weber.

The 10-min, 10-sec. flight from the company’s East Texas launch site near Van Horn began with a 9:20 a.m. EDT liftoff.

Spire Global has agreed to pay lender Blue Torch Capital $10 million toward outstanding principal as part of a deal to waive certain loan terms.

Private equity investor KKR has finalized its investment in German satellite maker OHB after first announcing its plan to take a stake in the company last year.

The Kent, Washington-based space company is developing a reusable two-stage launch vehicle called Nova.

The funding would help develop Outpost Space’s Carryall reentry capsule.

The rocket lifted off at 3:48 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral SFS to deliver 21 Starlink satellites into orbit.

SpaceX suffered a mishap with a Falcon 9 first-stage booster during an attempt to land it on a ship following its use during a Starlink launch mission.

The Germany-based company has a U.S. subsidiary based in Hawthorne, California.

NASA’s plan to build a second mobile launcher for its upgraded Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will cost the agency $1.8 billion.

The agency wants materials that are also resistant to the corrosive LEO environment.

The company also says it has measures underway to prevent a recurrence.

Abu Dhabi-based Marlan Space has teamed up with U.S. startup Loft Orbital to establish Orbitworks, a satellite manufacturer that will focus on the Middle East market, reports Matthew Fulco.

SpaceX has reset the launch of the privately funded Polaris Dawn mission for Aug. 28 to troubleshoot a helium leak in a quick-disconnect umbilical on the ground side of the Falcon 9 launch system.

New technologies are leveraging the advantages of GEO.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander, slated to lift off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, will carry 10 scientific instruments and tech demonstrations to the Moon.

U.S. Space Command's Gen. Stephen Whiting supports plans by the U.S. Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command to increase its space personnel and space control.

While the other eight engines ignited as planned, the fire in the ninth engine was “really difficult to contain.”

Orbitworks will be the first company in the UAE to manufacture commercial low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellations.