Space

Surviving and operating during the harsh lunar night is the top concern.

Shaky business models have nowhere to hide in public markets, while several stronger space startups are finding a way forward.

Agency officials, however, declined to release its findings, pending ongoing internal discussions about next steps.

The Seal Beach, California-based company aims to mine asteroids for valuable minerals at a lower cost and with a smaller carbon footprint than mining on Earth.

One unidentified NASA astronaut was kept overnight at a medical facility but was ultimately declared in “good health.”

The acquisition agency is procuring 160 remote modular terminals (RMTs).

NROL-167 lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 1:13 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

The satellites, BlueBirds 1-5, were launched in September.

The Indian government has approved plans for a space investment fund, saying it has earmarked INR10 billion ($118 million) to the effort on a multiyear basis.

NASA's Crew-8 astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeannette Epps and their Russian cosmonaut colleague Alexander Grebenkin splashed down safely.

A number of initiatives were disclosed, but the talk of the show was SpaceX’s Starship booster catch, which happened just ahead of the IAC opening.

The sense of scale is almost impossible to convey, a European Space Agency scientist says.

The Operational Control System program, known as OCX, was established in 2010.

The analysis was released by NASA on Oct. 24.

The organization sits under the U.S. Space Force and is fielding hundreds of satellites under the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).

The European Space Agency (ESA) is considering changes in its payment structure to ease the financial burden European space companies have been experiencing.

JISS is calling for Japan's Defense Ministry and the Japan Self-Defense Forces to develop its own tactical surveillance, reconnaissance and tracking satellites.

Blue Origin's second New Shepard vehicle flew with a dozen payloads as part of a shakedown run ahead of passenger flights.

The Enhanced Polar Satcom-Recapitalization (EPS-R) satellites were built by Northrop Grumman and launched Aug. 11.

Splashdown and recovery in the ocean waters off the Florida peninsula is expected no earlier than Oct. 25 at about 3:29 a.m. EDT.

The Space Force in 2021 selected Millennium and Raytheon, an RTX company, for the Epoch 1 program.

The demonstration is intended to show that commercial satellites can connect via laser communications to the PWSA.

The launch took place from the company’s Launch Site One near Van Horn, East Texas.

The EU's first commissioner for defense and space wants closer alignment between the two activities, and has also signaled a willingness to shake up Europe’s approach to launchers.

Reaching the Moon to do something useful there involves preparation—which is now underway as agencies and companies aim to return humans to the lunar surface.