Space

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.

The return ended a nearly eight-week roundtrip to the seven-person International Space Station.

The cellular service provider has opened registration to potential beta testers on a first-come, first-served basis.

The European satellite operator on Dec. 17 said Airbus is due to start delivering the satellites in late 2026.

NASA has outlined objectives in its "Low Earth Orbit Microgravity Strategy," committing to keeping LEO as habitable as ever to advance research and tech development.

The Australia Space Agency (ASA) has selected by the ELO2 Consortium to build the country’s first lunar rover, dubbed the "Roo-ver" by the public.

European officials plan to move quickly to put on contract risk reduction efforts for the IRIS² satellite communications program to mature critical tech.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander is due to launch mid-January onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and attempt a soft landing on the Moon about 60 days later.

The Dragon capsule has a return cargo that includes scientific research and equipment.

In a 2024 update to its evolving Moon-to-Mars Architecture Definition Document, NASA lists five new high-priority technology gaps, including lunar-dust-mitigation systems.

The EU and ESA signed a concession contract with a European industry consortium to deploy a roughly 292-satellite secure, sovereign communications system.