Space

Pixxel, an Indian startup developing hyperspectral satellites, has raised $24 million as part of a Series B extension round.

Iran’s space agency has for the first time launched the Simorgh rocket equipped with a space tug as an upper stage.

Even though Europe is back in the space launcher race, its progress still trails the U.S. and China.

Arianespace on Dec. 4 returned the Vega-C rocket to flight after a more than two-year hiatus following a mission failure in 2022.

The agency suspects maneuvering spacecraft could open the door to other science missions, including ones linked to Mars sample return missions.

NASA again has pushed back anticipated launch dates for the Artemis II and Artemis III crewed lunar missions in light of Orion crew capsule heat-shield damage.

A new decadal survey of future solar and space physics research calls for an increased focus on the Sun and its interactions across the Solar System.

Delegates to Abu Dhabi Space Debate (ADSD) are set to discuss the most pressing challenges and opportunities within the space sector.

Airbus says the bulk of the head-count reduction it disclosed in October will hit its space segment, with over half of the 2,043 positions being eliminated.

President-Elect Donald Trump has nominated billionaire Jared Isaacman, a commander of two SpaceX commercial space flights, to be the next NASA administrator.

UK satellite launch startup Orbex will shift operations to the Shetland Islands’ SaxaVord Spaceport and mothball construction of mainland Scotland facilities.

An F-35 has off-boarded data to a non-U.S. command and control system for the first time in testing by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works and the UK Royal Air Force.

The European Space Agency has delayed the launch of the Proba-3 mission to examine a possible fault with one of its two satellites.

Amateur engineers may usher in a new era of space, in which rocketry is no longer the reserve of well-funded, well-staffed operations.

SatVu, a London-based startup infrared satellite company, has received an infusion of £20 million ($25.4 million) from a funding round and an insurance payout.

Strategic partners Ad Astra Rocket and Space Nuclear Power are seeking to advance high-power nuclear electric propulsion technologies for missions to Mars.

The first elements of the International Space Station (ISS) to be launched will be the Khrunichev/Boeing FGB spacecraft (top) shown undergoing checkout in Russia, and the Boeing Node 1 docking hub in checkout at the Kennedy Space Center.

The spacecraft were launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 3:10 a.m. EST, supported by the U.S. Space Force’s Launch Delta 30.

Russia has completed the deployment of the Kondor-FKA radar Earth observation constellation with the launch of a second satellite.

A group of mostly undergraduates has set a record for amateur rocketry.

The student rocket club is launching a spacecraft propulsion and guidance, navigation and control startup.

The Prometheus effort began in 2018 to perform science and tech experiments in the extreme reentry environment through a low-cost, high-cadence flight testbed.

The Commerce Department has finalized up to $35.5 million in direct funding for BAE Systems and as much as $23.9 million for Rocket Lab.

The demonstration’s multiple objectives include creating and validating new technologies for improving communications between quantum computers.

Negotiations just wrapped up on the Vega E.