Space

ESA has signed a deal with Thales Alenia Space to build the EnVision spacecraft to explore Venus from its inner core to upper atmosphere, the company said.

Shifting geopolitical realities are driving European space leaders to push defense and security up the space agenda.

Europe aims to resume flying the Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket on Feb. 26, with the launch set to be the first managed by Arianespace.

Even phantom vessels emit signals that satellites can detect.

The Torrance, California-based company specializes in robotic arms for in-space servicing and lunar rovers.

The startup says its fuel tanks can store cryogenic fuels such as liquid oxygen, methane, and liquid hydrogen in space for multiple years.

The private rocket company said the launch window for NS-29 is due to open at 11 a.m. EST.

Lockheed Martin is preparing to ship its newly completed Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft to Kennedy Space Center for its planned launch next month to map water deposits on the Moon.

France plans to demonstrate a higher-thrust rocket engine roughly on par with SpaceX's Raptor and Blue Origin’s BE-4 to avoid Europe falling further behind.

ESA scientists say liquid water may not yet have been discovered on another planet because observation has not focused long enough on a given star.

The agency released a draft solicitation dated Jan. 22 related to the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

The effort is intended to reduce risk and cost as well as protect property rights, encourage interoperability and mitigate harmful interference.

Rocket Lab is to carry the satellites on a dedicated Electron launch within four months.

The awards are part of the Artemis program’s objectives of establishing a sustainable human presence at the Moon to prepare for human expeditions to Mars.

The third stage was lost about 3 sec. after ignition, triggering the rocket's self-destruct mechanism.

The total national space program over the next five years would cost $25-30 billion and the civilian space budget will increase $4-5 billion a year by Fiscal 1963 under President Kennedy following his decision to race Russians to the Moon.

Satellite maker OHB says it is targeting a jump in bookings as it set a financial target of securing “sustainable” order intake of over €2 billion in 2026.

China has disclosed plans to ramp up the pace of Long March 6 flights in 2025 in conjunction with the rocket’s first launch this year.

The company created fireworks with its latest Starship flight test—just not the celebratory kind, as rocket debris caused commercial flight diversions.

“It’s time to be able to move through space at will and to be able to defend ourselves when we are attacked,” ULA CEO Tory Bruno says.

The world is headed for a period of launcher abundance as the New Glenn expands rocket choice in the heavy-lift segment.

“We are at an inflection point,” says Kelli Kedis Ogborn, vice president of Space Commerce and Entrepreneurship at the Space Foundation.

The fuel was subjected to a rigorous series of cyclic thermal evaluations.

Callisto is a joint program with German aerospace research center DLR and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

The company, which specializes in on-orbit servicing, said the latest effort will draw on its Rendezvous and Proximity Operations technology.