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A NASA safety panel praised the International Space Station (ISS) program on June 22 for the precautionary steps it recently took while Russian cosmonauts looked into the latest in a series of worrisome air leaks.

A flagship NASA observatory designed to answer questions about dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets and other astrophysical phenomena arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on June 21.

Commercial space tracker LeoLabs says that China’s reusable spaceplane has released a new object on orbit.

NASA has picked a concept for further development of a twin-sat mission to research how space weather and the Earth’s atmosphere affect the space environment.

Veteran astronaut Bob Hines' selection as the crew backup could be an indication of just how committed the agency is to acknowledging and addressing Artemis III's challenges.

Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket carrying a spacecraft intended to boost NASA’s ailing Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to a higher orbit reached Mojave, California, on June 18, as it heads to the Pacific for launch that's targeted for later this month.

Laminar flow and cryogenic propulsion top technology lists in the NASA studies.

Europe inaugurates its most powerful Ariane rocket but still eyes further mission expansion.

Under new owner and CEO Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, California-based Relativity Space is setting its sights on Mars.

NASA faces significant challenges in successfully transitioning crewed operations aboard the International Space Station to commercial successors.

Startup Katalyst prepares June 27 to demonstrate satellite reboost services on NASA's Swift telescope using its LINK spacecraft.

NASA’s 34th SpaceX Cargo Dragon mission successfully came back to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on June 17.

NASA’s 34th SpaceX Dragon resupply capsule spacecraft has departed the International Space Station.

NASA’s X-59 Quesst low-boom supersonic demonstrator achieved Mach 1.4 at 55,000 ft. on June 12.

Robotic arm maker Standard Bots has raised a $200 million Series C round of funding that it plans to use to increase its manufacturing capacity.

A new crew begins training for NASA’s Artemis III flight test in Earth orbit.

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As NASA prioritizes flagship missions, Landsat may move toward a commercial model—reviving debates over free data, continuity and science needs.

ESA aims to send European astronauts to the lunar surface, says the agency's Director General Josef Aschbacher.

NASA on June 9 named three agency astronauts and a European Space Agency astronaut as its Artemis III mission crewmembers.

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Axiom Space and Italy’s Prada fashion house have unveiled the Liquid Coolant and Ventilation Garment (LCVG) element of their next-generation spacesuit.

A Czech astronaut is poised to travel to the International Space Station under a Vast private astronaut mission, the European Space Agency said.

NASA’s Lockheed Martin-built X-59 Quesst low-boom demonstrator conducted its first supersonic flight on June 5, reaching Mach 1.1 on an 81-min. mission.