Space

By Michael Bruno
Tomorrow.io, a startup providing satellite-enabled weather data and services, said it closed an $87 million Series E round of venture capital funding.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
A company statement said the test helped to “validate the X-Bow concept.”
Space

By Garrett Reim
Ispace of Japan has named Ronald Garan as the CEO of its subsidiary ispace technologies U.S.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Two NASA astronauts installed a sixth and final planned Roll Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the long solar power truss of the ISS during a June 15 spacewalk.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Virgin Galactic is aiming to begin commercial suborbital spaceflight services between June 27 and 30, the company said on June 15.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force has officially begun its search for a company to provide its future space range operations.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Arianespace is delaying the launch of its final Ariane 5 rocket due to a possible technical issue with the booster.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The research findings back the premise that most, if not all, Earth water originated through asteroid collisions during the Solar System’s planet-forming era.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Ultimately, heritage hardware, not new technology, is the cause.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The company is developing a 62-ft. (19-m), two-stage rocket to deliver satellites weighing up to 397 lb. into low Earth orbit.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Spire Global launched a pair of 6U cubesats with laser communications payloads aboard the SpaceX Transporter-8 mission on June 12.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
Japan's new Space Security Initiative aims to expand the use of space-based technology to complement its defense requirements.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force’s top planning division is starting to look at the next generation of precision navigation and timing capabilities from orbit.
Space

By Guy Norris
Hypersonix Launch Systems is prepping to begin tests of a scramjet made from high-temperature ceramic matrix composites, as part of a planned launch system.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Irene Klotz
Ariane 6 delays and problems with Vega C leave European launch industry mostly grounded.
Paris Air Show

By Mark Carreau
NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg installed a fifth ISS Roll Out Solar Array on the International Space Station’s lengthy solar power truss.
Space

By Garrett Reim
OneWeb and Eutelsat demonstrate for NATO the ability to connect their respective low-Earth-orbit and geostationary-orbit satellites to a single mobile terminal.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Astronauts will be exploring the lunar south pole, which promises to yield discoveries about how the Solar System formed.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Safran CEO Olivier Andries stresses risk- and revenue-sharing as part of sector reorganization for future launches following Ariane 6 program delays.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Thierry Dubois
Safran’s CEO sees challenges and opportunities in aerospace manufacturing and space launch in the coming years.
Paris Air Show

By Matthew Fulco
Heavy state intervention could weigh down China’s plans to dominate commercial space.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
United Launch Alliance has completed a 6-sec. hot fire of the methane-burning BE-4 engines that power the first stage of its new Vulcan rocket.
Space

By Irene Klotz
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX will split the dozen launch contracts under the National Space Security Launch (NSS) Phase Two program.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A routine checkpoint review exposed two safety issues that were seeded long ago.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The one-year design effort could, if successful, lead to a follow-on contract to build three sensors for the Space Systems Command's next tracking satelllites.
Space