Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX will attempt to test-fire the 33 Raptor engines of its first Starship/Super Heavy booster on Feb. 9.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel is urging the agency and its policymakers to address or continue addressing a series of safety risk concerns.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A static firing of Super Heavy’s 33 Merlin engines is the last major milestone before debut launch.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Spacetug developer Exotrail of France has raised a $58 million Series B round.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The International Space Station is nearing a challenging stretch.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The cloud-computing company sees space as the next frontier for its technology.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Starship is a two-stage, Mars-class transport system in development.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The company is developing Starlab, a privately run space station in low Earth orbit, planned for launch in 2028.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
China aims to set up an International Lunar Research Station on the Moon’s south pole sometime around 2028.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Hydrosat has won a contract from AFWERX to adapt its surface temperature data analytics software for military missions.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Funds raised will be used to launch a demonstrator capsule in 2024.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Two astronauts finished preparations for the future installation of a final pair of Roll Out Solar Arrays on the International Space Station.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Joe Acaba was among three teachers selected by NASA to become astronauts.
Space

By Garrett Reim
A UK university team has been awarded £520,000 ($643,400) to develop an artificially intelligent (AI) software program to predict solar storms.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The Space Development Agency (SDA) wants to break up the Tranche 2 Transport Layer of its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).
Space

By Irene Klotz
The company plans to pick up the pace, with an eye of up to 100 flights in 2023.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
A 95-page NASA 2023 Spinoff publication was released Jan. 31.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Former NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley were awarded for their 2020 mission under a pioneering NASA flight services contract with SpaceX.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Retired NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are to receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea is developing its own satellite-based geo-positioning network covering the Korean Peninsula for use in the event of a GPS-denied environment.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover has completed the caching of 10 samples of rock cores gathered from its Jezero Crater landing site.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
ESA member states scramble to protect independent access to space.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Space startups raised a record-setting $550 million in private and public capital and grant funding during the first quarter of fiscal 2022.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The test confirmed that a 3D-printed engine could operate for long periods at full throttle with a rotating detonation approach to combustion.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
It was Rocket Lab’s first from the Wallops Island facility, opening a new venue for the Electron rocket and marking a new beginning for the Virginia spaceport.
Commercial Space