Space

By Guy Norris, Thierry Dubois
Boeing, SpaceX have contracts for lunar missions.
Space

By Mark Carreau
With Orion back on Earth, NASA officials are examining the results and preparing to name astronauts in 2023.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft has departed Naval Base San Diego for transport via truck to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Avio’s Vega C launch vehicle failed to place Pléiades Neo 5 & 6 satellites into orbit on Dec. 20.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The end came following a months-long struggle to clear the spacecraft’s power-generating solar arrays of dust storm deposits.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The planned spacewalk will see the installation of a fourth ISS Roll Out Solar Array.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Possession of the licenses puts Virgin Orbit back on course to launch in January.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Demonstrations are growing more diverse as the industry matures and new players seek to change the space industry.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio
The additional money includes $442 million for the U.S. Space Force to buy one Wideband Gapfiller Satellite for high-data rate military communication services.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The 7-hr. excursion by NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Josh Cassada is scheduled to begin at 7:45 a.m. EST.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The samples are being carefully preserved for terrestrial analysis with the latest laboratory technologies.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Pyongyang claims to have successfully tested a large solid-fuel engine, which could be used to power an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno, Steve Trimble
The deal adds one of the U.S. government’s most important propulsion, space and missile system suppliers to industry’s self-titled trusted disruptor.
Defense and Space

By Garrett Reim
Telesat of Ottawa has finished testing its Phase 1 low-Earth-orbit demonstration satellite.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
Vice President Kamala Harris has named 29 people to join the U.S. National Space Council's Users Advisory Group.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
The European Space Agency has solidified its master plan for three demonstration programs aiming at launcher reusability.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Boston-based Advent, which bought Britain’s Cobham and Ultra Electronics in recent years, said Maxar is a high-quality known supplier of orbital assets.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Garrett Reim
The Air Force Research Laboratory has contracted with Pacific Defense to develop a modular, open architecture sensor to monitor cislunar space.
Space

By Mark Carreau
A planned spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts at the International Space Station was delayed due to a Soyuz leak.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
U.S. Space Forces Korea is the Space Force's first command outside of the United States.
Space

By Mark Carreau
In a public “town hall,” NASA’s top administrators praised the agency’s workforce for achieving a range of milestones in 2022.
Space

By Guy Norris
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) 747SP airborne telescope has been retired to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Quantum Space has raised $15 million to develop a network of “Scout” spacecraft throughout cislunar space.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Unprecedented high-altitude weather triggered a series of events which led to the loss of Airbus’ Zephyr high-altitude pseudo satellite.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander into space on Dec. 11 from Cape Canaveral.
Commercial Space