Pentagon working with space industry to counter Chinese espionageChinese attempts to steal U.S. space technology remain a problem despite efforts by the Pentagon to protect intellectual property data, Air Force acquisitions executive Darlene Costello said May 26.
Viasat asks FCC to halt Starlink launches while it seeks court rulingSatellite operator Viasat is asking the FCC to stop SpaceX from launching more Starlink satellites as it heads to court to compel a thorough environmental review of the rapidly growing megaconstellation.
Lynk files FCC license application for initial direct-to-cellphone satellite systemLynk, a startup developing a constellation of satellites to provide connectivity for mobile phones, has filed a license application with the Federal Communications Commission to operate an initial set of satellites.
NASA brands future Earth science missions as Earth System ObservatoryA set of missions recommended by the Earth science decadal survey more than three years ago will be developed under a program called the Earth System Observatory, NASA and the White House announced May 24.
Zhurong rover rolls onto Martian surface a week after landingChina’s Zhurong rover descended onto the surface of Mars late May 21, a week after the vehicle’s historic landing in Utopia Planitia.
SLS Core Stage thermal protection system refurbishment in work at Kennedy for Artemis 1NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) programs are working with Core Stage prime contractor Boeing and prime test operations and support contractor Jacobs to finish repairs to thermal protection system (TPS) spray-on foam insulation on the Artemis 1 Core Stage at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Horizon Technologies gets funding for maritime surveillance satellitesA British company that equips spy planes and drones to track satellite telephones has raised capital to launch a handful of tiny surveillance spacecraft to listen for signals from ships operating clandestinely.
Axelspace raises $24 million in Series C roundAxelspace, the Japanese firm planning to offer daily global optical imagery, raised 2.58 billion Japanese yen ($23.8 million) in a Series C investment round announced May 14 in Tokyo, May 13 in the United States.
A new book, Amazon Unbound, reveals Jeff Bezos’ envy of SpaceX"Executives from the two companies stopped talking."
NASA's Perseverance Captures Video, Audio of Fourth Ingenuity FlightSounds of the Mars Helicopter’s whirring rotors add another new dimension to the historic project.
Intelsat and SES on course for mammoth C-band paymentsSatellite operators Intelsat and SES say they are on track to meet a key C-band spectrum clearing deadline this year, despite ongoing COVID-19 disruption.
Isar Aerospace wins three-way DLR microlauncher competitionGerman launch startup Isar Aerospace beat out Rocket Factory Augsburg and HyImpulse Technologies to win a DLR endorsement that clears the way for it to secure 11 million euros from the European Space Agency’s Boost! program.
SpaceX aces Starlink launch and landing, reveals more than half a million preordersSpaceX has successfully completed its 25th operational Starlink satellite launch, stuck a bullseye Falcon 9 booster landing, and revealed that satellite internet...
Crew Dragon brings four astronauts back to nighttime splashdownFour astronauts strapped into their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, undocked from the International Space Station and plunged to a fiery pre-dawn splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, closing out the first operational flight of SpaceX’s futuristic touch-screen ferry ship.
U.S. military’s appetite for information fueling demand for space technologyDemand for space-based capabilities is growing across the U.S. military, said Gen. David Thompson, vice chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force.
After NASA taps SpaceX’s Starship for first Artemis landings, agency looks to on-ramp future vehiclesFollowing a year of testing and development, NASA recently selected SpaceX’s Starship-based Human Landing System (HLS) to land astronauts on the moon under the Artemis program. SpaceX’s proposal was the highest rated and lowest cost offering among three studied designs, the others provided by Blue Origin’s National Team and Dynetics.
NASA chooses SpaceX to land next astronauts on the MoonNASA has selected SpaceX to build a spacecraft to land the first astronauts on the moon since 1972, choosing Elon Musk’s space company over competing proposals from Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin and the aerospace firm Dynetics, officials announced Friday.
Telesat raising $500 million in debt for Lightspeed broadband networkCanadian satellite operator Telesat plans to raise $500 million with a bond to help fund its $5 billion Lightspeed broadband constellation.
Blue Origin to rehearse for human passengers on suborbital flightFinally on the cusp of launching people to the edge of space, Blue Origin plans to use a suborbital test flight of its New Shepard booster and crew capsule Wednesday to rehearse boarding and recovery procedures for future missions with paying passengers.
April 12 marks 60 years since Gagarin’s spaceflight, 40 years since shuttle debutSixty years ago Monday, a 27-year-old Russian test pilot named Yuri Gagarin strapped into a Vostok capsule in Central Asia and rode into orbit atop a launcher derived from a Soviet nuclear missile, becoming the first human to travel into the void of space. Twenty years later, in 1981, the era of reusable spacecraft dawned with the first launch of NASA’s space shuttle.




















