IMAGEAs DoD shifts to smaller satellites, rideshare questions emergeLawmakers in the 2023 NDAA recommended that the Space Force and Space Development Agency use a "common launch integrator" to manage rideshares
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IMAGEPhotos: Cape Canaveral’s first launch doubleheader in more than 50 yearsThe launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Aug. 4 occurred 12 hours and 39 minutes after the liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from neighboring launch pads at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the shortest turnaround between two orbital-class missions at the Florida spaceport since Sept. 7 and 8, 1967.
IMAGELa NASA busca experimentos de estudiantes para remontarse en el segundo reto TechRiseLa NASA hace un llamamiento a estudiantes de secundaria y preparatoria para que participen en el segundo reto estudiantil TechRise de la agencia, que invita a equipos de estudiantes a desarrollar, construir y lanzar experimentos científicos y tecnológicos en globos de gran altitud.
IMAGEBlue Origin launches six more passengers to suborbital spaceBlue Origin launched six more people on a quick, 10-minute flight to suborbital space Thursday from West Texas. A popular YouTuber and the first people from Egyptian and Portugal to fly above the internationally-recognized boundary of space were among the commercial passengers.
IMAGELong March 5B rocket stage makes fiery uncontrolled reentry over Indian OceanWreckage from a Chinese Long March 5B rocket first stage made a fiery reentry into Earth’s atmosphere over Southeast Asia Saturday, six days after launching a space station module into orbit.
IMAGERe-entry of large Chinese rocket booster spotted over BorneoThe 22-ton core stage of a Chinese rocket fell back to Earth Saturday, the third time in two years China has allowed such a large booster to re-enter the atmosphere uncontrolled. There were no immediate reports of wreckage or damage on the ground. Space debris experts said the unguided re-entry posed a low but avoidable risk to the world’s population.
IMAGEVaya Space aims for flight operations next year with STAR-3D vortex hybrid engineVaya Space, a developing small satellite and technology company (formerly Rocket Crafters), is deep into the development of their STAR-3D vortex hybrid engine that will be used on the company’s Dauntless rocket.
IMAGESpaceX launches 32nd mission of the year, breaking record set in 2021With the 2022 barely half over, SpaceX launched its 32nd mission of the year Friday from California’s Central Coast, breaking the company’s record for most launches in a year and delivering 46 more Starlink internet satellites into polar orbit to provide global broadband service.
IMAGESpaceX’s first Starlink V2 satellites spotted at StarbaseOn Monday, SpaceX was spotted loading some of the first Starlink V2 satellite prototypes into a custom mechanism designed to refill Starship’s...
IMAGERogozin removed as head of Roscosmos as seat barter agreement signedThe Russian government dismissed Dmitry Rogozin as the head of the space agency Roscosmos July 15, the same day the agency and NASA signed a long-anticipated agreement to exchange seats on flights to the International Space Station.
IMAGERussian space chief dismissed; NASA gets deal for joint crewsDmitry Rogozin, the bellicose director of the Russian space agency Roscosmos who has railed against NASA and its western space allies over sanctions imposed in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is stepping down under orders from President Vladimir Putin. NASA also announced Friday it has finalized a no-funds-exchanged agreement with Roscosmos to allow Russian cosmonauts to launch to the International Space Station on U.S. crew vehicles and U.S. astronauts to fly on Russian Soyuz capsules.
IMAGEJWST teases new era in exoplanet astronomyAmong the dazzling images from the James Webb Space Telescope released Tuesday was a squiggly line of spectral data that contained the tell-tale chemical fingerprint of water vapor and clouds in the atmosphere of a scorching hot planet circling a star 1,150 light-years from Earth.
IMAGEStephan’s Quintet: Five galaxies imaged by James Webb Space TelescopeThe five galaxies of Stephan’s Quintet, prominently featured at the beginning of the holiday film “It’s a Wonderful Life,” were seen with new eyes by the James Webb Space Telescope.
IMAGELa NASA revela las primeras imágenes del telescopio Webb de un universo nunca antes vistoEl amanecer de una nueva era en la astronomía ha comenzado mientras el mundo ve por primera vez las capacidades completas del telescopio espacial James Webb de la NASA, en asociación con la Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA, por sus siglas en inglés) y la Agencia Espacial Canadiense (CSA, por sus siglas en inglés).
IMAGEWebb telescope peers deeper into the universe than ever beforeThe world got its deepest ever look into the distant universe Monday with the release of the first full-color science image from the James Webb Space Telescope, revealing thousands of faint galaxies shining like lampposts in a patch of speck of sky the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length.
IMAGEDepartment of Homeland Security publishes space policyThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published an updated space policy that emphasizes its roles in cybersecurity and resilience.
IMAGERussian Soyuz rocket hauls Glonass navigation satellite to spaceA fresh satellite joined Russia’s Glonass navigation network with the launch of a Soyuz rocket Thursday from a military spaceport about 500 miles north of Moscow.
IMAGEAtlas 5 rocket launches two U.S. military satellites on $1.1 billion missionA United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket fired off its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Friday on a six-hour climb to geosynchronous orbit, deploying a classified payload and a U.S. Space Force satellite to test an improved infrared heat-sensitive sensor design that could help detect and track enemy hypersonic missiles.
IMAGEVirgin Orbit launches seven satellites for US Space Force and NASAVirgin Orbit launched its fifth flight of the LauncherOne rocket, after scrubbing an attempt on Wednesday because the propellant temperature was deemed to be “slightly out of bounds”. That decision was made prior to the take-off of Cosmic Girl, the carrier aircraft.
IMAGEIndian rocket launches three satellites for SingaporeThree Singaporean satellites lifted off Thursday on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and rocketed into an orbit more than 350 miles above Earth to begin missions supporting military surveillance, technology demonstrations, and solar research. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, or PSLV, climbed away from its firing stand on India’s east coast at 8:32 a.m. EDT (1232 GMT) Thursday with more than a million pounds of thrust from its solid-fueled core stage. The Indian launcher flew in its “Core Alone” configuration without any strap-on solid rocket boosters, sending the three Singaporean payloads into a 354-mile-high (570-kilometer) orbit inclined 10 degrees to the equator. “All of the satellites were placed in the right orbit,” said S. Somanath, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, India’s space agency. The primary payload on the mission was the DS-EO satellite, a high-resolution Earth-imaging spacecraft developed by ST Engineering and Singapore’s Defense Science an