The rapid expansion of satellite networks is one of the most exciting developments of our time, bringing high-speed internet and advanced communication capabilities to even the most remote corners of […] The post How to prevent space collisions: the...

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Image: Zero Debris Charter goes intercontinental

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For the European space industry, the deafening rumble of the ascending rocket was a sigh of relief. On the afternoon of July 9, an Ariane 6 lifted off on a […] The post Europe lifts off from its launcher...

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MILAN – Italian space logistics company D-Orbit announced a 119.6 million euro ($131 million) contract with the European Space Agency for a spacecraft servicing vehicle.   Under the contract announced Oct. […] The post D-Orbit enters GEO in-orbit servicing market...

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Dubbed Haven-1, the space station is much more modern and spacious than the ISS, with queen-size beds, a state-of-the-art gym, and maple wood interiors.

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As SpaceX lands its Super Heavy rocket booster, Elon Musk predicts that the breakthrough could pave the way for a sustainable city on Mars by 2054.

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ESA has taken another important step on the road towards sustainability in space with its first in-orbit servicing mission RISE. A €119 million contract was signed with D-Orbit as the co-funding prime contractor.

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Felipe Valdez is someone who took advantage of every possible opportunity at NASA, working his way from undergraduate intern to his current job as a flight controls engineer.  Born in the United States but raised in Mexico, Valdez faced...

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The Clipper spacecraft will launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:06 ET (17:06 BST) on Monday.

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ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence has taken its first images using three of the instruments that will be used to explore and study the asteroids Dimorphos and Didymos.

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France’s state-backed Expansion Ventures fund has invested about $10 million in Constellation Technologies & Operations, a two-year-old French startup with plans for 1500 small 5G broadband satellites in very low Earth orbit. The post French startup gets state-backed seed...

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NASA and SpaceX are ready to launch a multibillion-dollar mission to a moon of Jupiter to see if that world could support life. The post Europa Clipper ready for launch appeared first on SpaceNews.

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The 400-foot reusable rocket blasted off at sunrise from close to the Mexico border before successfully landing on metal 'chopsticks' for the first time.

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Vast Space unveiled the design of the space station it plans to propose to NASA in the next phase of the agency’s program to develop commercial successors to the International Space Station. The post Vast releases design of Haven-2...

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Earth planning date: Friday, Oct. 11, 2024 This blogger is in the United Kingdom, just north of London, where we yesterday had beautiful night skies with a red aurora that was even visible with the unaided eye, and looked...

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SpaceX’s record-breaking streak of successful launches and landings ended during the third quarter of 2024,… The post SpaceX navigates Q3 anomalies, starting ambitious Q4 goals appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

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Find details about the launch sequences for the orbiter, which is targeting an Oct. 14 liftoff on its mission to search for ingredients of life at Jupiter’s moon Europa. In less than 24 hours, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is...

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While in Milan for international meetings, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson was among the witnesses as Estonia signed the Artemis Accords and became the 45th nation to join the United States and other signatories agreeing to the safe, transparent, and...

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SpaceX's fifth Starship test launch and return debuted the first successful use of the company's impressive booster catcher, known as "chopsticks."

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