SALT LAKE CITY – Aerospace Corp. is refining technology to enable cubesats to share data through optical links, after demonstrating the capability early this year. Such a move would allow communication at greater distances and to work more autonomously....

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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be a discovery machine, thanks to its wide field of view and resulting torrent of data. Scheduled to launch no later than May 2027, with the team working toward launch as early...

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America has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to open the space frontier by initiating a sustained program of human exploration of Mars. Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship launch system may soon be operational, offering payload delivery capability comparable to a Saturn V...

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Experts caution that the budget’s method of funding matters just as much as the amount. The post Space Force 2026 budget: an $11B boon or bubble? appeared first on SpaceNews.

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SALT LAKE CITY — French propulsion startup ThrustMe has high expectations for an iodine-fueled Hall-effect thruster set to launch in 2026 on a Marble Imaging satellite built by Reflex Aerospace. “We expect to revolutionize the market,” Dmytro Rafalskyi, ThrustMe...

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SALT LAKE CITY — Telespazio Germany announced plans Aug. 12 to enhance its EASE-Rise mission management platform with Digantara space situational awareness (SSA) services and Intella artificial intelligence tools. “Through these new partnerships, we are adding more capability for...

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SpaceX launched a set of Project Kuiper satellites Aug. 11 as the company approaches its projected peak in launches of that vehicle. The post Falcon 9 nearing its peak launch rate appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Earth orbit is becoming increasingly crowded. With over 11 000 active satellites and many thousands more expected in the coming years as well as over 1.2 million pieces of space debris greater than 1 cm, the risk of in-orbit collisions has...

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See the moon phase expected for August 12, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected.

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SpaceX has ramped up its engine testing efforts at the McGregor test facility this past… The post Raptor 3 testing ramps up at SpaceX McGregor appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

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Media are invited to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, at 2 p.m. CDT Thursday, Aug. 14 to view the final piece of space flight hardware for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the Artemis...

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In this episode of Space Minds, host Mike Gruss speaks with Professor Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited and a professor at the Surrey Space Institute of the University of Surrey. The post Sir Martin...

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NASA has selected KBR Wyle Services, LLC of Fulton, Maryland, to provide services to the Human Health and Performance Directorate at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, which focuses on astronaut health, occupational health, and research that could...

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ULA’s new rocket will fly to GEO an $250 million military experiment that could shape GPS modernization The post ULA’s Vulcan to launch first national security mission appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Belgian startup Edgx has raised seed funding to develop Sterna, an artificial intelligence computer designed to run complex algorithms onboard satellites to speed decisions and use limited bandwidth more efficiently. The post Edgx raises seed funding to bring AI-powered...

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To drive the development of key space-based capabilities for the United States, NASA is exploring an opportunity to demonstrate technology to raise a spacecraft’s orbit to a higher altitude. Two American companies – Cambrian Works of Reston, Virginia, and...

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After a week of weather delays across the U.S, launch cadence increases as providers strive… The post Launch Roundup: Vulcan and Ariane to launch ahead of Starlink missions appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

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Science in Space August 2025 Cells are the basic building blocks of all living things, from single-celled bacteria to plants and animals containing vast numbers of them. Cells have adapted for a wide variety of settings and functions. Nerve...

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NASA is accepting U.S. submissions for the second phase of the agency’s LunaRecycle Challenge, a Moon-focused recycling competition. The challenge aims to develop solutions for recycling common trash materials – like fabrics, plastics, foam, and metals – that could...

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Employee-owned defense technology company demonstrates mission-focused edge processing capabilities for warfighter applications. The post SciTec Showcases Advanced Small Satellite Technologies at 39th Annual Small Satellite Conference appeared first on SpaceNews.

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