The company secured a Federal Aviation Administration five-year reentry license that allows unlimited landings in Australia The post Varda to launch its first in-house built spacecraft for on-orbit manufacturing appeared first on SpaceNews.

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The European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius attended the third day of the International Paris Air Show.  

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In 1962, the world stood on the brink of nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. What saved us wasn’t just luck — it was the hotline hastily established between […] The post Learning from the past: How history...

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Array Labs, based in Palo Alto, California, is developing a 3D radar imaging constellation designed to operate in clusters The post Maxar partners with Array Labs to expand 3D imaging technology appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Astronomers have created a magnificent visual map of the spiral galaxy using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.

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Video: 00:17:03 Watch the replay of the ESA-European Commission press conference with Josef Aschbacher, Director General of ESA, and Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space, held at the Paris Air Show 2025 (Le Bourget) on 18 June...

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Video: 00:12:58 Watch the replay of the call between Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General, Andrius Kubilius, EU Commissioner for Defence and Space, and Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, ESA project astronaut. This call took place at the Paris Air Show 2025 (Le...

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Venturi Space, a company working with Astrolab on lunar rover concepts, unveiled an all-European rover design it hopes to offer to European space agencies. The post Venturi Space announces European lunar rover design appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Comet C/2014 UN271, aka Bernardinelli–Bernstein, is already releasing gas, even though it's still far from the sun's heat in the solar system.

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Three European aerospace companies expect to decide by next month whether to combine their space divisions, something that could still take years to win regulatory approvals. The post July decision expected on combination of European space companies appeared first...

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Othmane Benafan is a NASA engineer whose work is literally reshaping how we use aerospace materials — he creates metals that can shape shift. Benafan, a materials research engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, creates metals called...

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NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center invites the community to help celebrate the center’s 65th anniversary during a free public event noon to 5 p.m. CDT Saturday, July 19, at The Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, Alabama. Marshall, along with its...

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The Trump administration’s proposal would cut electro-optical imagery funding and eliminate funding entirely for the acquisition of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery The post CEOs push back on proposed cuts to commercial satellite imaging programs appeared first on SpaceNews.

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NASA uses satellite lidar technology to study Earth’s forests, key carbon sinks.

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Better understanding the lunar lighting environment will help NASA prepare astronauts for the harsh environment Artemis III Moonwalkers will experience on their mission. NASA’s Artemis III mission will build on earlier test flights and add new capabilities with the...

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A curious cow watches as NASA astronauts Andre Douglas and Kate Rubins perform a simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 14, 2024.

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The beginning of the industrial development of LISA was among the highlights for the European Space Agency on the second day of the International Paris Air Show. 

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While attending the Paris Air Show June 16, NASA acting Administrator Janet Petro signed an agreement with DLR (German Aerospace Center, or Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) to continue a partnership in space medicine research. This renewed collaboration...

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A strange jellyfish-like phenomenon was spotted streaking across the sky Monday night, and scientists know where it came from.

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A NASA-sponsored team is creating a new approach to measure magnetic fields by developing a new system that can both take scientific measurements and provide spacecraft attitude control functions. This new system is small, lightweight, and can be accommodated...

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