As the evolution of space as a contested domain accelerates, defense and national security agencies must innovate—and both legacy ground systems and digital-first programs now have the chance to rapidly adapt. Every day, the Ukraine-Russian war shows the world the power of space data, while the Space Force’s establishment of a new Indo-Pacific unit underscores […]
Japanese company Iwaya Giken has unveiled its balloon cabin and announced plans to begin flying mission into the stratosphere by the end of year, with its first passengers being announced in October.
The U.S. Space Force is looking for ways it could support future military operations with nontraditional space transportation systems and on-orbit logistics support, Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy said Feb. 21.
Space station company Vast has acquired startup Launcher as the company seeks to accelerate its mission of expanding humanity across the solar system by developing long-term human habitation in space.
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NASA Sets TV Coverage for Launch, Docking of Replacement Soyuz
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NASA will provide live coverage of key events as an uncrewed Roscomos Soyuz spacecraft launches and docks to the International Space Station.
Space station company Vast announced on Tuesday it has acquired fellow startup Launcher in a move that effectively triples the former’s headcount and expands its suite of tech and IP.
At the 241st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Seattle in January, many astronomers celebrated while getting down to work. The conference, one of the biggest for the field, was the first since the James Webb Space Telescope formally started science operations last July after completing six months of post-launch commissioning. The celebrations […]
On September 12th, 2022, Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital launch system experienced an anomaly on its booster stage, causing an automated abort of the capsule during what was meant to be a routine cargo flight. Here's what's happening.
China's Tianwen-1 mission celebrates two years in Martian orbit, as China remains silent on status of their Zhurong rover as NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals the rover has not moved for months.
Images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal that China’s Zhurong rover remains stationary on the Red Planet as China remains silent on the status of its spacecraft.
Vast, a startup developing artificial-gravity space stations, announced Feb. 21 that it acquired launch services company Launcher, using its technology to further space station plans while ending developing of a small launch vehicle.
The recent Chinese spy balloon scare has attracted the attention of a bipartisan coalition in Congress, which is concerned about just how robust China’s satellite and intelligence operations are.
Payloads: Mochii: The crew performed a power-cycle of the Mochii electron microscope system, and then reported the status of the LEDs on the diagnostic strip. This is an effort to restore communication to Mochii following a network switch power cycle a little over a week ago. Mochii is a miniature scanning electron microscope (SEM) with …
The FAA forecasts that commercial launches it licenses could more than double in the next several years, putting an additional strain on the handful of spaceports that host them.
Two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and an Emirati flew to the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday to begin preparations for launch early Monday on a SpaceX Crew Dragon flight to replace four crew members aboard the International Space Station who are wrapping up a five-month stay.
Russia’s space agency said Tuesday that preliminary data suggest a coolant leak on a Progress cargo freighter docked at the International Space Station earlier this month was caused by “external influences” — possibly something that occurred during its launch last year, according to a senior NASA space station manager.
China has begun worki on the construction of the second phase of their planetary defense radar array, known as the "China Compound Eye" or Fuyan project.
When a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched a national security mission to geostationary Earth orbit Jan. 15, the Space Force revealed that three of the payloads onboard were developed by one of its most secretive agencies, the Space Rapid Capabilities Office. The announcement was unusual as the Space RCO, based at Kirtland Air Force Base, New […]
If a conflict with a rival power like China broke out, the U.S. military would need help from the private sector to protect American space assets and augment DoD’s existing satellite-based services.
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Chinese scientists have collaborated to perform spacecraft-rocket integration tests for their upcoming joint mission.
Payloads: Echo: The Echo hardware was retrieved and deployed in the Columbus Module in preparation for routine maintenance activities. Echo is a tele-operated ultrasound system, equipped with motorized probes that are controlled by flight controllers on the ground. The flight controller hardware expert on Earth controls the fine movements of the probes, and receives high …
Airbus and ESA invited media for the Moon Media Day to show and talk about the three Orion European Service Modules currently being produced at Airbus Space and Defence in Bremen. During the event, NASASpaceflight spoke with two experts from NASA and ESA about the upcoming Artemis missions, the results of the first Artemis I mission, and more ESA projects.
Scientists at the European Space Agency’s ESTEC and visiting Chinese counterparts conducted a series of spacecraft-rocket integration tests for a joint mission.
SAN FRANCISCO – NearSpace Launch, an Indiana company known for robotically assembling ThinSats, is unveiling a new Black Box for autonomous satellite tracking and data relay. “Operators want to keep connected to their satellite to get critical health and safety data,” Matthew Voss, NSL chief operating officer, told SpaceNews. “Even over the polar regions or […]
A massive X2 class solar flare erupted from a new sunspot called Active Region 3229 on Friday (Feb 17th) while the Earth was under a geomagnetic storm watch.
With one commercial space traffic coordination pilot project successfully completed, the Office of Space Commerce is considering ways to do a similar project in the more challenging environment of low Earth orbit.
PLD Space, a Spain based launch service provider is preparing for the maiden flight of their reusable rocket, named "Miura 1", which is set to take place next month. This marks a significant milestone for the company, which was founded in 2011 with the goal of goal to provide easy and frequent access to space with their orbital and suborbital launch vehicles.
Boeing and NASA are preparing for the first crewed flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner which is on track to launch NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station in mid to late April for an 8 day test mission.
Eutelsat is preparing to release a request (RFP) for proposals for the One Web second generation constellation while they finalize purchase of the British venture.
NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) NOW website has been taken offline as NASA conducts what they are calling a "cybersecurity review" for future Artemis missions.
Russia is moving ahead with the uncrewed launch of a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station after the post-undocking inspection of a Progress cargo spacecraft failed to show damage from a coolant leak.
A search for companies to build OneWeb’s second-generation constellation could kick off by summer, French satellite operator Eutelsat said Feb. 17 as it closes in on buying the British venture.
SpaceX is facing a potential civil penalty of $175,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), according to a proposal put forth by the U.S. Department of Transportation for failing to submit required pre-flight data to the agency.
SAN FRANCISCO – Peraton won a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contract with a potential value of nearly $400 million to provide ground services for polar-orbiting weather satellites. Under the Low Earth Orbit Ground Sustainment Services contract announced Feb. 17, Herndon, Virginia-based Peraton will support and maintain the Joint Polar Satellite System Common Ground Services. […]
Preparations for the first crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner vehicle to the International Space Station remain on schedule for a launch in mid to late April, company and NASA officials said Feb. 17.
SpaceX has launched the Inmarsat I-6 F2 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit atop a Falcon 9. The vehicle lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at the opening of the 89-minute long launch window on Feb. 17 at 10:59 PM EST (03:59 UTC on Feb. 18). This launch marked 2023’s 24th orbital launch and SpaceX’s 12th of the year — an average launch cadence of 4.1 days per launch.
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NASA Sets Coverage for Agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 Events, Launch
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NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission with astronauts to the International Space Station.
A Falcon 9 rocket delivered 51 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit Friday after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, adding to SpaceX’s global broadband network that reaches all seven continents.
