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India’s Chandrayaan-3 reached lunar orbit today enroute to a landing in less than three weeks. It is the country’s second attempt to land on the Moon. The success rate for […]

On Aug. 6, 2012, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission, comprised of the new Curiosity rover, officially began when Curiosity was successfully lowered onto the Martian surface via a first-of-its-kind skycrane. Curiosity‘s landing location was at the base of Mount Sharp (officially referred to as Aeolis Mons) in Gale Crater — a 3.5 billion-year-old crater that scientists believe was once a lake.

NASA and its three Western partners, Canada, Europe, and Japan, confirmed plans to extend ISS operations through 2030 during a recent panel session at the International Space Station Research and Development Conference.

India is gearing up for its second lunar landing attempt as the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully arrived in lunar orbit.

India will make its second moon landing attempt in 18 days’ time after its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft arrived in lunar orbit Saturday.

Astra Space announced Aug. 4 it has laid off a quarter of its workforce and reassigned others from launch vehicle to satellite propulsion development as its cash reserves dwindle.

A review of the book From the Earth to Mars.

22 more V2 mini Starlink satellites are set to launch atop a Falcon 9 on Sunday, August 6th. The launch is currently...

Globalstar, the operator behind Apple’s satellite-enabled SOS app, posted a 50% year-on-year jump in quarterly sales Aug. 3 amid promising growth in its business for connecting remote Internet of Things devices.

Struggling space company Astra is cutting 25% of its workforce, the company announced on Friday, and restructuring to focus more on its spacecraft engine business, which will delay progress on the small rocket it has been developing.

Earlier today, SpaceX partially fueled Booster 9, continuing a series of tests before its eventual static fire test. For the spin prime...

After sending the command, NASA had to wait 37 hours for a response.

China has picked up its launch cadence in the last two weeks as they continue to push forward in its ambitious 2023 launch schedule. Not only did they launch three rockets from the Chang Zheng family in a short period of time, but also Gushenxing-1 from Site 95A at Jiuquan joined the mix with the “Lemon Tree” mission.

After successfully completing a "Chill and Spin" of its raptor engines, B9 readies for a static fire test as soon as this weekend.

NASA has reestablished full communications with Voyager 2 after a series of planned commands sent to NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft on July 21 inadvertently caused the antenna to point 2 degrees away from Earth.

While the partners in the International Space Station have agreed to operate the station through at least the late 2020s, the extended use of the station still faces technical and budgetary challenges.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-8's crew members have been selected! Crew 8 will embark on a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in early 2024.

Cygnus NG-19 Arrival: At 4:54 AM CT this morning, the crew successfully captured Cygnus NG-19 using the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS). Cygnus was installed at the Node 1 Nadir port, and bolt loading was completed at 8:14 AM CT. The crew then performed leak checks and vestibule outfitting prior to ingress. After photographing …

Four crew members now are assigned to launch on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission for a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station.

In a move that has intensified the ongoing debate over the location of the U.S. Space Command's headquarters, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), announced on August 3 that he is launching an investigation into the Biden administration's decision to keep the headquarters in Colorado.

Satellite operator SES has announced that it will conduct extra tests before proceeding with the launch of its next pair of O3b mPower satellites.

NASA has selected Axiom Space to carry out the fourth in a series of private astronaut missions to the International Space Station in 2024.

"They should really aim for full reusability by 2026."

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is threatening to subpoena DOD officials unless they provide documents relating to the decision to locate U.S. Space Command in Colorado instead […]

Following the delayed launch of the most recent Falcon Heavy launch, NASA and SpaceX have pushed the Crew 7 launch to August...

Falcon 9 B1077 completed its 6th launch and landing, sending the Intelsat Galaxy-37/Horizons-4 satellites to geostationary transfer orbit. Launching midway through the...

After last week’s testing of Booster 9, the water deluge system, and other important activity at Starbase, the Starship program is now moving into a critical testing phase where Booster 9 will begin static test firings of the Raptor engines with the water deluge in use.

SpaceX will launch the 4th Axiom mission to the International Space Station no earlier than August 2024. NASA had previously signed a...

SES needs to conduct extra tests before launching its next pair of O3b mPower satellites, the operator said Aug. 3, to investigate a glitch that is sporadically tripping off power modules on its first four in medium Earth orbit.

NASA and Axiom Space, a private space exploration company, have signed an order for the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), with a targeted launch no earlier than August 2024.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 is set to carry Galaxy 37 to Geostationary Orbit from SLC 40

The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) said Aug. 3 he is launching an investigation into the Biden administration’s decision to keep U.S. Space Command’s headquarters in Colorado.

NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than August 2024 from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Payloads: Food Physiology: The crew participated in a Food Physiology diet briefing with the science team on the ground. The Integrated Impact of Diet on Human Immune Response, the Gut Microbiota, and Nutritional Status During Adaptation to Spaceflight (Food Physiology) experiment is designed to characterize the key effects of an enhanced spaceflight diet on immune …

The last satellite Intelsat needs to claim nearly $5 billion in total C-band spectrum clearing proceeds is performing well after launching Aug. 3. on a Falcon 9, its manufacturer Maxar Technologies said.

NASA's SpaceX Crew 7 mission to the International Space Station has been delayed again with a new target launch window of 3:49 a.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 25.

Shortly before the rover’s 11th anniversary on the Red Planet, its team helped guide it up a steep, slippery slope to examine meteor craters.

Northrop Grumman is planning significant upgrades to its Cygnus cargo vehicle, geared towards supporting both the International Space Station (ISS) and future commercial space stations.

NASA's Psyche spacecraft achieved a crucial milestone as its jumbo solar arrays were methodically tested and permanently installed on the orbiter inside a pristine clean room near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

At the beginning of this year, I included a breakout space stock as one of the three things I’m watching for in 2023. Just past the halfway point we have strong contenders for that title, led by Rocket Lab and followed by Redwire and Mynaric, with the top five rounded out by Telesat and BlackSky.

Northrop Grumman is planning upgrades to its Cygnus cargo vehicle, such as increased payload capacity, to support both the International Space Station and future commercial space stations.

More than half the work of the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt is expected to be performed by UAE companies.

Northrop Grumman is reconsidering when to sign fixed price contracts with the government after experiencing a $36 million loss on NASA’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost. Company head Kathy Warden told […]

SpaceX is set for a midnight launch to send a communications satellite to geostationary transfer orbit for Intelsat. The two-hour launch window...

The Canadian Space Mining Corporation (CSMC) has hired NASA Astronaut and Geophysicist Dr. Andrew J. Feustel to be their Executive Vice President of Strategy.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) has stacked a Atlas V 551 rocket at SLC-41 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of their next national security launch.

US-based startup Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space have announced an agreement to develop, build, and operate Starlab, a commercial space station. The pair aim to offer the station that as a destination in low Earth orbit for US and European astronauts following the retirement of the International Space Station. The agreement announced on […] The post Airbus and Voyager Space Announce Commercial Space Station Partnership appeared first on European Spaceflight.

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity selected four vendors to develop technologies and new approaches for tracking small debris objects in space.

Voyager Space and Airbus Defence and Space have announced a groundbreaking partnership for the joint development of the StarLab commercial space stations.

The National Science Foundation's NOIRLab has announced that on August 1st it encountered an alarming cyber attack that targeted its computer systems.