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Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 15, 2026 — Ecliptic Enterprises, a long‑standing leader in space avionics and imaging systems with more than 220 missions flown over 25 years, announced a major […] The post New Wireless Access Point, Camera, and Remote Interface Unit Join NASA Human Rated Class 1 Layer 3 Ethernet Switch Family appeared first on SpaceNews.

The Swedish National Space Agency has signed an agreement with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to cooperate on the licensing of US rocket launches from Sweden’s Esrange Space Centre. While the Esrange Space Centre has been in operation since the 1960s, it has strictly been used for suborbital flights. In 2023, SSC Space, the […] The post Swedish Space Agency Signs Agreement with FAA on Launch Licensing appeared first on European Spaceflight.

Washington Harbour Partners leads Series B funding round The post Turion Space raises $75 million to expand maneuverable satellite fleet appeared first on SpaceNews.

Each year the European Space Agency (ESA) invites small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and midcaps to share their views and give feedback about topics which affect their work in the space sector.

Noticeable change on Mars often takes millions of years – but the European Space Agency’s Mars Express has captured a blanket of dark ash creeping across the planet in just decades.

Actionable data from space could be delivered in seconds in the future, thanks to progress towards the European Space Agency’s (ESA) faster and more secure laser communications network, HydRON. At the 41st Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Canadian satellite communications company Kepler was awarded a contract to lead the next phase in the project’s evolution. 

After the Laurentide Ice Sheet retreated from present-day Hudson Bay, rebounding land has revealed striking nearshore topography.

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued the National Initiative for American Space Nuclear Power today. Attempts to develop space nuclear power and propulsion date back to […]

Liftoff of the Starlink 17-27 mission from Space Launch Complex 4 East is scheduled for 9:29:49 p.m. PDT (12:29:49 a.m. EDT / 0429:49 UTC).

Written by Abigail Fraeman, Deputy Project Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Earth planning date: Friday, April 10, 2026 Curiosity spent the past week driving towards a small crater, about 10 meters (32 feet) in diameter. Today the team informally named this crater “Antofagasta,” after a region and major city in Chile next to the […]

The European Space Agency has picked Canadian small satellite operator Kepler Communications to lead a hosted payload mission to test terminal interoperability for HydRON, ESA’s flagship optical relay network program. The post Kepler to lead interoperability tests for ESA’s HydRON optical relay network appeared first on SpaceNews.

COLORADO SPRINGS – Blue Origin moved a step closer to launching New Glenn rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base with a U.S. Space Force decision to conduct final negotiations of a lease for Space Launch Complex (SLC)-14. “By taking the next steps to further develop heavy and super-heavy space launch capabilities at SLC-14, we’re continuing […] The post Blue Origin moves toward launch at Vandenberg appeared first on SpaceNews.

COLORADO SPRINGS – The National Reconnaissance Office, the agency responsible for U.S. spy satellites, seeks partners to accelerate its adoption of state-of-the-art intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. “We are ready […] The post NRO highlights government and industry partnerships appeared first on SpaceNews.

SES announced an agreement with Boeing April 14 to start integrating multi-orbit hardware during aircraft production, marking a key step away from retrofit installations to incorporate LEO broadband. The post SES and Boeing move toward factory-installed multi-orbit inflight connectivity appeared first on SpaceNews.

April 14, 2026 – Washington, D.C.—The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) and ispace technologies U.S., inc. (ispace-U.S.) today announced that ispace-U.S., a U.S.-based commercial lunar exploration company, has joined its Board […] The post Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes ispace-U.S. to Board of Directors appeared first on SpaceNews.

Scientists have found that young stellar cousins of our Sun are calming down and dimming more quickly in their X-ray output than previously thought, according to a new study using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. A paper describing the results published Monday in The Astrophysical Journal. Unlike in the new movie “Project Hail Mary,” this quieting […]

Since it began in 1958, NASA has been charged by law with spreading the word about its work to the widest extent practicable. From typewritten press releases to analog photos and film, the agency has effectively moved into social media and other online communications. NASA’s broad reach across digital platforms has been recognized by the […]

Oceaneering International, Inc. and Seagate Space Corporation today announced a strategic relationship to advance the development of Seagate Space’s offshore launch platform design. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a long-term […] The post Seagate Space and Oceaneering Join Forces to Build the Future of Offshore Launch Infrastructure appeared first on SpaceNews.

Science at NASA is becoming a hitchhiker. After decades in the driver’s seat, where dedicated science missions made historic discoveries such as alien oceans, the accelerating universe and potential biosignatures on Mars, the agency now asks science to stand with its thumb out, waiting for rides on spacecraft designed for other purposes. This is not […] The post Put science back in the driver’s seat appeared first on SpaceNews.

2025-2026 Dream with Us Winners Congratulation to our 2025-2026 Dream with Us Design Challenge Winners! We are pleased to share this year’s winning projects:  Middle School 1st Place: Scout Farm (Varenya D., Aashritha P., and Alvitha P., NJ) 2nd Place: AgriTech (Charlotte W. and Richard F., CA) 3rd Place: AgriDrone (Hasini B. and Kanishka A, TX and […]

In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss sits down with Fang Qian to discuss the future of GPS satellites. They chat about the need for jam-resistant signals, what comes […] The post The future of GPS satellites with Fang Qian of Lockheed Martin appeared first on SpaceNews.

The White House released a policy April 14 directing NASA, the Pentagon and the Department of Energy to develop space nuclear power systems that could launch as soon as 2028. The post White House releases space nuclear policy appeared first on SpaceNews.

BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin are developing maneuvering satellites that can be refueled The post Defense firms unveil new satellite designs for orbital warfare appeared first on SpaceNews.

Aerospace Corp. is swimming in data. After testing spacecraft and components for more than 65 years, the Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) is training artificial intelligence models to inform spacecraft designs and speed up anomaly diagnosis, Tanya Pemberton, Aerospace CEO and president since September, said in a recent interview. United States government agencies […] The post Q&A: Aerospace Corp flexes its data advantage appeared first on SpaceNews.

Gen. Stephen Whiting calls for a shift from fixed spacecraft to maneuverable assets, with wargames planned to test the concept The post Space Command pushes new warfighting model built on moving satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.

Linda Godwin, a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of four space shuttle missions, knows what it’s like to spend a significant time in space. She chalked up more than 38 days in orbit. She carried out two spacewalks, becoming the first woman to do so outside two space stations with a six-hour spacewalk in […] The post Q&A: Astronaut Linda Godwin on lessons learned from Artemis appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission returned safely to Earth the evening of April 10, completing a critical early step in the agency’s effort to send astronauts back to the moon. The Orion spacecraft Integrity splashed down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego at 8:07 p.m. Eastern, nine days and roughly 90 minutes after lifting off […] The post ‘The show goes on:’ NASA looks beyond Artemis 2 appeared first on SpaceNews.

The hatches are open between Northrop Grumman’s second Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft and the International Space Station following its robotic capture and installation on Monday. The Expedition 74 crew is now beginning to unload some of the new science and crew supplies delivered on Monday.

BOULDER, Colo. (April 14, 2026) — Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies, part of RTX’s (NYSE: RTX) Raytheon business, is increasing reaction wheel production capacity to support […] The post RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies expands reaction wheel production capacity appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, hugs the Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS John P. Murtha, Saturday, April 11, 2026. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, on Friday, April […]

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New constellation aims to turn the planet into a continuous data stream for machine learning The post Xoople and L3Harris team up to build satellites for ‘Earth AI’  appeared first on SpaceNews.

Oxford, UK – Archangel Lightworks announces the successful close of an oversubscribed $13.5m Series A funding round to accelerate the commercialisation of its deployable optical ground station, the TERRA-M.  Archangel […] The post Archangel Lightworks Raises Over $13.5m In Series A Funding Round appeared first on SpaceNews.

Amazon announced plans April 14 to buy satellite operator Globalstar in an $11.57 billion deal, marking its entry into the emerging market for providing connectivity directly to mobile phones and other cellular devices. The post Amazon buys Globalstar to catapult into direct-to-device race appeared first on SpaceNews.

BROOMFIELD, Colo. — April 14, 2026 — BAE Systems has introduced its Ascent spacecraft, a new addition to the company’s Elevation spacecraft line that supports superiority and exploration missions across […] The post BAE Systems introduces Ascent™ spacecraft to support space superiority and exploration appeared first on SpaceNews.

Planets, like those in our solar system, form in a bottom-up process where small bits of rock and ice clump together and grow larger over time. But the heftier the planet, the harder it is to explain its formation that way. Astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine 29 Cygni b, an object […]

No matter how far humanity aims to travel or how ambitious the mission, nutrition will play a key role for the crew members on distant worlds. Before planning long-term stays on the Moon, Mars, and beyond, humans must learn to grow and care for plants and other sources of nutrition like algae to keep the […]

The 63rd Session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (STSC) of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), held in Vienna in February, highlighted a reality that is becoming increasingly clear to those working in the international space community: The space environment has changed dramatically, and the institutions created at […] The post Is COPUOS at a turning point? Governing space in a new era appeared first on SpaceNews.

The company is in talks with Pentagon and intelligence agencies interested in flying payloads on OneWeb’s next-gen constellation The post Eutelsat’s U.S. arm pitches hosted payloads deals on OneWeb satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 14, 2026 — Ecliptic Enterprises, a pioneer in space avionics and imaging systems with more than 220 missions flown over 25 years, announced a strategic development agreement […] The post Ecliptic Enterprises and The Extraterrestrial Investment Company Announce Strategic Agreement appeared first on SpaceNews.

Axiom Space expects to test the spacesuit it is developing for Artemis lunar missions in space in 2027, either on the International Space Station or Artemis 3. The post Axiom Space plans 2027 flight test of spacesuit appeared first on SpaceNews.

AI advances and rising geopolitical tensions are helping usher in a new phase of investment in space infrastructure, according to quarterly research released April 14 by early-stage investor Space Capital. The post AI and geopolitics spur space investment surge appeared first on SpaceNews.

Louisville, Colorado – Tendeg today announced the delivery of the first flight antenna manufactured at Innovation Drive, the company’s new 120,000-square-foot production facility built to support scaled production of deployable […] The post Tendeg Delivers First Antenna from New Industrial Production Facility, Targets 100+ Deployable Apertures Annually appeared first on SpaceNews.

Sam Mehta: ‘We’ve invested hundreds of millions of dollars in inventory, getting long lead parts and components on order’ The post L3Harris investing upfront in bid for Golden Dome work appeared first on SpaceNews.

Since July 2025, the European Space Agency’s pair of Proba-3 satellites has already created 57 artificial solar eclipses. So far, the mission has collected more than 250 hours of high-resolution videos of the Sun’s atmosphere, called the corona. That’s the same amount of observing time as about 5000 total solar eclipse campaigns carried out on Earth.

A pair of solid rocket launches have added to China’s satellite internet and commercial remote sensing capabilities, sending a total of nine satellites into orbit. The post Jielong-3 launches internet test satellite, Kinetica-1 lofts 8 remote sensing sats appeared first on SpaceNews.

From the ESA Blogs.

The Starlink 10-24 mission will add another 29 satellites to the low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 5:33:10 a.m. EDT (0933:10 UTC).

The violent storm aimed at the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands and Guam in mid-April 2026.

COLORADO SPRINGS – President Donald Trump signed the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act April 13, reestablishing key sources of funding for early-stage space companies. The legislation reauthorizes the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs through Sept. 30, 2031, and enhances screening of applicants to ensure they do […] The post President Trump signs legislation reauthorizing SBIR appeared first on SpaceNews.