Starliner return delayed to July Original Publication Date: 2024-06-22 02:04 NASA and Boeing push back the return of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. NASA did not disclose a new departure date for Starliner. Instead, NASA stated only that it is “evaluating future return opportunities” ...

ExoTerra raises $8 million to boost propulsion system production Original Publication Date: 2024-06-20 10:00 Colorado-based ExoTerra Resources raised $8 million to expand production. Lago Innovation Fund, part of Lago Asset Management, supplied the funding. ExoTerra recently opened a ...

Spanish startup gets funds to deploy commercial IoT constellation Original Publication Date: 2024-06-19 07:00 Spanish startup FOSSA has secured funds for around 20 slightly larger cubesats. The startup said June 19 it has fetched 6.3 million euros ($6.8 million) in a Series A funding round. ...

Spain’s Ienai Space gets funds to demo electrospray thrusters Original Publication Date: 2024-06-17 21:15 Spanish small satellite propulsion developer Ienai Space has raised 3.9 million euros. Ienai aims to start demonstrating electrospray thrusters in low Earth orbit around the end of this ...

China takes small step towards the moon with rocket test Original Publication Date: 2024-06-17 08:18 China's main space contractor has carried out a successful static fire test of a rocket first stage. The test is a step towards China’s goal of putting astronauts on the moon before 2030. NASA ...

Senate Armed Services Committee advances 2025 defense policy bill Original Publication Date: 2024-06-15 10:04 Senate Armed Services Committee clears version of fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. Bill includes compromise language on transfer of Air National Guard space units to ...

Ovzon’s first broadband satellite reaches geostationary slot Original Publication Date: 2024-06-14 21:10 Ovzon 3 will enter service “within a few short weeks,” CEO says. Ovzon continues to see rising demand for the 1,500-kilogram satellite. Ovzon’s largest customer has long been the U.S. ...

Voyager 1 returning science data again Original Publication Date: 2024-06-14 02:51 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced June 13 that the four instruments on the spacecraft have started returning data again. Two of the instruments started up immediately after commands were sent to the ...

Congressional letter asks NASA to rescind Chandra cuts Original Publication Date: 2024-06-13 09:32 Nine members of Congress ask NASA to reconsider changes to operations of Chandra X-Ray Observatory. They oppose NASA's budget proposal to slash funding for the 25-year-old telescope. NASA is ...

Kepler demonstrates optical data relay service in LEO Original Publication Date: 2024-06-11 10:00 Kepler Communications has successfully tested optical inter-satellite links. The company moved terabytes of data across two pathfinders over testing scenarios. Starting next year, Kepler plans to ...