Astroscale shares soar in Tokyo stock market debut Original Publication Date: 2024-06-06 04:28 Astroscale started trading on Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market at 850 yen ($5.46) per share. Company announced plans May 1 to go public, offering 20.8 million shares. Astroscale developing systems ...

Japanese Mars mission launch delayed to 2026 Original Publication Date: 2024-01-11 08:52 Japanese space agency JAXA confirms two-year delay in the launch of the Martian Moons eXploration. JAXA blames it in part on the H3 rocket that will launch the spacecraft. MMX was scheduled to launch in ...

CAPSTONE working well more than a year after launch Original Publication Date: 2023-07-25 02:22 Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) started its journey to the moon last July. After overcoming communications and thruster problems, the ...

Original Publication Date: 2023-03-31 09:22 Top Chinese space official has called for the country to speed up its plans to develop lunar infrastructure. Yang Mengfei of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) Yang stressed that in terms of the industrial market, China ...

China is developing a quantum communications satellite network Original Publication Date: 2023-03-10 10:11 Chinese research institutes are working to construct a quantum communications network. Network would use elements of quantum mechanics for encryption and secure transmission of ...

NASA proposes final extension of ISS cargo contracts Original Publication Date: 2023-03-05 21:15 NASA is proposing to issue sole-source extensions of its Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) 2 contracts. Northrop Grumman, Sierra Space and SpaceX would get extensions from January 2027 through ...

NASA and Roscosmos planning to add mission to seat barter agreement Original Publication Date: 2023-03-05 01:07 NASA, Roscosmos working to update seat barter agreement. Russian cosmonauts will fly on next two SpaceX crew rotation missions. Crew-7 mission scheduled to launch this fall. Agreement ...

DoD releases updated guidance on ‘responsible behaviors in space’ Original Publication Date: 2023-03-03 20:07 U.S. Defense Department releases updated guidelines for safe and responsible space operations. Guidelines apply to military operations, not commercial or civil space activities. DoD ...

Crew-6 launches to space station Original Publication Date: 2023-03-02 09:19 A Falcon 9 lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 12:34 a.m. Eastern March 2. The rocket placed the Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour into orbit on the Crew-6 mission. SpaceX scrubbed the ...