Join us for a fireside chat with Lori Garver & Jim Bridenstine Original Publication Date: 2022-11-26 19:07 SpaceNews will host its first year-end luncheon since 2019. Panelists include a longtime SLS critic and a Republican ex-congressman who ran NASA for three years under Trump. We will also ...

Perseverance to establish sample cache for later return to Earth Original Publication Date: 2022-10-31 11:18 NASA and the European Space Agency have selected a location on Mars to cache samples. It's one step in the overall process of returning those samples to Earth. The sample cache is part ...

Congress asks for more transparency into New Shepard failure investigation Original Publication Date: 2022-09-16 09:17 Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Brian Babin (R-Texas) sought more details into the investigation. They wrote that their interest stems from the fact that New Shepard also carries ...

NASA selects Axiom Space to develop Artemis spacesuit Original Publication Date: 2022-09-08 11:00 NASA awarded $228.5 million task order to Axiom Space to develop spacesuit. Space suit will be used on first Artemis landing mission, although design of suit remains under wraps. Axiom and Collins ...

NASA continues to study issues that caused Artemis 1 launch scrub Original Publication Date: 2022-08-29 21:08 NASA officials say they are keeping open the possibility of attempting another launch. Initial launch attempt was scrubbed Aug. 29 due to a hydrogen bleed line issue. Engineers are ...

SLS ready for long-delayed first launch Original Publication Date: 2022-08-28 21:42 Space Launch System, carrying the Orion spacecraft, is scheduled to launch Aug. 29. Launch preparations are on track for liftoff at the beginning of a two-hour launch window. Forecasts project an 80% chance of ...

NASA: no notification by Russia to end ISS participation Original Publication Date: 2022-07-26 16:45 NASA officials say they have not been formally notified of any plans by Roscosmos. Russian media reported that Yuri Borisov told Russian president Vladimir Putin. It's unclear if Borisov’s ...

Eutelsat and OneWeb agree multi-orbit merger plan Original Publication Date: 2022-07-25 13:46 Eutelsat and OneWeb say they have agreed a plan to merge their businesses. The deal would combine Eutelsat’s satellite fleet in geostationary orbit with OneWeb’s constellation in low Earth orbit. ...

Streamlined and ready for Africa’s growth markets: Q&A with Avanti Communications CEO Kyle Whitehill Original Publication Date: 2022-07-25 07:11 Avanti Communications is ready to expand across Africa. Investors agreed in April to swap debt for equity in a deal that slashed Avanti’s $810 million ...

NASA releases first color image from James Webb Space Telescope Original Publication Date: 2022-07-11 23:44 The image shows a galaxy cluster called SMACS 0723 about 4.5 billion light-years away. The cluster acts as a gravitational lens, bringing into view far more distant galaxies. “We’re ...