NASA retaining plans to select a single Artemis lunar rover Original Publication Date: 2024-08-02 21:57 NASA awarded feasibility study contracts to three companies for the first phase of its Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) Services contract. The company will be able to offer the rover to other ...

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” ...

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. ...

Electron launches second NASA PREFIRE cubesat Original Publication Date: 2024-06-05 09:40 Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches second of two NASA cubesats. Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment ( PREFIRE) cubesat deployed. Both spacecraft are in similar sun-synchronous orbits but ...

NASA and ISRO continue discussions about Indian astronaut flight to ISS Original Publication Date: 2024-05-25 23:47 U.S. Ambassador to India says India will send an astronaut to the International Space Station. Eric Garcetti appeared to confirm plans described in a joint statement of the U.S. ...

Rocket Lab launches first suborbital version of Electron Original Publication Date: 2023-06-18 13:37 Rocket Lab launches first suborbital variant of its Electron vehicle June 17. Rocket Lab declared the launch a success in a statement nearly an hour and a half after liftoff. Rocket Lab did not ...

China’s mystery reusable spaceplane lands after 276 days in orbit Original Publication Date: 2023-05-08 07:30 China state media and the spacecraft’s maker announced the spacecraft had landed late May 8 Beijing time. The apparently successful mission was stated to be an important breakthrough in ...

Space Force to propose plan to acquire high-capacity satellite communications Original Publication Date: 2023-04-12 01:10 Space Force to propose new plan to acquire high-capacity satellite communications. Senior members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are set to be briefed on this plan. If the ...