Virgin Orbit preparing for first U.K. launch Original Publication Date: 2023-01-05 13:17 Maritime navigation warning identified a zone for hazardous operations for "rocket launching" Virgin Orbit spokesperson: Company not yet ready to formally announce a launch date for the mission. Virgin ...

Dark clouds, silver linings: Five ways war in Ukraine is transforming the space domain Original Publication Date: 2022-12-23 15:00 Russia’s flouting of international order set in motion a realignment with near, medium and long-term implications. With Russia’s Soyuz sidelined, possibly ...

Orion splashes down to end Artemis 1 Original Publication Date: 2022-12-11 17:50 Orion spacecraft splashed down off the coast of Baja California at 12:40 p.m. Eastern Dec. 11. The splashdown took place near recovery forces led by the USS Portland. “This has been an extraordinarily successful ...

Orion swings by the moon on its way back to Earth Original Publication Date: 2022-12-06 10:14 NASA's Orion spacecraft flew by the moon for a second and final time Dec. 5. The maneuver sets up the spacecraft for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean in six days. Orion, which launched nearly three ...

AST SpaceMobile plots $86 million share sale Original Publication Date: 2022-12-01 14:23 AST SpaceMobile agrees to sell shares in a public offering for $5.50 each. Underwriter has a 30-day option to buy additional shares that would bring this amount to $86.25 million. AST SpaceMobile became a ...

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 ...

Space Perspective acquires ship for ocean-based balloon launch platform Original Publication Date: 2022-11-15 11:07 Space Perspective is buying a ship it plans to use as an oceangoing launch platform for its balloons. Florida-based company announced Nov. 15 it acquired a ship called MS Voyager. ...

Atlas 5 launches weather satellite, reentry tech demo mission Original Publication Date: 2022-11-10 11:37 The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 401 lifted off at 4:49 a.m. Eastern Nov. 10. A problem loading liquid oxygen in the rocket’s Centaur upper stage delayed the liftoff by 24 minutes. JPSS-2 ...

FCC proposes new bureau for space activities Original Publication Date: 2022-11-03 15:04 FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announces plans to reorganize agency. She wants to create a bureau devoted to the commission's increasing work with space systems. Rosenworcel: reorganization would give ...

Artemis 1, ispace lander set November launch dates Original Publication Date: 2022-10-13 10:11 NASA's Artemis 1 mission and a Japanese lander are set to launch to the moon in November. The launch of the Artemis 1 mission is scheduled for Nov. 14 from the Kennedy Space Center. Japanese company ...