Space News for Thursday, November 13, 2025

UPDATE: Blue Origin scrubs New Glenn mission to carry EscaPADE to Mars due to extreme solar storms now on for Thursday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-11-12 00:00 NG-2 Update: We are scheduled to launch Thursday, November 13, with a launch window from 2:57 PM – 4:25 PM EST / 19:57 – ...

Space News for Thursday, October 16, 2025

MIT report and Viasat call for fundamental shift in how in-flight connectivity performance is measured in business aviation – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-10-16 00:00 Viasat announces industry-first concept for business aviation that radically changes how in-flight connectivity ...

Space News for Tuesday, October 14, 2025

“Every major objective of the flight test was achieved” as Starship aces its 11th test for SpaceX – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-10-13 00:00 Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas on its eleventh flight test. This was the final flight of the second-generation Starship and first ...

Space News for Friday, July 19, 2024

Astra completes deal to go private Original Publication Date: 2024-07-19 08:32 Astra Space has completed a deal to take the company private at 50 cents per share. The agreement ends Astra’s time as a publicly traded company a little more than three years. Astra went public through a merger with ...

Space News for Saturday, April 06, 2024

European space consultancies merge to form Novaspace Original Publication Date: 2024-04-06 01:18 Euroconsult and SpaceTec Partners announced merger plans April 5. The combined group will be called Novaspace. Euroconsult has offices in France, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Australia. SpaceTec ...

Space News for Sunday, January 14, 2024

SpaceX says propellant venting caused loss of second Starship Original Publication Date: 2024-01-14 02:22 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says a propellant dump caused the destruction of the Starship upper stage. Musk says the failure was linked to venting liquid oxygen propellant near the end of the ...

Space News for Friday, October 13, 2023

Building the most detailed 3D map of the Milky Way: Belgian astronomers contribute to the Gaia Focused Product Releases – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-10-12 00:00 The Gaia satellite has been charting the sky since 2014, and its map includes stars that are a million times fainter than ...

Space News for Monday, June 12, 2023

State Department framework seeks to coordinate its space policy activities Original Publication Date: 2023-06-11 23:45 State Department publishes first-of-its-kind document on space policy. Document outlines efforts to use diplomacy to advance space policy goals. Document stemmed from ...