Space News for Monday, April 21, 2025

UPDATE: United Launch Alliance Amazon Project Kuiper launch targeting April 28 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-20 00:00 Kuiper 1, the launch of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V 551 rocket carrying the first production satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, is now planned for ...

Space News for Monday, April 14, 2025

Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-31 ‘glam’ human crew to launch on Monday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-13 00:00 Blue Origin announced its 11th human flight, NS-31, will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas on Monday, April 14. The New Shepard launch window opens at 8:30 a.m. ...

Space News for Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Sidus Space’s LizzieSat™ arrives at California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base ready for launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-02-05 00:00 Sidus Space’s LizzieSat™-3′ arrival at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to begin spacecraft integration. The hybrid 3D printed satellite ...

Space News for Friday, November 15, 2024

Boeing delivers advanced O3b mPOWER satellites to SES – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-11-14 00:00 Boeing teams have successfully delivered the 7th and 8th O3b mPOWER satellites to SES. These satellites, featuring Boeing’s advanced software-defined communications payload, are being ...

Space News for Saturday, October 12, 2024

Boeing plans more commercial crew charges Original Publication Date: 2024-10-12 07:29 Boeing expects to report pre-tax earnings charges of $2 billion on four programs. Of that $2 billion, $1.6 billion will be charged against two military aircraft programs. $400 million will be charged for ...

Space News for Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Chang’e-6 delivers first lunar far side samples to Earth after 53-day mission Original Publication Date: 2024-06-25 07:08 Chang’e-6 return capsule safely delivers unique lunar material to Earth. Capsule contains around 2 kilograms of lunar material drilled and scooped from Apollo crater on the ...

Space News for Thursday, January 25, 2024

Freedom Space’s ground network software selected for U.S. Space Force program Original Publication Date: 2024-01-25 09:06 Freedom Space Technologies is partnering with defense contractor Omni Federal. Omni Federal was one of four companies that won $9.7 million contracts from the U.S. Space ...

Space News for Monday, December 18, 2023

SpaceX alums offer telemetry stack through startup Sift Original Publication Date: 2023-12-18 04:05 Sift is a startup founded by former SpaceX software engineers. It developed a proprietary telemetry stack to improve the way machine data is recorded. Potential customers include space companies ...

Space News for Saturday, November 25, 2023

Finding Life Beyond Earth: What Comes Next? The search for life is accelerating, sprouting new technologies and new ideas. Could we ever visit planets beyond our solar system? And if we find life beyond Earth, how will it change us? NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is already adding to ...

Space News for Friday, November 17, 2023

ULA gearing up for first Vulcan launch Original Publication Date: 2023-11-17 05:39 All major components for the first Vulcan Centaur rocket are now at the launch site. United Launch Alliance prepares for a launch in late December. The primary payload for Cert-1 is Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar ...