NASASpaceFlight.com Airbus and ESA invited media for the Moon Media Day. Three Orion European Service Modules are currently being produced at Airbus Space and Defence in Bremen. During the event, NASASpaceflight spoke with two experts from NASA and ESA about the upcoming Artemis missions. ...

NASASpaceFlight.com Scientists have only measured the masses of white dwarfs within binary star systems. With help from the joint NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope, a team of researchers directly measured the mass of an isolated white dwarf outside of a binary star system. ...

SpaceX launches U.S. Space Force’s first mission of 2023 on Falcon Heavy Original Publication Date: 2023-01-15 23:18 USSF-67 was Falcon Heavy's second national security space launch. Both side boosters landed back at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2. The primary payload was the U.S. Space Force’s ...

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 ...

China looks to build space partnerships with Gulf nations Original Publication Date: 2022-12-30 13:44 China is aiming to grow cooperation with emerging space nations including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Space was named as one of a number of priority areas for the next three to ...

NASA loses contact with ICON spacecraft Original Publication Date: 2022-12-08 13:02 NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer has not communicated with ground stations since Nov. 25. Engineers believe the problem is with the spacecraft’s avionics or communications subsystems. NASA has ruled out ...

NDAA compromise bill wants more focus on satellite protection, responsive launch Original Publication Date: 2022-12-07 21:17 Compromise version of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act released. It directs DoD to figure out a strategy to protect military satellites from threats in orbit. ...

Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial options to deploy satellites in deep space Original Publication Date: 2022-12-07 23:51 Defense Innovation Unit seeks commercial services to deploy and operate payloads. Area known as cislunar space begins at geosynchronous Earth orbit and extends out. ...

U.S. Space Force chief: The use of space technology in Ukraine ‘is what we can expect in the future’ Original Publication Date: 2022-12-04 16:41 Gen. B. Chance Saltzman is chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force. He says the value of space “has been proven out,” and space is “clearly ...

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 ...