Firefly Aerospace launched 8 NASA-sponsored cubesats on the first flight of its Alpha rocket since an upper stage malfunction more than half a year ago.

Blue Origin, Stoke Space selected by U.S. Space Force to compete for small satellite missions

While on-orbit servicing (OOS) is becoming increasingly feasible, there is not a clear path to market for the technology.

Ventures racing to replace the International Space Station are forging new partnerships that echo the cooperation of the ISS era

Did OHB really not test the satellite antennas on the ground?

"For our base design, we're designing around return to launch site propulsive landing."

Orbit Fab completes ground test of satellite fueling payload

Space Pioneer had been prepping the vehicle for its debut launch later this summer.

China’s first planetary defense test is taking shape. The ambitious mission will use a single launch to observe and impact a near-Earth asteroid.

Moving into the second half of 2024, the first week of July has already begun…

Turion wins Space Force contract for debris-capture technology

Chinese rocket static-fire test results in unintended launch and huge explosion A rocket stage test firing by Chinese commercial company Space Pioneer ended in catastrophic failure and a dramatic explosion Sunday.

H3 launches ALOS-4 advanced Earth observation satellite Japan’s H3 rocket successfully launched an Earth observation satellite Sunday on its third flight.

Eumetsat has shifted the launch of a weather satellite from an Ariane 6 to a Falcon 9, a move that surprised and frustrated European space officials.

Ground-based telescopes ignore “a huge swath” of the inner solar system because the sky is simply too bright.

“I want to make it very clear that Butch and Suni are not stranded in space."

China gears up for deep space missions after collecting 1,935 grams of lunar far side samples China is getting set for future deep space missions, having retrieved nearly two kilograms of lunar samples from the moon's far side.

“Safety tends to not be on the front burner until it really needs to be on the front burner.”

MDA Space has received a contract from the Canadian Space Agency worth $1 billion Canadian for continued work on a robotic arm system for the lunar Gateway.

"I have a problem: Rockets are built and kept in stock but not finding customers."

Firefly to launch Alpha rockets from Esrange in Sweden Firefly Aerospace has entered an agreement to launch its Alpha rocket from the Esrange Space Centre in northern Sweden.

Russian spy satellite reportedly continues suspicious maneuvers

A Russian satellite in low Earth orbit broke up June 26, creating more than 100 pieces of trackable debris and briefly causing the ISS crew to take shelter.

China's 'worst-case thinking' could spark space crisis, study finds

"This is certification at our own expense."

"Starship will not eradicate Ariane 6 at all."

"Unfortunately Collins has been significantly behind schedule."

Airbus will take a charge of nearly $1 billion because of poor cost and schedule performance on satellite programs, and will evaluate strategic options.

Firefly Aerospace plans to launch its Alpha rocket from the same pad at Wallops Island, Virginia, used by Antares, rather than from Cape Canaveral.

The mission has significance for the Moon race between China and the United States.

U.S. Space Command sees promise in rocket cargo initiative

U.S. Space Command ready for potential Russian satellite attack, general says

Europe aims to end space access crisis with Ariane 6's inaugural launch Q&A about Ariane 6 with Toni Tolker-Nielsen, ESA Director of Space Transportation.

"Look, there's no accidental monopoly. They are a ruthless competitor."

China’s state-owned SAST performs reusable rocket test SAST conducted China's highest altitude launch and landing test so far as the country chases reusable rocket capabilities.