International Space Station astronauts return to Earth onboard SpaceX Dragon
European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet, NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency…
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Viasat buys Inmarsat in $7.3B satellite communications shake-up
US communications group Viasat announced plans to buy British satellite communications firm Inmarsat in a $7.3 billion deal…
China plans Mars sample return mission, sets same deadline as NASA
China announced the preliminary timeline for its ambitious mission to collect Martian rock samples and return them to…
US Space Force to fund orbital repair and manufacturing companies
The United States Space Force has launched the Space Prime program, a new initiative intended to bolster emerging…
Further Starliner delays to cost Boeing $185 million
Boeing has announced it is taking an additional $185 million charge to prepare its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for…
Blue Origin joins Sierra’s space station project, unveils Orbital Reef
Blue Origin, a space tourism company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, has unveiled a commercial space station project.The…
Blue Origin could join SpaceX in work on cargo rockets for US military
Space venture Blue Origin, led by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is discussing a big project with the United States…
Weapon or not? China denies testing nuclear-capable orbital glider
According to sources quoted by the Financial Times, China has tested a hypersonic orbital glider with nuclear capacity…
China launches Shenzhou-13, its longest manned space mission to date
On October 16, 2021, three astronauts took off for a six-month mission to continue constructing the Chinese Space…
Is Japan trying to become the land of spaceports?
Japan has been responsible for some rather interesting space programs. But now the country aims to ramp-up development…
Virgin Galactic delays commercial space travel launch until Q4 2022
The space tourism company Virgin Galactic will delay its commercial space service launch to the fourth quarter of…
Musk says SpaceX in talks with airlines to provide in-flight Starlink service
Billionaire Elon Musk has revealed that SpaceX is in discussions with airlines about the possibility of installing Starlink…
To boldly go: William Shatner sets space record aboard Blue Origin launch
Fiction became reality on October 13, 2021, when William Shatner, who played Captain James T Kirk in Star…
High-altitude balloon company to break into space tourism market
World View, a firm known for manufacturing high-altitude balloons that can lift payloads to the stratosphere, announced its…
Airbus to deliver European power module for NASA Moon mission
Airbus will deliver its second-built European Service Module (ESM) to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for…
Russia launches first-ever film crew to the International Space Station
On October 5, 2021, Russia sent an actress and a director to International Space Station in order to…
FAA extends comment period for SpaceX Starship project
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has extended the period for public comment on the environmental impact of SpaceX’s…
Virgin Galactic cleared for further missions after FAA concludes probe
Virgin Galactic has been re-cleared for launch. The space travel company announced on September 29, 2021, that an…