Swiss satellite maker SWISSto12 secures €73M in funding from ESA
Swiss satellite maker SWISSto12 announced on January 21, 2026, that it has secured €73 million (US$84.8 million) in…
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Ukraine expands partnership with ICEYE for tactical satellite intelligence
Ukraine has expanded its cooperation with Finnish synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operator ICEYE under a new agreement…
Splashdown: NASA confirms SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon completes early return to Earth
Live footage taken off the coast of San Diego has shown the safe return of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11…
Airbus to build 340 additional OneWeb satellites for Eutelsat
Airbus Defence and Space has secured a contract from Eutelsat to produce an additional 340 OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO)…
NASA says SpaceX Crew-11 to return early from ISS in unprecedented evacuation
NASA has confirmed that SpaceX Crew-11 will return early from the International Space Station (ISS) due to concerns…
NASA weighs up early return of ISS crew due to concerns over astronaut’s health
A “medical situation” involving an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) has given rise to the possibility…
L3Harris agrees space unit majority sale, aligns with US ‘mission priorities’
L3Harris Technologies has agreed to sell a majority stake in its Propulsion and Power Systems division to AE…
Trump orders return to Moon by 2028, lunar base with nuclear power by 2030
In a sweeping reset of US space policy, President Donald Trump on December 18, 2025, signed an executive…
Isaacman named NASA Chief seven months after Trump withdrew support
In a major U-turn, billionaire Jared Isaacman has been confirmed as the new head of NASA, just seven…
Ariane 6 successfully launches two Galileo satellites from Kourou
Europe’s Ariane 6 launcher successfully lifted off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou on December 17, 2025,…
Severe damage to Russia’s only crew launch pad puts ISS missions in question
Russia’s only active launch pad certified for crewed spaceflight has sustained significant damage following the November 27, 2025, liftoff of Soyuz…
ArianeGroup completes first launch of France’s new SyLEx suborbital test system
ArianeGroup has carried out the inaugural launch of SyLEx, a new sounding rocket flight test system developed for…
Airbus to build Oman’s first high-capacity communications satellite
Oman has signed an agreement with Airbus Defence and Space to design, build, and launch the country’s first…
NASA’s ESCAPADE spacecraft begin historic journey to study Mars’ space weather
Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin has launched its New Glenn rocket into orbit around the Earth, carrying two NASA spacecraft on…
China delays Shenzhou-20 crew’s return after suspected debris strike
China has extended its three-person Shenzhou-20 mission, with the country’s human-spaceflight agency reporting that the spacecraft’s return capsule…
President Trump renominates Jared Isaacman as new NASA Administrator
US President Donald Trump has renominated Jared Isaacman to lead NASA as the space agency’s new Administrator, ending…
Lockheed Martin invests in Venus Aerospace to advance next-gen rocket propulsion
Venus Aerospace has received a strategic investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures to accelerate the development of its rotating…
Airbus, Leonardo, Thales unite to form satellite and space powerhouse alliance
Airbus, Leonardo, and Thales have cemented their intention to form a satellite and space powerhouse alliance with the…