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,…
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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…
Artemis III: NASA opens moon lander contract to other firms amid SpaceX delays
NASA is reopening the Artemis III moon lander contract to more space companies after SpaceX falls behind schedule…
Inversion Space aims to deliver cargo anywhere on Earth in under an hour
A Los Angeles-based startup wants to make same-hour global delivery a reality using spacecraft. Inversion Space revealed its…
Bezos envisions data centers in orbit as commercial space race accelerates
There’s so much nostalgia wrapped up in the public’s imagination surrounding the so-called “Golden Age” of aerospace in…
How Portugal is turning the Azores into Europe’s new space gateway
There was a time in history when Portugal leveraged its strategic geographical location, on the edge of the…
NASA: engine setback prevents Northrop spacecraft reaching ISS with supplies
A Northrop Grumman uncrewed spacecraft packed with supplies has suffered an engine issue, temporarily preventing it from reaching…
Meet HOTOL: The British-designed space plane that never flew a mission
HOTOL (which stands for Horizontal Take-Off and Landing) was a British-designed space plane developed in the mid-1980s. The…
Was there life on Mars? NASA finds strongest evidence it may have existed
NASA scientists have discovered compelling new evidence indicating that Mars might once have supported life, similar to that…
SpaceX scrubs 10th Starship flight as ground glitch delays Musk’s Mars plans
SpaceX has postponed the 10th test flight of the fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket due to…
Boeing X-37B launches on eighth mission with SpaceX Falcon 9
The US Space Force’s experimental X-37B spaceplane is back in orbit. The reusable Boeing-built platform launched late on…