SpaceX Falcon

By Thierry Dubois
With the Ariane 6 seeing progress at last and Avio leaving Arianespace, the European Space Agency takes steps toward a competition for Europe’s future launchers.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines’ initial Nova-C lunar lander has arrived at Cape Canaveral for a launch under a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services agreement.
Space

By Kim Minseok
A new South Korean rocket launched a reconnaissance satellite using a rocket that included a solid rocket motor for the first time.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Ispace of Tokyo plans to make a second attempt to land an uncrewed spacecraft on the Moon as soon as the fourth quarter of 2024.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Quantum Space plans to launch its Scout-1 demonstration spacecraft on the SpaceX Transporter mission as soon as March 2024.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The SLC-40 upgrade has been spurred by SpaceX’s plans to launch the Starship Super Heavy from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B, but NASA had concerns.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The type, a step down in size from cubesats, is popular for experiments and tech demos.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Ovzon of Sweden plans to launch its Ovzon 3 geostationary communications satellite, which has an antenna that can generate steerable spot beams, as soon as December 2023.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is planning a payload resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX says the FAA’s review process, exacerbated by a technical staff shortfall , has left it waiting for a month to launch an integrated Starship-Super Heavy.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket making a debut mission for NASA sent the Psyche spacecraft on a mission to explore a planetary body made mostly of metal.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Germany has put the first of its new-generation synthetic aperture radar satellites into operational use.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Following a short-lived debut flight on April 20, an upgraded Starship-Super Heavy vehicle is being prepared for launch.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The four crewmembers plan to spend up to 14 days aboard the orbital lab.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Satellite constellation projects are materializing, creating a need for launches, especially to low Earth orbit.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket passes key tests, looks toward first launch in 2024.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The Space Development Agency said the launch manifest included Transport satcoms from Lockheed Martin Space and York Space Systems, and a SpaceX Tracking sat.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Intuitive Machines plans to raise $20 million from a sale of its stock and warrants to an undisclosed institutional investor.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Astranis plans to launch by year’s end its UtilitySat, a multiband and relocatable small communications satellite.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has moved the planned launch of the SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from Aug. 17 to Aug. 21.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Euclid was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 1 and reached its operational orbit at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2) four weeks later.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The foursome has trained for a more than six-month mission with a science and technology agenda that includes nearly 160 projects.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Ordinary matter accounts for just 5% of the universe. The Euclid mission will focus on everything else.
Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch lifted off at 11:58 p.m. EDT on July 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The probe will conduct a six-year survey to answer questions about dark matter, dark energy and what the universe is made of.
Space