Space

By Mark Carreau
Following an assessment of a sequence of gyroscope issues last month, NASA plans to resume Hubble Space Telescope science operations on Dec. 8.
Space

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 Garrett Reim
DARPA has selected 14 companies to study designs for integrated lunar infrastructure as part of its 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) Capability Study.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has amended plans to acquire a U.S. Deorbit Vehicle capable of executing a controlled deorbit of the International Space Station.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The 55th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 8 Christmas mission, the first by humans to fly around the Moon and send back imagery of the Earth, is just days away.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The Gamma variant is scheduled to follow into development the first two variants of the Space Development Agency's Tranche 2 Tracking Layer.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The SDA has issued its solicitation for a new, experimental satellite constellation to look for classified threats.
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 Tony Osborne
The UK Defense Ministry says Cawdor Barracks, formerly a U.K. Royal Air Force flight training base, has been named as the preferred DARC site.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Plans for an automated docking were changed because the cargo capsule was slightly out of alignment as it approached the ISS.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin plans to launch to space a wideband electronically steerable antenna.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Space launch activity reached an all-time high in 2023, but public new-space company valuations remain pressured.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The Russian space agency’s Progress MS-25 resupply capsule began a two-day, 34-orbit trajectory to the International Space Station early Dec. 1.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is unlikely to return astronauts to the Moon’s surface by December 2025 with its Artemis III mission, a GAO audit says.
Space

By Joe Anselmo, Irene Klotz
Former NASA chief Dan Goldin oversaw creation of the station. What does he think of it now? Listen in to find out.
Check 6

By Mark Carreau
"Mary was a force of nature with a passion for science, exploration and caring for our home planet," says Bob Cabana, NASA's associate administrator.
Space

By Mark Carreau
An unstable gyro has prompted observations to be suspended from the 33-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, with NASA saying it is working to restore function.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Major technical issues with the behind-schedule Ariane 6 have been resolved and the schedule has been stabilized, ESA says.
Space

By Tony Osborne
NASA soon intends to lift the curtain on a whole new strategy of turning to America’s private sector for the launch of a lunar lander.
Commercial Space

By Bill Carey
Helped by international players, the UAE has become a regional leader in space.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Link 16 is a tactical data link used by the U.S. military, NATO, and U.S. coalition partner nations.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA's Kennedy Space Center is still looking to become a world-leading multiuser spaceport.
Space

By Garrett Reim
SSC has awarded Lockheed Martin a $5.2 million contract to prototype missile typing and characterizing algorithms for overhead persistent infrared satellites.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Steve Jurczyk, a retired 32-year NASA veteran who served in a variety of administrative positions including acting administrator, has passed away.
Space