In every vibrant technology company, the efforts of talented engineers and technicians are divided between two equally important areas: research and development (R&D) and operations. Both areas require ingenuity, attention […]
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The second lunar lander mission by Intuitive Machines is set to launch, taking to the moon NASA and commercial payloads as well as several rideshare spacecraft.
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Blue Origin conducted the tenth crewed flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Feb. 25, carrying six people, one of whom was at least semi-anonymous.
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Col. Lincoln Bonner said simulating potential adversary actions in space is "absolutely essential" given the lack of historical conflicts to study.
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The company won a $4.6 million contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory
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Amid growing efforts to bridge satellites and mobile networks, Eutelsat said it has successfully employed its OneWeb constellation to connect a broadband terminal with a core 5G network using next-gen smartphone protocols.
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The United States faces a new era of competition, one that is shifting the battlefield from the land, sea and air domains to the vastness of space. Our adversaries, particularly […]
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The first head of the Federal Communications Commission’s Space Bureau is joining a space law practice at a major law firm.
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Magdrive plans to build a U.K. manufacturing facility and conduct on-orbit tests of electric plasma thrusters.
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Washington, D.C., February 25, 2025 – SpaceNews is excited to announce the launch of The SpaceNews Exchange, a dynamic job board designed to support the growing space industry by connecting […]
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In this episode of Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews Senior Staff Writer Jason Rainbow speaks with Declan Ganley, CEO & Chairman, Rivada networks.
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HELSINKI — China plans to send a space observatory out of the plane of the ecliptic for a mission to study the poles of the sun. The Solar Polar Orbit […]
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Propellant leaks created by an unexpectedly strong harmonic response caused the loss of SpaceX’s Starship vehicle on a test flight last month.
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The head of NASA’s exploration programs is leaving the agency in the latest leadership shakeup since the start of the Trump administration.
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Given the future system’s heavy reliance on space assets, "I think we have a central role to play," said Gen. Chance Saltzman.
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Budget cuts and reallocations are creating an opening for commercial players in the space industry, said a report by the investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald
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Speakers from Rolls-Royce, Thales Alenia, NOAA, Babcock, European Space Agency, UK Space Agency, and Egyptian Space Agency are the latest to join the growing programmes of the Farnborough International Space […]
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Recent voices have urged the United States to violate the Outer Space Treaty (OST), the binding principles of humanity’s use of outer space, by engrossing private industry for advancing U.S. […]
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Australian company Gilmour Space is targeting the middle of March for the first flight of its Eris rocket, while setting expectations for the vehicle’s debut.
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SDA is advancing the first major satellite acquisition since the removal of its former director Derek Tournear.
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NASA employees are being advised not to immediately respond to an OPM email despite a threat by Elon Musk that they could be fired if they did not.
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The seven-year agreement covers operations, equipment maintenance, and upgrades to legacy space sensors.
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SpaceX said that a Falcon 9 upper stage that reentered over Europe earlier this week suffered a propellant leak that prevented a controlled reentry.
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HELSINKI — China launched a new communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit Saturday to replace the aging ChinaSat-10 spacecraft. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at 7:11 a.m. Eastern […]
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NASA picked SpaceX for the launch of a space telescope dedicated to searching for near Earth objects.
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Top Democrats on the House Science Committee want details about the work DOGE is doing at NASA, calling the lack of transparency “ominous and unacceptable.”
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Conflicting signals are painting a confusing picture for a space economy caught between short-term caution and long-term optimism.
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BAE Systems won a $230.6 million contract to deliver spacecraft for NOAA's Lagrange 1 Series space weather project.
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The Seattle-based startup will attempt to demonstrate metasurface antenna technology for space-based radar
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Spanish company PLD Space plans to conduct launches of its Miura 5 small launch vehicle from a new spaceport in Oman starting as soon as 2027.
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HELSINKI — Researchers are examining how artificial intelligence technologies could support a planned Chinese mission to the boundaries of the solar system, according to a new paper. Artificial intelligence can […]
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German launch vehicle company Isar Aerospace has completed tests of its first Spectrum rocket and is ready to launch, pending a license.
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The company will offer deployable missile defense and hypersonic test solutions
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SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said that NASA should deorbit the International Space Station “as soon as possible,” preferably in the next two years.
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Airbus is taking an additional 300 million euros in charges on its space projects as it continues talks with two other European companies about combining their satellite businesses.
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CoRe Flow Controls combine legacy expertise with high volume production to support launch vehicle applications in commercial space sector. MONTVILLE, N.J. — February 19, 2025 — Marotta Controls, a rapidly […]
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HELSINKI — The spacecraft for China’s Tianwen-2 combined near-Earth asteroid sample return and comet rendezvous mission has arrived at Xichang spaceport for launch preparations. The Tianwen-2 spacecraft arrived at Xichang […]
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Building space policy is hard enough. It’s harder when trying to make a future-focused policy decision based on abstract concepts. That’s really the problem with the space critical infrastructure conversation, […]
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NASA’s associate administrator will leave the agency at the end of the week as uncertainty continues about the timing and scope of potential job cuts.
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In this week's episode of Space Minds meet Lee Rosen who reflects on his SpaceX tenure, co-founding ThinkOrbital and where the industry is headed.
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