Orbital rescue and farewell flights mark a pivotal week
A robotic spacecraft is chasing down NASA's 21-year-old Swift Observatory to push it back into a safe orbit, while two storied American rock…
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Isar Aerospace Wins Planet Germany Launch Deal for Pelican Satellite
Planet Labs' German subsidiary has chosen Isar Aerospace to launch a Pelican imaging satellite aboard the Spectrum rocket within twelve mont…
Artemis II Shatters NASA Streaming Records as the World Watches
The first crewed lunar mission since the Apollo era drew a record-breaking 149.4 million views on NASA-owned platforms. Artemis II has redef…
Rocket Lab bets eight billion dollars on Iridium acquisition
Rocket Lab has agreed to acquire satellite communications operator Iridium for eight billion dollars, a landmark transaction that signals th…
SpaceX Targets Two Launches in a Single Weekend
Within hours of each other, SpaceX scheduled missions from both US coasts: a 7.5-ton broadcast satellite for SiriusXM from Florida and 24 mo…
Rocket Lab scores double win with Synspective and NASA deals
Within 48 hours, Rocket Lab launched a Japanese radar satellite and secured a NASA contract for three Electron flights in 2027. A telling si…
SpaceX's Secretive Starfall Capsule Completes Its First Test Flight
SpaceX flew its mysterious Starfall reentry capsule on June 23, offering virtually no details about the mission's objectives or customer. Th…
NASA Confirms Sean Gallagher as Permanent Chief Information Officer
Sean Gallagher has been formally appointed NASA's Chief Information Officer, ending an interim period that began in January. The role puts h…
SpaceX flies Starfall, its new orbital reentry capsule
SpaceX launched a demonstration flight of Starfall on Tuesday, an all-new reentry capsule tipping the scales at around 2,100 kilograms. The …
Trump's Quantum Space Order: Washington Bets on a Strategic Frontier
The White House has signed an executive order to speed up quantum technology development for space applications, from tamper-evident communi…
Vandenberg's Busiest Pad Serves Both Commerce and Espionage
Within two days, SpaceX flew two separate Falcon 9 missions from the same California pad — one adding to its commercial Starlink network, th…
Amazon's Kuiper Backlog Puts the Spotlight on Launch Capacity
Amazon has built hundreds of Kuiper satellites with nowhere near enough rocket rides to launch them on schedule. Meanwhile, Arianespace is m…
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