Sophie Adenot Completes Her Second Spacewalk Above Earth
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA's Anil Menon completed their second joint spacewalk from the International Space Station, marking anoth…
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SpaceX Sets Records With Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy in One Week
A booster flying for the 37th time, the 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year, and the Roman Space Telescope riding a Falcon Heavy — SpaceX's fi…
Europe's Busy Week: Weather Satellites and Spacewalks
Within days of each other, the European Space Agency is pulling off two significant achievements: launching the MTG-I2 weather satellite abo…
Jamming and spoofing: satellite navigation faces growing interference threat
Satellite navigation underpins modern infrastructure — yet it remains surprisingly fragile. As jamming and spoofing incidents multiply acros…
NASA's MAIA Mission Builds a Pollution Map Over Addis Ababa
NASA's MAIA mission has deployed ten air quality sensors across Addis Ababa to track fine particulate pollution at unprecedented resolution.…
SpaceX hits 100 orbital launches in 2026, booster sets reuse record
Within days of each other, SpaceX logged its 99th and 100th Falcon 9 launches of 2026, while a single booster completed a record-breaking 37…
NASA's Roman Telescope Cleared for August 30 Launch
With its launch window just days away, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has cleared its final pre-flight milestones. Here is what th…
Heat Records and Rocket Ranges: Europe's Spatial Infrastructure Under Climate Pressure
A relentless series of heatwaves has made summer 2026 one of Europe's most punishing on record. NASA's Earth observation data tells the stor…
SpaceX hits 100 orbital launches in 2026 with no sign of slowing
SpaceX completed its 100th orbital mission of 2026 in late August, having also placed its 2,000th Starlink satellite of the year into orbit …
SpaceWERX bets on eleven startups to reshape military space
From nuclear propulsion to orbital surveillance and space cybersecurity, SpaceWERX has picked eleven firms to bridge the gap between promisi…
Swift Reboost Called Off: NASA and Katalyst Space Walk Away
NASA and Katalyst Space have scrapped their plan to raise the Swift Observatory's orbit using the LINK servicing vehicle. Attitude-control f…
SpaceX Hits 2,000 Starlink Satellites Launched in 2026 Alone
SpaceX has placed its 2,000th Starlink satellite of the year into orbit, capping a stretch of back-to-back missions that highlight the sheer…
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