Chris Williams Wraps Up 241-Day ISS Mission Before Return
NASA astronaut Chris Williams is headed home after eight months aboard the International Space Station. Alongside two Russian cosmonauts, he…
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Poland pledges $745 million to back Europe's IRIS² satellite network
Poland has formally agreed to invest $745 million in the EU's IRIS² multi-orbit satellite internet constellation, signalling a strategic shi…
Reading the Unreadable: NASA Maps Io and Distant Worlds
NASA's Juno spacecraft is charting Io's internal heat using a microwave instrument never designed for the task, while researchers are develo…
Gravity-1 completes third sea launch, deploying nine satellites
Chinese launch startup Orienspace successfully flew its Gravity-1 solid rocket for the third time from a sea platform near Shanghai, deliver…
MRV-1 Launches to Breathe New Life into Aging Satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 carried Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle into orbit on July 21, kicking off an ambitious, DARPA-backed program t…
SpaceX Keeps Flying as Starship Flight 13 Awaits Its Next Window
SpaceX logged its 85th Falcon 9 launch of the year from Vandenberg while crews worked to reschedule Starship Flight 13 following a late abor…
MRV-1 Heads to Orbit to Redefine Satellite Servicing in GEO
Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle is set to demonstrate that satellites in geosynchronous orbit can be repaired and maintained from…
Megawatt Hybrid-Electric Engine Takes Flight at Farnborough
A megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine jointly developed by NASA and GE Aerospace completed a public flight demonstration at the Farnboroug…
SpaceX keeps launching while Starship awaits its next attempt
SpaceX's 85th Falcon 9 launch of 2026 carried 24 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, while teams at Boca Chica work toward…
Artemis Accords Reach 70 Signatories with Serbia and Mauritius
Serbia and Mauritius signed the Artemis Accords within two days of each other, bringing the total number of signatory nations to 70 and rais…
Bijagós Archipelago Captured in Striking Orbital Imagery
Tidal mudflats, tangled mangrove forests, and nesting sea turtles define Guinea-Bissau's Bijagós archipelago. New imagery from ESA and NASA …
Starship Flight 13: T-0 abort, safety systems perform as designed
Starship Flight 13 aborted automatically at T-0 on July 16, 2026 at Starbase, Texas. Several Raptor engines failed to start, triggering a sa…
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