SpaceX’s Starship aims to get humans to Mars
It’s been an eventful month for Elon Musk. The world’s richest man and founder of Tesla and SpaceX was, controversially,… Read More »
NASA craft ‘touches’ sun for 1st time and dives into atmosphere
A NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona. Scientists announced… Read More »
NASA says SpaceX is only provider so far able to provide astronaut rides
SpaceX is the only American company right now capable of sending astronauts to the International Space Station, NASA said in… Read More »
FAA ends commercial Space Astronaut Wings program and will recognize individuals reaching space on website
With the advent of the commercial space tourism era, starting in 2022, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will now recognize… Read More »
Daughter of pioneering astronaut Alan Shepard soars to space aboard Blue Origin
The eldest daughter of pioneering U.S. astronaut Alan Shepard took a joyride to the edge of space aboard Jeff Bezos’… Read More »
U.S. FAA finds no Blue Origin safety issues after review
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it had found no safety issues after investigating allegations made against Blue… Read More »
NASA’s Hubble telescope is fully operational again after a month-long nap
NASA’s Hubble telescope has been in a “coma” since going into system failure in late October — but today, the… Read More »
Japanese billionaire Maezawa blasts off into space
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa set out to became the first space tourist in more than a decade to travel to… Read More »
France to mimic Musk with own SpaceX-style launcher
European space company ArianeGroup will develop a reusable mini-launcher to compete with the likes of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, French Finance… Read More »
The NASA-China space race is about to go nuclear
NASA and the United States Department of Energy recently put out a call for industry to propose designs for a… Read More »
NASA awards Blue Origin, Nanoracks, Northrop Grumman over $400M in contracts to avoid space station gap
Just two days after officially (and quietly) confirming that it intends to replace the International Space Station with a commercial… Read More »
SpaceX’s Starlink is testing internet service for aircraft
SpaceX’s Starlink unit is testing its space-based internet service with several aircraft and wants to offer in-flight connection to airlines… Read More »
Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin Awarded NASA Contract
Nanoracks, in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], has been awarded a $160 million contract by NASA… Read More »
NASA details the International Space Station’s replacement with a commercial space station by 2030
NASA’s auditing body, the Office of Audits, has produced a report detailing the agency’s commitment to replacing the International Space… Read More »
U.S. Air Force awards contract for spaceborne weather data
U.S. Air Force recently awarded a $19.3 million contract to support a constellation of high-tech weather satellites capable of observing… Read More »
Inmarsat marks fifth anniversary of GX Aviation
Inmarsat is celebrating the fifth anniversary of GX Aviation, which since entering commercial service in 2016, has been selected by… Read More »
Senators say U.S. must strengthen space debris monitoring
A group of U.S. senators on Tuesday asked the Biden administration to do more to monitor and respond to space… Read More »
NASA gives green light to fuel James Webb Space Telescope
NASA engineers have cleared teams at the Guiana Space Center in South America to begin loading 63 gallons of fuel… Read More »
NASA and SpaceX Fire Earth defending rocket to shield from giant asteroids in the future
NASA just launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test or DART on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket taking off from California’s… Read More »
Voyager Space acquires majority stake in Space Micro
Voyager Space Inc. is acquiring a majority stake in Space Micro Inc. as part of a deal designed to help… Read More »
Astra successfully reaches orbit for the first time with latest rocket launch
There’s another launch company newly able to count itself among the small (but growing) group that has reached orbit: Astra…. Read More »
NASA and SpaceX are set to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid
Launching later this month, the DART mission will help understand how to redirect future Earth-threatening asteroids — it will also… Read More »