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Join ESA for a total solar eclipse on...
Follow the total solar eclipse with the European Space Agency (ESA), in person or online.
Insights into Earth’s molten outer core from space...
The liquid iron in Earth’s outer core doesn’t always behave as expected. When it changed direction...
CEO Series: Open Cosmos’ Rafel Jorda Siquier on...
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with Open Cosmos’ CEO Rafel Jorda Siquier about co...
Stay space chemical compliant in the EU
On 2 June, the European Space Agency (ESA) will hold its free REACH workshop on chemical complianc...
Space Force eyes 2027 demonstrations of in-space refueling...
USSF-23 mission will launch vehicles to demonstrate refueling and satellite servicing in geostation...
SpaceX files for IPO
SpaceX filed documents for an initial public offering of stock May 20, revealing the company’s fina...
U.S. ‘more prepared’ for next WRC
White House officials say they will go into a major international conference next year better prepa...
Inflight call with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot
Video:
00:21:10
On 20 May, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot conducted an in-flight call with se...
Orbital Data Centers: Power and Thermal Management for...
As orbital data centers move from concept to reality, scalable power generation and efficient therm...
ESA and Spain strengthen ties for secure connectivity...
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Agencia Espacial Española (AEE) signed a Memorandum of Int...
Starfighters turns Texas facility toward microgravity flight testing...
Starfighters Space, which is developing F-104 supersonic jets for satellite air-launch, is turning ...
Report finds U.S. space supply chains rely heavily...
Altana’s report also highlights reliance on Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturing alongside upstrea...
Greenlight for next two ESA Scout missions
The European Space Agency is expanding its growing fleet of Earth-observing science Scout missions...
The cardinality wall: The hidden data bottleneck for...
The satellite industry is entering an era defined by scale.
Isaacman expects Chinese crewed mission around the moon...
The head of NASA says he expects China to perform a crewed flight around the moon in 2027, ratcheti...
SDA director Sandhoo takes on broader Space Force...
The Pentagon is realigning the Space Development Agency’s satellite programs under new acquisition ...
Startup challenging satellite industry’s multi-orbit playbook
Contrivian argues that stitching together GEO, MEO and LEO satellites creates networking problems, ...
Portal Space taps Quindar for ground mission support...
Portal is preparing to launch maneuverable spacecraft aimed at the military market
Vast announces line of high-power satellite buses
Commercial space station developer Vast is moving into satellite manufacturing with a line of high-...
Lynk and Anterix get FCC nod to test...
Lynk Global has secured regulatory approval to test how its direct-to-device satellites could exten...
Anderson confirmed as NASA deputy administrator
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed Matt Anderson on May 18 as NASA’s deputy administrator, the s...
Smile launch highlights
Video:
00:04:00
ESA’s Smile satellite launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spacep...
ESA-China SMILE mission lifts off to deliver first...
KOUROU, French Guiana — The SMILE mission developed jointly by the European Space Agency and China h...
Smile lifts off on quest to reveal Earth’s...
The Smile spacecraft lifted off on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 04:...
European imaging companies step in to fill warzone...
MILAN – As U.S. satellite imagery companies have pulled back from sharing visuals of Iran and the br...
Four NASA payloads to fly on Astrolab’s first...
WASHINGTON — Astrolab’s first lunar rover will carry four NASA payloads on a mission planned to laun...
Inside Golden Dome’s push to court commercial tech...
Behind the classified architecture is a struggle over affordability, industrial scale and whether co...
Tomorrow.io adds $35 million to DeepSky funding round...
Weather intelligence provider Tomorrow.io has added $35 million to its latest funding round, bringin...
House bill restores funding for TraCSS
A House appropriations bill would reverse plans by the administration to stop development of a civil...
New CSF Report Sees Up To 7,000+ Satellites...
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 2026 — The Commercial Space Federation (CSF), in partnership with Rationa...
The next war will be won — or...
We in the West have learned many things from the conflict in Ukraine. Four years on from its full-sc...
Latest News
Join ESA for a total solar eclipse on...
Follow the total solar eclipse with the European Space Agency (ESA), in person or online.
Insights into Earth’s molten outer core from space...
The liquid iron in Earth’s outer core doesn’t always behave as expected. When it changed direction...
CEO Series: Open Cosmos’ Rafel Jorda Siquier on...
In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with Open Cosmos’ CEO Rafel Jorda Siquier about co...
Stay space chemical compliant in the EU
On 2 June, the European Space Agency (ESA) will hold its free REACH workshop on chemical complianc...
Space Force eyes 2027 demonstrations of in-space refueling...
USSF-23 mission will launch vehicles to demonstrate refueling and satellite servicing in geostation...
SpaceX files for IPO
SpaceX filed documents for an initial public offering of stock May 20, revealing the company’s fina...
U.S. ‘more prepared’ for next WRC
White House officials say they will go into a major international conference next year better prepa...
Inflight call with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot
Video:
00:21:10
On 20 May, ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot conducted an in-flight call with se...
Orbital Data Centers: Power and Thermal Management for...
As orbital data centers move from concept to reality, scalable power generation and efficient therm...
ESA and Spain strengthen ties for secure connectivity...
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Agencia Espacial Española (AEE) signed a Memorandum of Int...
Starfighters turns Texas facility toward microgravity flight testing...
Starfighters Space, which is developing F-104 supersonic jets for satellite air-launch, is turning ...
Report finds U.S. space supply chains rely heavily...
Altana’s report also highlights reliance on Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturing alongside upstrea...
Greenlight for next two ESA Scout missions
The European Space Agency is expanding its growing fleet of Earth-observing science Scout missions...
The cardinality wall: The hidden data bottleneck for...
The satellite industry is entering an era defined by scale.
Isaacman expects Chinese crewed mission around the moon...
The head of NASA says he expects China to perform a crewed flight around the moon in 2027, ratcheti...
SDA director Sandhoo takes on broader Space Force...
The Pentagon is realigning the Space Development Agency’s satellite programs under new acquisition ...
Startup challenging satellite industry’s multi-orbit playbook
Contrivian argues that stitching together GEO, MEO and LEO satellites creates networking problems, ...
Portal Space taps Quindar for ground mission support...
Portal is preparing to launch maneuverable spacecraft aimed at the military market
Vast announces line of high-power satellite buses
Commercial space station developer Vast is moving into satellite manufacturing with a line of high-...
Lynk and Anterix get FCC nod to test...
Lynk Global has secured regulatory approval to test how its direct-to-device satellites could exten...
Anderson confirmed as NASA deputy administrator
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed Matt Anderson on May 18 as NASA’s deputy administrator, the s...
Smile launch highlights
Video:
00:04:00
ESA’s Smile satellite launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spacep...
ESA-China SMILE mission lifts off to deliver first...
KOUROU, French Guiana — The SMILE mission developed jointly by the European Space Agency and China h...
Smile lifts off on quest to reveal Earth’s...
The Smile spacecraft lifted off on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 04:...
European imaging companies step in to fill warzone...
MILAN – As U.S. satellite imagery companies have pulled back from sharing visuals of Iran and the br...
Four NASA payloads to fly on Astrolab’s first...
WASHINGTON — Astrolab’s first lunar rover will carry four NASA payloads on a mission planned to laun...
Inside Golden Dome’s push to court commercial tech...
Behind the classified architecture is a struggle over affordability, industrial scale and whether co...
Tomorrow.io adds $35 million to DeepSky funding round...
Weather intelligence provider Tomorrow.io has added $35 million to its latest funding round, bringin...
House bill restores funding for TraCSS
A House appropriations bill would reverse plans by the administration to stop development of a civil...
New CSF Report Sees Up To 7,000+ Satellites...
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 2026 — The Commercial Space Federation (CSF), in partnership with Rationa...
The next war will be won — or...
We in the West have learned many things from the conflict in Ukraine. Four years on from its full-sc...