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Quantum laser pulse generator ready to power ESA’s...
Encrypting messages from space by taking advantage of the laws of quantum physics is the next step...
Samba’s fiery farewell recorded
Yesterday, on 31 August 2026, Samba reentered Earth’s atmosphere at 21:39:38 UTC / 23:39:38 CEST a...
Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes Two New Associate...
August 31, 2026— Washington, D.C.—The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is pleased to welcome Outli...
Media briefing: BepiColombo's next milestone towards Mercury
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Rewatch the European Space Agency's 31 August 2026 online press briefing o...
Speed to Field Starts Below the Prime
I have spent much of my career looking at the defense industrial base from different vantage points...
What happened this month at the European Space...
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August was a busy month for ESA, between spectacular views, historic miles...
Nepal flash flood imaged by satellites
With thousands of emergency responders conducting search-and-rescue operations following the catas...
Roman lifts off on a mission to survey...
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from...
Sophie Adenot's third spacewalk (U.S. Spacewalk 99)
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ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot will take part in her third spacewalk during U...
Watch Sophie Adenot’s third spacewalk live
After two successful spacewalks on 18 August (EVA-97) and 25 August (EVA-98), watch ESA astronaut ...
Week in images: 24-28 August 2026
Week in images: 24-28 August 2026
Discover our week through the lens
Ariane 6 launch with MTG-I2 – highlights
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The Meteosat Third Generation-Imager2 (MTG-I2) satellite, has been launche...
Observing Samba and Tango’s reentries
The final two of ESA's pioneering Cluster spacecraft, Samba and Tango, will end their journeys as ...
A navigation odyssey
Homer’s The Odyssey chronicles Odysseus’s journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. A distance ...
Media invitation: FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C online media...
Press Release N° 44–2026
Media representatives are invited to join online media briefings in severa...
MTG-I2 completes Europe’s latest weather trio
The second Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I2) has been launched on board Ariane 6...
The electronics ‘under the hood’ of space networking...
In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Jeff Janicik, founder and chairman of Innoflight....
MTG-I2 ready for launch on Ariane 6
The Meteosat Third Generation Imager2 satellite (MTG-I2) has been encapsulated inside the Ariane 6...
Watch live: BepiColombo begins its arrival at Mercury...
After eight years, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission is about to enter its Mercury Arrival Phase. O...
RTX’s Blue Canyon Technologies introduces new spacecraft mission...
LAFAYETTE, Colo. (August 26, 2026) — Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blu...
The threat environment and processing at the edge...
In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews FrontGrade CTO Lorne Graves.
MTG-I2 ready for launch
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The Meteosat Third Generation-Imager2 (MTG-I2) satellite, is ready for lau...
Second spacewalk completed for Sophie Adenot
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon successfully completed US EVA-98 at 20:5...
Propulsion is having a moment
In this episode, SpaceNews Mike Gruss interviews Kevin Lausten, CEO of Morpheus Space, at the 2026 ...
Cutting-edge infrared space telescope Roman set to launch...
The NASA-led Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch on 30 August 2026 at 07:26 EDT / 1...
Tendeg Launches NewTEN Steerable Compact Antenna at SmallSat...
SALT LAKE CITY – Aug. 25, 2026 – Tendeg has released NewTEN, a two-axis steerable reflector antenna...
Roman in a nutshell
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Roman will scan a large patch of the sky in visible to near-infrared light, with its wid...
No signal left behind: new ways to detect...
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are an invisible backbone for everyday life. They are e...
Robotics and the future of on-orbit labor
In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Icarus Robotics CEO and co-founder Ethan Barajas ...
Aerospace demonstrates DiskSats in low-Earth orbit
SALT LAKE CITY – The Aerospace Corp. is continuing to demonstrate the viability of pancake-shaped D...
Spirit Electronics Adds Texas Instruments and Microchip Technology...
PHOENIX, AZ — August 24, 2026 — Spirit Electronics, a value‑added distributor of high‑reliability e...