China has identified a new target near-Earth asteroid for its first planetary defense kinetic test mission, which is scheduled to launch in December 2027.

NASA’s planetary science program, while spared steep cuts proposed last year, is still facing a funding shortfall that requires “strategic choices” about which missions to continue.

Thanks to the success of the Arctic Weather Satellite prototype and Eumetsat’s recent greenlight to develop a full constellation of similar satellites called Sterna, the European Space Agency has awarded OHB Sweden with the contract to build 20 satellites.

This marks a major step toward better monitoring rapidly evolving weather, improving forecasts of severe events in vulnerable regions such as the Mediterranean, and closing critical data gaps over the Arctic – the fastest-warming region on Earth and a key driver of Europe’s weather systems.

New structure gives ‘Portfolio Acquisition Executives’ authority over funding, requirements and integration across major space missions

The Trump administration has not yet decided whether to charge for space safety data despite a change in space policy enabling the government to do so.

The industry’s supply network, built for smaller volumes and slower production cycles, is struggling to keep pace.

A successful deep-space manoeuvre has put ESA’s Hera spacecraft on course for its rendezvous with the Didymos binary asteroid system later this year.

The Canadian military announced March 16 a major investment in both launch facilities and companies in a bid to create a sovereign space access capability.