House and Senate appropriators have drafted bills that would give NASA slightly less money in 2024 than it received in 2023, rather than the significant increase the administration requested.

Sriharikota, India (AFP) July 14, 2023
India on Friday launched a rocket seeking to land an unmanned spacecraft on the surface of the Moon, a live feed showed, its second attempt to become only the fourth country to do so. The rocket lifted off from Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft, as thousands of enthusiasts clapped and cheered. The world's most populous nation has a

India successfully launched a robotic lunar lander July 14, setting up the nation for its second attempt to soft-land on the moon.

Direct-to-device could be revolutionary for space connectivity, but a market for it remains fraught with unknowns as early services begin testing the waters.

Imagine building yourself a small satellite out of standardised 10-cm boxes. Such humble nanosatellites are called CubeSats, first devised as an educational tool but increasingly performing valuable work in space. ESA’s CubeSat Systems Unit has been utilising CubeSats for a decade now to test out innovative new technologies – resulting in seven missions to date with many more on the way.

After almost five years, ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite has completed its mission. Now, you can listen to the Life of Aeolus – an incredible wind orchestral piece that has been composed using data spanning Aeolus’ entire life in orbit around Earth.

Image: Reminiscent of an artist’s pallet, this striking false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission features Lake Abbe in northeast Ethiopia.

Isn’t it strange that when satellites run out of fuel or a single component breaks down, we just discard them? ESA and European industry have joined forces to make sure that our satellites can live on.

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 14, 2023
California-based Rocket Lab plans to launch seven miniature satellites that will gather data on Earth's atmosphere to improve weather forecasting, replace a decommissioned technology spacecraft and send twin navigation satellites into space. This mission, which Rocket Lab calls Baby Come Back, will involve a launch on an Electron rocket as early as Friday from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 14, 2023
The first successful orbital mission of a methane-fueled rocket has been accomplished by China, a significant breakthrough in the utilization of low-cost and environmentally friendly liquid propellants for carrier rockets. The rocket, known as ZQ 2 or Rosefinch 2, launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center located in China's northwestern Gobi Desert on Wednesday morning. The Beijing