Paris, France (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
The European Space Agency's FLEX Earth Explorer mission has reached a major milestone with the integration of its sole instrument, FLORIS, onto the satellite platform. The assembly took place at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France, after FLORIS arrived from Leonardo's facility in Florence, Italy. Designed to map global vegetation fluorescence, FLORIS will quantify photosynthetic activity

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
NASA has awarded Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) a contract to investigate launching critical robotics technologies into orbit, marking a key step toward future autonomous operations in space. The U.S.-based commercial space company has completed the initial study and plans to propose a follow-on in-space demonstration mission, with a NASA award decision expected in September. Momentus is one of tw

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 15, 2025
China's Shenzhou 20 astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station will conduct their third spacewalk in the coming days, according to the China Manned Space Agency on Aug 14. The three person crew is led by Senior Colonel Chen Dong, with Colonel Chen Zhongrui and Colonel Wang Jie. They have lived and worked aboard Tiangong for more than three months, arriving on April 25 after launch and do

SpaceX will perform its next Starship/Super Heavy test flight Aug.

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Landspace’s Zhuque-2 rocket suffered an anomaly after liftoff Thursday, leading to loss of the mission and potential delays for its new Zhuque-3 reusable launcher.

SpaceX has accused Virginia of shutting Starlink out of most of the state’s $613 million in subsidies under a federal broadband program, despite offering to connect virtually all targeted households for about one-tenth the cost.