Paragon lays off staff after Gateway cancellation
Thursday, 13 August 2026 09:13
A subcontractor for a module that was being developed for NASA’s lunar Gateway has laid off 70 people after NASA halted work on the program.
Astranis unveils geostationary surveillance satellite
Thursday, 13 August 2026 08:30
The spacecraft is designed to inspect, track and maneuver around satellites in geostationary orbit
MTG-I1 captures eclipse path of totality over Europe
Thursday, 13 August 2026 07:30
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Yesterday between 20:26 and 20:34 CEST, parts of the Iberian peninsula experienced a total solar eclipse. This animation, composed of images from the Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I1), caught the Moon’s dark shadow as it passed over Earth’s surface – converging with the advancing twilight shadow as dusk fell over Europe.
From its vantage point in geostationary orbit, MTG-I1 keeps its imaging instruments focused on Europe and northern Africa from a distance of 36 000 km above Earth’s surface. This enabled it to track the Moon’s shadow, called the path of totality, as it swept first
Virgin Galactic delays resumption of commercial flights to 2027
Thursday, 13 August 2026 00:46
Virgin Galactic says it will not start commercial flights of its new suborbital spaceplane until early 2027, a delay of a few months.
Space Force orders two more Impulse Space vehicles for maneuvering demonstrations
Wednesday, 12 August 2026 22:30
A $28 million contract expansion adds Victus Salo 2 and 3 to an earlier award for responsive-space missions
Pentagon missile buildup changing the factory floor
Wednesday, 12 August 2026 22:00
Startups are bringing software, robotics and manufacturing methods developed around commercial space into a defense industry under pressure to produce weapons faster
Space Command identifies capabilities it needs for the next space war
Wednesday, 12 August 2026 21:00
Gen. Stephen Whiting said there is a demand for offensive capabilities and called on the industry to develop ways to disable the critical nodes of large satellite constellations
Golden Dome creates digital hub to expand commercial participation
Wednesday, 12 August 2026 13:00
The Golden Dome ‘ecosystem hub’ allows companies to request information and submit ideas
China’s iSpace raises first batch of series E funding for reusable rocketry
Wednesday, 12 August 2026 11:48
HELSINKI — Chinese reusable launch vehicle maker has secured a first batch of series E funding, months after a huge D++ round, with fundraising still ongoing.
Musification of the 2026 total solar eclipse
Wednesday, 12 August 2026 11:00
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[English] Experience a musical simulation of the 12 August 2026 total solar eclipse as seen from the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre (Spain). Click here for information about ESA’s live broadcast from this observatory, or visit esa.int/solareclipse for an overview of all ESA eclipse activities & resources.
This is a ‘musification’ – an artistic interpretation of a set of data. In this case, the eclipse determines when and how much of each sound is heard. The music is simply the way those data are presented.
This musification is a collaboration ESA’s CESAR team and Rubén García Benito from the Instituto
One species, one planet: The moon is our ethical dress rehearsal for Mars
Wednesday, 12 August 2026 11:00
Firefly increases vehicle production even as launches lag
Wednesday, 12 August 2026 01:06
Firefly Aerospace says it is seeing strong interest in its launch vehicles and is ramping up production, but those efforts have yet to translate into an increased launch rate.
U.S. expands missile production as Army seeks more depth in its arsenal
Wednesday, 12 August 2026 00:34
Recent Northrop, Lockheed and L3Harris agreements are aimed at expanding capacity across propulsion, structures and other constrained parts of the missile supply chain
Golden Dome faces 2027 funding cliff
Tuesday, 11 August 2026 21:01
Gen. Michael Guetlein says Congress must find a way to finance the next phase as most initial funding is already committed
National lab visit boosts NASA’s confidence in space nuclear propulsion mission
Tuesday, 11 August 2026 20:01

