Plans unveiled to better connect space industries in Scotland and the UAE
Globally focused strategic space marketing firm AstroAgency, headquartered in Edinburgh, has announced it will team up with a Dubai-based space investment and advisory company AzurX, to support space businesses in both regions, access new development opportunities and forge collaborative partnerships.
The two organisations boast a global space client base, with AzurX acting as the trusted China launches the Tianzhou 4 cargo spacecraft
In the latest stage in its space station program, China launched the Tianzhou 4 cargo spacecraft early on Tuesday morning, to transport fuel and supplies to its Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency, or CMSA.
In a brief statement, the agency said that a Long March 7 carrier rocket blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province at 01:56 am, Canada joins U.S. in ASAT testing ban

The Canadian government announced May 9 that it is joining the United States in banning tests of destructive direct-ascent antisatellite weapons as a step toward norms of responsible behavior in space.
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JWST entering “home stretch” of commissioning

The James Webb Space Telescope is operating better than expected as the spacecraft enter the final stages of commissioning, project officials said May 9.
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Globalstar agrees terms with “global customer” for terrestrial connectivity

Globalstar has signed a term sheet with a “large, global customer” to start deploying some of its spectrum for terrestrial use “in the U.S. and beyond,” the satellite operator said May 5.
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Supplies launched to China's new space station for next crew

Watch live: press conference with Matthias Maurer back on Earth

ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is back in Europe after 177 days in space. Watch the first press conference following his Cosmic Kiss mission at 11:45 CEST (10:45 BST) 11 May live on ESA Web TV.
Astra to launch from U.K. spaceport

Astra announced May 10 that it plans to carry out launches from a spaceport in the Shetland Islands starting in 2023 as part of international expansion plans.
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Tianzhou-4 cargo craft docks with Chinese space station

The Tianzhou-4 cargo spacecraft completed an automated docking in orbit with the Tianhe space station module late Monday following launch from Wenchang.
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India, France agree to cooperate on secure access to outer space, space-based challenges

India and France have agreed to cooperate to tackle “contemporary challenges that have arisen in space,” including secure access to outer space.
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