Ball Aerospace wins $176 million contract to build and operate 10 satellites for Space Development Agency
The Space Development Agency announced Oct. 4 it awarded Ball Aerospace a $176 million contract to build, operate and secure launch services for 10 experimental satellites.
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Space to boost secure sustainable energy supplies
Space applications, technologies and data are ready to accelerate the green transformation of the energy industry.
Sherpa tug yet to start raising orbit a month after launch
A Sherpa tug launched a month ago is still undergoing commissioning and has yet to start maneuvers as its orbit gradually decays.
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Amid Ukraine war, US set to fly Russian cosmonaut to ISS
The United States will on Wednesday carry a Russian to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX ship, in a voyage that carries symbolic significance amid the Ukraine war.
Anna Kikina, the only female cosmonaut in service, is part of the Crew-5 mission, which also includes one Japanese and two American astronauts.
Blast-off is set for noon from the Kennedy Space Center, with the weather forecast so far promising.
Two weeks ago, an American astronaut took off on a Russian Soyuz rocket for the orbital platform.
The long-planned astronaut exchange program has been maintained despite soaring tensions between the two countries since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February.
Interacting galaxies VV 191 (Webb and Hubble composite image)
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Interacting galaxies VV 191 (Webb and Hubble composite image) Lensed galaxies in VV 191 (Webb and Hubble composite image)
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Lensed galaxies in VV 191 (Webb and Hubble composite image) UK, South Korea join ASAT test ban, raising like-minded countries to seven
SES closer to $4 billion payout after ULA launch to near-geostationary orbit
United Launch Alliance launched a pair of satellites for SES Oct. 4 that are vital to the operator’s bid to claim nearly $4 billion in C-band clearing proceeds.
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SpaceX launches Crew-5 mission to the space station
A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft with four people on board is on its way to the International Space Station after a successful launch Oct. 5.
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Russian launches to space from US, first time in 20 years
