On space matters, Biden’s national security strategy adopts a less combative tone
The White House on Oct. 12 released a long-delayed national security strategy that lays out challenges the United States faces in a tripolar world.
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NASA's new November targets mean night launch for Artemis
If NASA gets to finally ignite its massive candle for the Artemis I moon mission, it's going to light up the night skies across Florida with three November launch dates that all fall after midnight targeted for liftoff from Kennedy Space Center.
NASA's first attempt to launch the Space Launch System rocket topped with the Orion space capsule falls on Monday, Nov. 14 with a 69-minute window that opens at 12:07 a.m. Two two-hour backup windows are available on Wednesday, Nov. 16 starting at 1:04 a.m. and Saturday, Nov. 19 starting at 1:45 a.m.
If it goes up, SLS with its 8.8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff would become the most powerful rocket to ever launch from Earth besting the Saturn V rockets from the Apollo missions.
Next month's full moon falls on Nov. 8, so the first attempt should feature a waning gibbous moon still rising high in the eastern sky at midnight. Florida's notorious afternoon showers during the summer will also be not as much of a concern in the overnight hours.
If it hits its first target, the uncrewed Orion capsule would make several orbits around the moon traveling farther from Earth than any other human-rated spacecraft before returning on Dec.
Lockheed Martin Space leader aims to speed things up
Robert Lightfoot, Lockheed Martin Space executive vice president, discussed the pace of innovation and partnerships at the Satellite Innovation 2022 conference
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Dennis Tito and wife to be on second Starship flight around the moon
The first private astronaut to fly to the International Space Station plans to return to space on a trip around the moon on SpaceX’s Starship with his wife and up to 10 other people.
Finding balance within the space ecosystem: Q&A with JPL Director Laurie Leshin
SpaceNews spoke with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s new director to learn more about the JPL’s future vision.
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Eutelsat and OneWeb share financials underpinning planned merger
Eutelsat would nearly double annual sales in five years to around $2 billion if its OneWeb merger gets approved, the satellite operators said Oct. 12 as they disclosed financials underpinning their multi-orbit deal.
Next-generation spacesuits on drawing board for NASA moon mission
Nicole Mann, spacecraft commander of NASA's SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor, just arrived at the International Space Station last week wearing a spacesuit designed decades ago for male test pilots.
The suit, originally developed for Space Shuttle missions that started in 1981, has been upgraded through the years, but has far outlasted its original 15-year design.
All that will change Japan orders satellite-carrying rocket to self-destruct after failed launch
A Japanese rocket attempting to launch a satellite into space self-destructed after it failed to reach trajectory after liftoff on Wednesday.
The Epsilon-6 rocket took off from the Uchinoura Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Wednesday. The rocket, though, deviated from its intended trajectory shortly after leaving the launching pad.
Officials from the Japan Aerospace Explor NASA's Mars mission shields up for tests
Micrometeorites are a potential hazard for any space mission, including NASA's Mars Sample Return. The tiny rocks can travel up to 50 miles per second. At these speeds, "even dust could cause damage to a spacecraft," said Bruno Sarli, NASA engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.
Sarli leads a team designing shields to protect NASA's Mars Earth Entry System from NASA sets new Artemis I launch window for Nov. 14
After a string of setbacks, the U.S. space agency, NASA, said Wednesday it would try again to conduct its Artemis I test flight to the moon on Nov. 14.
NASA said it's found a 69-minute launch window that opens shortly after noon EST on Nov. 14 for the mission.
Crews in late September were forced to scrub a launch and move the $4.1 billion rocket from the launch pad back to its st 
