Image: A participant of the Movement in Low gravity environments (MoLo) programme from ESA’s space medicine team at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany, testing movements in simulated reduced gravity, called hypogravity, on Earth.

An agreement for a United Arab Emirates’ rover to fly on China’s Chang’e-7 lunar mission has apparently been hit by U.S.

An advisory committee called on the European Space Agency to develop a comprehensive human spaceflight program using a more commercial approach.

The first flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle with astronauts on board, previously scheduled for late April, has been delayed, likely until the summer.

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For the first time ever, ESA Academy is opening a call for university students to apply for the pilot edition of the Navigation Training Course, to be held from 26 to 30 June 2023 at ESA Academy’s Training and Learning Facility in ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium. This Training Course has been developed by ESA Education and ESA’s Directorate of Navigation. Would you like to know more about the future of satellite navigation? Apply for our course today!

Space Coast FL (SPX) Mar 24, 2023
SpaceX launched its 20th mission of 2023 on Friday (March 24), launching 56 of its Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO) and landing the first stage booster on a droneship offshore. The mission, named Starlink Group 5-5, lifted off at 11:43 AM EDT (15:43 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. About eight and a h

Blue Origin says it is preparing to resume flights of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle after completing an investigation into a failed launch last September.

ABL Space Systems, a California-based launch startup, announced March 24 it has secured a $60 million contract from the U.S.