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Space science for your heart China conducts surprise launch of Long March 12B, delivers Qianfan satellites on debut flight

China conducted the maiden launch of its reusable Long March 12B rocket Monday, providing no advance warning and delivering operational payloads to orbit.
New Glenn failure worsens constrained launch market

The explosion of a New Glenn rocket has generated reverberations across the space industry with the rocket out of service for potentially a year or more.
China launches test direct-to-device satellites for multiple projects

China capped a busy month of launches by sending four new satellite internet test satellites into orbit with a workhorse hypergolic rocket.
Webb sniffs methane from interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
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Webb's MIRI image of the interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS in three different light wavelengths Smile: cleanroom to space
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Smile successfully launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 19 May 2026.
This timelapse captures the excitement and precision of launch operations as the spacecraft begins its journey to study the connection between the Sun and Earth.
Smile (the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) is an international space science mission designed to investigate how the solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetosphere. By observing these dynamic processes from space, Smile will help scientists better understand space weather and its effects on our planet's magnetic environment.
Northrop Grumman partners with Apex on space-based interceptors for Golden Dome

The Los Angeles-based startup manufactures standardized satellite buses designed to be produced more quickly and at lower cost than traditional government spacecraft
Spaceport facility bonds are now law – and they fundamentally change space infrastructure finance

After more than three decades in public and project finance, I have learned that real inflection points in infrastructure development rarely announce themselves loudly.
France to fly two astronauts on Vast missions

Commercial space station developer Vast has reached an agreement with the French government to fly two French astronauts on its missions, including the first flight to its Haven-1 space station.
NASA abandons ‘core module’ concept for commercial space station development

NASA is withdrawing a proposal to revamp its strategy for transitioning from the International Space Station to commercial stations, one that had been criticized by the companies developing such stations.
