The moon's going to get crowded. We should protect our heritage on it while we still can
Thursday, 19 March 2026 15:30We’re checking your connection to prevent automated abuse
Eileen Collins on what it takes to become Space Shuttle Commander
Thursday, 19 March 2026 14:38
345th ESA Council: Media information session
Thursday, 19 March 2026 13:00
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Watch the replay of the media information session where ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun outline the key decisions and main outcomes of the Council meeting held in Interlaken, Switzerland, on 18 and 19 March 2026.
Proba-3’s Coronagraph is alive!
Thursday, 19 March 2026 13:00
A month after an anomaly onboard the Proba-3 mission caused ground control to lose contact with the Coronagraph spacecraft, the mission team shares great news: the spacecraft has phoned home, re-establishing the lost connection.
NASA considering sharp increase in robotic lunar landings
Thursday, 19 March 2026 11:10
ReOrbit sells two small GEO satellites to SLI
Thursday, 19 March 2026 11:00
Finnish satellite manufacturer ReOrbit has signed a contract with asset-financing company SLI for two small geostationary orbit communications satellites.
Upcoming ESA–Industry events on CM25 implementation
Thursday, 19 March 2026 09:30
The European Space Agency, ESA, invites the industrial community to a series of events at which ESA directorates will present the follow-up to the Council Meeting at Ministerial Level 2025, CM25, held in November 2025 in Bremen, Germany.
These events will inform industry about planned activities, key thematic priorities, and industrial opportunities across ESA programmes, while also providing a platform for direct exchange on implementation.
Apex sells satellite for Japanese technology demonstration mission
Thursday, 19 March 2026 06:00
Satellite manufacturer Apex has won a contract from a Japanese company to provide a spacecraft bus for a technology demonstration mission.
Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights
Wednesday, 18 March 2026 20:56
The contract is for 20 hypersonic flight missions over four years
Space Command classified wargame to include 25 commercial players
Wednesday, 18 March 2026 20:14
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TransAstra aims to move 100-ton asteroid to stable orbit for processing
Wednesday, 18 March 2026 18:00
SAN FRANCISCO — TransAstra is performing a study, funded by investors and customers, to explore the technical feasibility of moving a 100-metric-ton asteroid to a stable near-Earth orbit.
How common are fireballs streaking across the sky?
Wednesday, 18 March 2026 16:30We’re checking your connection to prevent automated abuse
Solar array deal sheds more light on South Korea’s defense constellation
Wednesday, 18 March 2026 13:57
Using fiber-optic cables to detect moonquakes
Wednesday, 18 March 2026 13:40We’re checking your connection to prevent automated abuse
Hubble unexpectedly catches comet breaking up
Wednesday, 18 March 2026 13:00
Comet K1, whose full name is Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), had just passed its closest approach to the Sun and was heading out of the Solar System. Though it had been intact just days before, K1 fragmented into at least four pieces while the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was watching. The odds of that happening while Hubble viewed the comet are extraordinarily miniscule.