Blue Origin continues work on lunar landers during recovery from New Glenn explosion
Monday, 06 July 2026 19:09
Iridium folds Aireon aviation safety service into Rocket Lab-bound business
Monday, 06 July 2026 18:02
Iridium Communications has completed its takeover of Aireon, bringing the aircraft-tracking venture fully in-house ahead of the satellite operator’s planned $8 billion sale to Rocket Lab.
Webb reveals millions of stars in nearby galaxy
Monday, 06 July 2026 15:00
In new images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to celebrate its fourth science anniversary, a familiar galaxy transforms into something far richer, and far more complex, than ever seen before. Webb’s unprecedented sensitivity across near- and mid-infrared wavelengths cuts through the thick lanes of dust that obscure Centaurus A’s centre in visible light, showing a densely packed tapestry of individual stars and an active, everchanging galaxy. These images mark four years of better-than-anticipated performance and successful science operations for the most powerful space telescope in history.
NASA adds three European firms to the commercial data program
Monday, 06 July 2026 14:57
MILAN — NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program (CSDA) announced June 23 contract awards with eight new commercial satellite data providers, three of which are European: Kuva Space (Finland), OroraTech […]
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OpSTAR mission patch The term ‘dual-use’ is misleading and dangerous
Monday, 06 July 2026 12:00
There is only technology. How it is employed is a question of intent, context and political will, not of the technology itself.
BAE microchip designed for strategic defense missions passes radiation test
Monday, 06 July 2026 12:00
The company is positioning its Endura computing for classified and missile-defense satellite programs
Connected Aircraft Fleet Set to Exceed 70,000 by 2035
Monday, 06 July 2026 11:00
Paris, France | May 2026 – Novaspace’s latest In-Flight Connectivity report points to sustained, long-term growth in the In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) market, with connected aircraft numbers to exceed 70,000 by 2035.
Centre for Space Futures, Novaspace and SpaceTech Gulf Sign Agreement to Develop Global Space Capability Mapping Dashboard
Monday, 06 July 2026 09:00
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – June, 2026 The Centre for Space Futures (CSF), together with leading international partners including Novaspace, and SpaceTech Gulf, have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to […]
Tianwen-2 arrives at asteroid Kamo’oalewa, first image revealed
Monday, 06 July 2026 08:14
HELSINKI — China’s Tianwen-2 sample return spacecraft has arrived at Kamoʻoalewa, revealing the near Earth asteroid to be a small, elongated rocky body.
NASA and Small Business Administration partner on funding key space technologies
Monday, 06 July 2026 00:43
NASA is partnering with the U.S.
Airbus to build Aeolus-2 wind-monitoring satellite
Sunday, 05 July 2026 14:17
The European Space Agency has selected Airbus Defence and Space to start work on the successor to a wind-monitoring satellite.
GAO flags satellite costs, launch risks in Space Force portfolio
Saturday, 04 July 2026 09:17
Watchdog cites growing costs for missile-warning satellites, digital engineering gaps and workforce reductions that could slow national security launches
Pegasus launches Swift reboost mission
Friday, 03 July 2026 19:55
A Pegasus XL launched a mission to reboost a NASA astrophysics spacecraft on what may be the final flight of that rocket.