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The spacecraft will drop off its precious parcels and then swing back out into space towards another rocky destination.

IQPS launched its first 100-kilogram SAR satellite, Izanagi, in November 2019 on an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The firm's second satellite, Izanami, is scheduled to launch as early as December on a SpaceX Fal...

OneWeb has secured an additional $235 million in interim financing to allow the company to resume deployment of its satellite constellation while awaiting approval for its sale to the British government and Bharti Global...

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SpaceX and NASA are preparing for the first full-fledged crew flight to the International Space Station, which will look similar -- but not identical -- to the crewed test flight this summer.

SWISSto12 is working with Thales Alenia Space to expand the use of additively manufactured parts for geostationary communications satellites. SpaceNews

An international team of astronomers has discovered a new gas giant alien world as part of the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS). The newly found exoplanet, designated NGTS-12b, is about the size of Jupiter, but more...

Astronomers have found a new type of galaxy that is very old, very distant and very bright in ultraviolet light. This is somewhat an unusual combination, and so when this bright galaxy was first detected, the team of res...

SpaceX just passed another milestone with the SN7.1 test tank, which they tested to failure by pressurizing it until it exploded The post Another Starship Test Tank is Pushed to the Limit and Explodes appeared first on U...

Scientists from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have presented the discovery of a binary pair of objects way out in the Kuiper Belt. They’re Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs) which means their orbit is outside the...

The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate is looking for companies with which to partner. SpaceNews

Three of the Solar Orbiter spacecraft's instruments, including Imperial's magnetometer, have released their first data.

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, currently aboard the International Space Station, will answer questions posed by high school students from across the nation this week.

Is it a new asteroid mini-moon or a human-made mini-moon? That's the question about a small object approaching Earth, called 2020 SO. NASA's Small Body Database predicts the object will captured by Earth's gravity in Oct...

SpaceX is preparing for a busy schedule of Dragon missions carrying cargo and crew to the International Space Station through next year, a manifest that will make at least some use of reused spacecraft. SpaceNews

An epic set of new videos shows the fiery power of Firefly Aerospace's forthcoming Alpha rocket.

The detection of phosphine in Venus’ atmosphere was one of those quintessential moments in space science. It was an unexpected discovery, and when combined with our incomplete understanding of planetary science, and ou...

It's been a great month for planetary science.  Scientists first discovered the chemical signature of phosphine on Venus, then found additional underground lakes on Mars.  While no life has been conclusively found yet,...

A bright flash lit up the skies over parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio in the wee hours of Wednesday, and officials aren't yet sure what it was.

The four-satellite NetSat mission launched Sept. 28 on a Russian Soyuz rocket is designed to showcase technology for formation flight. SpaceNews

Venus might not be a sweltering, waterless hellscape today, if Jupiter hadn't altered its orbit around the sun, according to new UC Riverside research.

Extraterrestrials in existential trouble might be easiest to find—and also the most informative --