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Satellite data could play a role in monitoring, reporting and verifying compliance with emissions trading systems also known as cap and trade. SpaceNews

SAN FRANCISCO - Early next year, NASA plans to select a maximum of three Astrophysics Pioneers missions, investigations with a maximum price tag of $20 million, Michel Garcia, NASA Astrophysics Division smallsats lead pr...

Hawkeye 360 is delivering radio frequency data and analytics to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency as part of a pilot program to evaluate the value of the information for intelligence activities. SpaceNews

ESA will contribute to the maintenance, operations and modernisation of Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana over the period 2020-24.

In a Tweet, Astra, the San Francisco area small satellite launch company announced that its Rocket 3.2 had successfully launched today from the Kodiak Spaceport in Alaska....

Small launch vehicle developer Astra Space fell just short of reaching orbit on its second launch attempt Dec. 15, but the company is "beyond ecstatic" with the performance of the rocket. SpaceNews

Gen. John Raymond, chief of the U.S. Space Force, said he has met with members of the Biden transition team but would not speculate on what might change under the new administration. SpaceNews

Astra's 38-foot-tall (12 meters) Rocket 3.2 soared into the final frontier on its test flight today (Dec. 15), which launched from Alaska's Kodiak Island.

Russia on Dec. 15 conducted a ballistic missile test that U.S. Space Command condemned as a threat to satellites in orbit. SpaceNews

A Chinese probe has delivered the first samples to be collected from the Moon in more than 40 years, and its mission isn’t done yet. The Chang’e-5 sample return capsule floated down to the snowy plains of Inner Mongo...

NASA has awarded a NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to Blue Origin and their New Glenn launch service in accordance with the contract's on-ramp provision.

Need a quick recap of the events of Season 4 of "The Expanse"? We've got you covered.

NASA has awarded the NASA Research and Education Support Services-II (NRESS-II) contract to Agile Decision Sciences LLC of Huntsville, Alabama.

The Expedition 64 crew continues exploring how microgravity affects the heart to improve health for humans on and off the Earth....

NASA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening their longstanding partnership on space-based assets benefitting life on Earth.

Using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) modeled chemical processes in the subsurface ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The studies indicate the possibility that a vari...

Underneath all the gravitational waves we see are faint primordial waves. If we can detect them, it could change our understanding of the cosmos. The post Next Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors Should be Able to se...

Russia has launched a new anti-satellite missile test, its latest push to weaponize space, U.S. Space Command officials said Wednesday (Dec. 16).

An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early Thursday in the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples, the Xinhua news agency said.

The Italian government has ordered two additional Cosmo-SkyMed radar imaging satellites from Thales Alenia Space and tapped Telespazio to upgrade the constellation's ground segment under a contract announced Dec. 15. Spa...

President Donald Trump has issued a new Space Policy Directive that will help propel NASA and humanity's next giant leap - creating a sustainable presence on the Moon and sending astronauts to Mars.

China has recovered precious lunar samples after a successful reentry and landing of the Chang'e-5 return capsule. SpaceNews