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SpaceX is working "around the clock" on a variety of issues ahead of the first planned space launch of its huge Starship vehicle, Elon Musk said.

Aerospace Corp.'s commercial space office, established to facilitate connections between startups and government technology buyers, is seeing a surge in activity. The post Aerospace CEO: More startups seek DoD work amid ...

Space Forge announced plans April 19 to expand its U.S. presence to include manufacturing. The post Space Forge reveals plans for U.S. manufacturing appeared first on SpaceNews.

The head of the U.S. Space Force launch program, Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, said he has been briefed by United Launch Alliance on an anomaly experienced last month during testing of the Centaur upper stage of ULA's new roc...

Investment activity is picking up again for young space companies as growth-stage capital returns following market uncertainty in 2022, according to investors on an April 18 Space Symposium panel. The post Space investor...

NASA announced Wednesday a new consortium focused on making in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities a routine part of space architectures and mission lifecycles.

Imagery from satellites operated by Maxar Technologies has provided insight into the damage caused by fighting between rival military factions in Sudan.

Rocket Lab will use a previously flown engine on an upcoming Electron launch as the company moves closer to reusing the rocket's entire first stage. The post Rocket Lab to refly Electron engine appeared first on SpaceNew...

European Space Agency director Josef Aschbacher promised a "transformation" of the continent's space sector in the coming years during an interview with AFP, including more collaboration between government and private in...

The chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force Gen. B. Chance Saltzman called on the service to embrace challenges and opportunities created by the rapid commercialization and militarization of the space domain. T...

Rocket Lab plans to launch a mission with a pre-flown engine later this year, taking a big step toward its goal of rocket reusability.

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall has submitted to congressional committees a proposal to allow selected programs in the Pentagon's budget to get started before Congress passes the final appropriations bill. The p...

Leidos is working with the racing company NASCAR to develop a lunar rover they will offer for an upcoming NASA competition. The post Leidos working with NASCAR on Artemis lunar rover appeared first on SpaceNews.

In a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 19, the director of the Pentagon's new UFO office shot down hopes that the U.S. government has evidence that aliens have visited Earth.

Over time, catches become smaller as fish DNA changes. The answer may be to stop going for the big ones.

A museum dedicated to the history of Texas aviation now has a "space" devoted to flight even higher than the state's skies. The Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston opened its Space Gallery.

Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organized by multiple space agencies--and increasingly by commercial companies--are set to visit the moon by the end of this decade. Most of these will i...

A company behind a NASA mission is capping off its first six months with an experimental cider. Advanced Space and Stem Ciders are releasing CAPSTONE, a hoppy cider celebrating a spacecraft.

Press Release N° 18–2023 At the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, USA, on 18 April, ESA signed a letter of intent with the Swedish National Space Agency to send an ESA astronaut to visit the International Space Sta...

Ongoing fighting in Ukraine continues to underscore the importance of combining military, civil and commercial space capabilities. The post Ukraine’s lessons for military space appeared first on SpaceNews.

Scientists from research institutions including Kyoto University have confirmed that the intrinsic alignments of galaxies have characteristics that allow it to be a powerful probe of dark matter and dark energy on a cosm...

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