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NASA and Draper have terminated plans for a lunar lander mission after significant delays in development of the spacecraft. The post NASA terminates Draper lunar lander mission appeared first on SpaceNews.

Aside from an unknown quantity of water in the Moons permanently shaded polar craters, the lions share of what water the Moon may have is likely chemically bound in its deep interior.

Japan has succeeded in the first-ever flight test of its RV-X experimental reusable rocket prototype.

Image: From left to right, NASA astronauts Chrstina Koch, Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, with ESA's European Service Module team behind them at ESTEC.

SpaceX aborted the launch of its latest Starship test flight July 16 when some of the vehicles engines failed to ignite. The post SpaceX aborts Starship Flight 13 launch attempt appeared first on SpaceNews.

After chasing a small asteroid across a billion kilometres of space, China's Tianwen-2 probe has finally caught up, closing to within twenty kilometres of its target and beginning detailed scientific study. What it u...

The British government is preparing to release a new space strategy that will provide a whole-of-government approach for space in the country. The post U.K. government preparing to release new space strategy appeared fir...

The Extremely Large Telescope is looking quite large in this exciting moment.

His Majesty King Charles III visited the UKs largest space cluster on 10 July to launch a new initiative designed to shape the future of the space and defence economy.

"The debris in geosynchronous orbit is a potential minefield."

SpaceX plans to conduct its next Starship launch as soon as July 16 to test fixes to issues from the previous flight and deploy functioning Starlink satellites. The post SpaceX gears up for Starship Flight 13 appeared fi...

Since gravitational waves were first detected in 2015, instruments including LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA have picked up a steady stream of signals from colliding black holes, building a catalog that now numbers in the hundreds...

The Submillimeter Array's (SMA) new semi-automated alert system demonstrates how the radio interferometer quickly responds to discoveries from space-based telescopes.

The island nation of Mauritius signed the Artemis Accords July 17, becoming the 70th nation to do so in less than six years. The post Mauritius becomes 70th nation to sign the Artemis Accords appeared first on SpaceNews....

The maximum value of the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1 contract was raised from $5.6 billion to $17 billion The post Space Force triples launch contract ceiling amid rising demand appeared first on SpaceN...

Defense Production Act funding was awarded to Martin Materials Solutions, a small business that makes radiation-resistant cover glass used on spacecraft solar arrays and thermal-control systems The post Pentagon awards $...

The spacecraft aced its encounter with Mars. Now, mission scientists are studying a trove of data from the flyby in preparation for its arrival at asteroid Psyche in 2029.

On Episode 219 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the space headlines for the past few weeks.

Legacy Effects' Oscar-nominated duo Shane Mahan and Lindsay MacGowan share tales from the trenches of 1986's 'Aliens'

The Perseids may steal the spotlight, but six lesser-known meteor showers could also light up summer skies.

India's first privately built orbital rocket took its maiden flight Saturday, its company said, marking a significant step for the South Asian giant as it eyes a bigger slice of the global space economy.

Skyroot Aerospaces Vikram-1 rocket successfully lifted off on its inaugural flight July 18, becoming the first commercial Indian rocket to reach orbit. The post Skyroot Aerospace reaches orbit on first Vikram-1 launch ap...