Astra Space Reaches Orbit

Astra Space put a test payload into orbit on 19 November on its fourth launch attempt.

Nov 2021

Rocket Lab Launches 107th Satellite To Orbit, Successfully Tests Helicopter Recovery Operations

Rocket Lab, a leading launch and space systems company, has successfully deployed two satellites to orbit for real-time geospatial monitoring company BlackSky.

Nov 2021

Dragon Endeavour Departs ISS

SpaceX Dragon Endeavour Departs The International Space Station

Nov 2021

NOAA's Next-Gen Weather Satellite, Built by Lockheed Martin, Moves Closer to Launch

Today, the next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-T successfully arrived at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to begin launch preparations.

Nov 2021

NASA And Intuitive Machines Announce Landing Site Location for Lunar Drill

In late 2022, NASA will send an ice-mining experiment attached to a robotic lander to the lunar South Pole on a ridge not far from Shackleton crater - a location engineers and scientists have assessed for months.

Nov 2021

Supporting Life Beyond Earth Could Be Possible -- Thanks To Graphene Innovation

Advanced manufacturing experts from Manchester have revealed what human life in space could look like - with a graphene-enhanced space habitat developed to meet anticipated demand for human settlements beyond Earth.

Nov 2021

A Nanoracks Module Floats Inside The Space Station's Cupola

A Nanoracks module, a cube-shaped commercial research device, is pictured free-floating inside the cupola, the International Space Station's "window to the world."

Oct 2021

Ariane 5 Sets A New Record On Its Latest Launch

Arianespace announced liftoff at 03:10 BST (04:10 CEST, 23:10 local time on 23 October) from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, for a mission lasting about 38 minutes.

Oct 2021

Characterizing the All-Sky Brightness of Satellite Mega-Constellations and the Impact on Astronomy Research

Measuring photometric brightness is a common tool for characterizaing satellites. However, characterizing satellite mega-constellations and their impact on astronomy research requires a new approach and methodology.

Oct 2021

United Launch Alliance Launches Lucy Mission for NASA

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Lucy mission for NASA lifted off on Oct. 16 at 5:34 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Oct 2021