Atlas V flies its final payload mission, closing a two-decade run
United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket carried its last commercial payload into orbit on July 2, delivering satellites for Amazon's Project…
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Chandra Redraws the Milky Way and Paints the Sky Red, White and Blue
New Chandra data suggests the Milky Way's outer spiral arms stretch farther than current models predict. At the same time, NASA released fou…
Atlas 5 Flies Its Last for Amazon's Kuiper Broadband Network
United Launch Alliance is set to close out Atlas 5's involvement in Amazon's Project Kuiper with a final overnight launch from Cape Canavera…
LINK Spacecraft Readies for a Daring Rescue of NASA's Swift Observatory
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has been hunting gamma-ray bursts for over two decades. Now, a small robotic spacecraft called LINK is…
Roman, Swift, Canadarm2: Space Sector Moves on Multiple Fronts
A flagship telescope reaches Florida under budget, a storied robot arm gets emergency surgery in orbit, and a dormant rocket revives to save…
NASA Reaches Out to Industry to Build the Foundations of a Moon Base
With two complementary solicitations released within 24 hours, NASA is calling on private industry to close critical technology gaps and dem…
Pegasus XL returns to give NASA's Swift telescope a lifeline
After sitting on the ground since 2021, Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL rocket is gearing up for an air-launched mission aimed at extending th…
June 2026: A Landmark Month for Space on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Luca Parmitano named as Artemis III pilot, Ariane 6 breaking European launch records, and Euclid revealing the Milky Way's core in unprecede…
SpaceX Targets Two Launches in a Single Weekend
Within hours of each other, SpaceX scheduled missions from both US coasts: a 7.5-ton broadcast satellite for SiriusXM from Florida and 24 mo…
Euclid Maps the Milky Way's Core Ahead of Roman Space Telescope
ESA's Euclid space telescope has turned its wide-field instruments toward the dense core of the Milky Way, producing imagery that directly o…
Rocket Lab scores double win with Synspective and NASA deals
Within 48 hours, Rocket Lab launched a Japanese radar satellite and secured a NASA contract for three Electron flights in 2027. A telling si…
Moon Rovers to Land Before Artemis 4 Crew in Bold Pre-Deployment Plan
NASA has selected two companies to develop upgraded lunar rovers designed to reach the Moon's surface before the Artemis 4 crew even launche…
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