ESA's €544 Million Launcher Challenge Bets on Europe's NewSpace Generation
The European Space Agency has committed €543.6 million to three emerging launch companies under its European Launcher Challenge, signaling a…
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Auroras, spinning skies and a week of astronomical imagery
From colorful northern lights over an Icelandic waterfall to star trails above the Atacama Desert, the final days of August 2026 delivered s…
Artemis II Crew Honored, Trump Orders First U.S. Space Academy
At Houston's Johnson Space Center, President Trump decorated the Artemis II crew with the United States' highest space honor and signed an e…
Sophie Adenot Completes Her Second Spacewalk Above Earth
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA's Anil Menon completed their second joint spacewalk from the International Space Station, marking anoth…
SpaceX Sets Records With Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy in One Week
A booster flying for the 37th time, the 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year, and the Roman Space Telescope riding a Falcon Heavy — SpaceX's fi…
Europe's Busy Week: Weather Satellites and Spacewalks
Within days of each other, the European Space Agency is pulling off two significant achievements: launching the MTG-I2 weather satellite abo…
NASA's MAIA Mission Builds a Pollution Map Over Addis Ababa
NASA's MAIA mission has deployed ten air quality sensors across Addis Ababa to track fine particulate pollution at unprecedented resolution.…
Bonneville's Legacy: Reading a Vanished Lake from Orbit
Thousands of years ago, a lake the size of Lake Michigan stretched across the American West. NASA satellite imagery now reveals its ghost — …
NASA's Roman Telescope Cleared for August 30 Launch
With its launch window just days away, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has cleared its final pre-flight milestones. Here is what th…
White House Sets New Course for U.S. Space Transportation
Washington has unveiled its first space transportation policy since 2013, signaling a decisive shift toward commercial operators and a push …
Heat Records and Rocket Ranges: Europe's Spatial Infrastructure Under Climate Pressure
A relentless series of heatwaves has made summer 2026 one of Europe's most punishing on record. NASA's Earth observation data tells the stor…
SpaceX hits 100 orbital launches in 2026 with no sign of slowing
SpaceX completed its 100th orbital mission of 2026 in late August, having also placed its 2,000th Starlink satellite of the year into orbit …
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