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SpaceX's Booster 21 and Ship 41 completed a wet dress rehearsal at Starbase and remain ready for Flight 14, the first Version 3 orbital attempt, while regulatory approval is still …
A Philadelphia entrepreneur won $300,000 in NASA's Deep Space Food Challenge for developing a system to grow food for astronauts on long-duration missions to Mars.
Vincenzo Palermo of Italy's National Research Council highlights how space-developed technologies like infrared thermometers, dried food, and memory foam have become everyday products, and says biomedical applications could drive the …
San Marino formally signed the Artemis Accords at the Beyond Exploration Expo in Rimini, becoming the 74th country to join the international framework for space exploration. The signing, witnessed by …
Three weeks after launch, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has powered up its instruments and may have enough fuel for over 20 years of science, far beyond its original …
Google is preparing to send its first experimental satellite, MVP, into low Earth orbit on October 1 to test how its custom AI chips perform in space, as part of …
The Link spacecraft, launched in July to boost the orbit of NASA's ageing Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Friday after a series of in-flight problems. The telescope …
Rocket Lab has filed a formal protest against NASA's selection of a competitor for a Mars mission, raising questions about procurement fairness and the future of small-launch competition in deep …
Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk will launch to the International Space Station on October 1 aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon, after technical issues pushed back the original September 12 date. The …
A joint X-ray and gamma-ray campaign has linked an orphan gamma-ray source to pulsar PSR J1740+1000, revealing the longest pulsar-wind tail ever seen and challenging the assumption that cosmic rays …
A six-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station installed a navigation retroreflector and replaced a camera, while a cargo freighter delivered supplies and a new crew prepares for an October …
The Italian Space Agency has upgraded its EXOTech Lab with new instruments to characterize lunar regolith for a thermal energy storage system that could power Moon missions through the two-week …
Starfish Space has completed its first full-scale Otter satellite servicing vehicle, scheduled to launch on SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare in October 2026. The spacecraft will fly NASA's SSPICY mission to inspect …
The Royal Air Force's new No III Space Effects Squadron will warn of incoming missile attacks and support offensive and defensive operations, as the defence secretary warns Britain must keep …
The European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have powered on the Ramses planetary defence spacecraft for the first time, marking a critical milestone in its time-sensitive development schedule.
The Thirty Meter Telescope International Organization has declined Spain's €1bn offer to build the observatory at La Palma's Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, leaving Mauna Kea as the only remaining …
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on August 30, 2026, beginning a three-month journey to L2. With a field of view 100 times larger than Hubble's, it will survey …
Ambassador Mario Cospito, extraordinary commissioner of the Italian Space Agency, has been confirmed as chair of COPUOS, the UN body that governs the peaceful use of outer space.
NASA has successfully activated the Roman Space Telescope's 300-megapixel infrared camera, a major milestone that brings the mission closer to its planned 2027 science operations.
A busy week in spaceflight features five orbital launches, including Rocket Lab's Electron, a classified Falcon 9 mission for the US Space Force, and Starship's 14th flight test, which will …
