Lithuanian space company Astrolight launches Greenland optical ground station project
WARSAW, Poland — The European Space Agency and Lithuanian space startup Astrolight are building the first optical ground station (OGS) in…
Terran Orbital Announces Cheryl Paquete as Chief Financial Officer
Irvine, Calif., November 25, 2025 — Terran Orbital Corporation is pleased to announce that Cheryl Paquete has joined the company full-time as…
BlackSky announces latest Gen-3 satellite in orbit after confidential Electron launch
BREMEN, Germany — Earth observation company BlackSky was the confidential customer for the latest Rocket Lab launch, placing into orbit a…
Making COMSATCOM accessible for large-scale defense requirements
The rise of peer adversaries and new offensive weapons is changing communications requirements from military command headquarters to the…
NASA’s 2025 Astronaut Candidates: Shaping Artemis Explo…
When NASA’s 2025 astronaut candidates arrived at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston this fall, they stepped into history, sharing a…
Shenzhou-22 docks at Tiangong space station, resolving human spaceflight emergency
HELSINKI — China’s uncrewed Shenzhou-22 spacecraft has arrived at the Tiangong space station, reestablishing a lifeboat for the crew and…
Oman brings GEO orders level with 2024 as larger spacecraft regain traction
TAMPA, Fla. — An order for Oman’s first geostationary communications satellite has lifted the global tally for this year to six, matching all…
NASA to fly only cargo on next Starliner mission under modified contract
ALICANTE, Spain — NASA has revised its commercial crew contract with Boeing, reducing the number of CST-100 Starliner missions to four, the…
Science fiction and innovation in space
In this episode of Space Minds, Senior Staff Writer Jeff Foust moderates a panel at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, the next…