China’s Chang’e-7 arrives at spaceport for lunar south pole exploration mission
HELSINKI — China’s multi-element Chang’e-7 lunar spacecraft has arrived at Wenchang spaceport for launch preparations ahead of a planned…
Commerce Department budget proposal revives concerns about TraCSS
WASHINGTON — A budget proposal for the Department of Commerce raises new doubts about the future of a civil space traffic management system…
NASA prepares for Artemis 2 return
WASHINGTON — The Artemis 2 mission is set for a final, fiery test when the spacecraft reenters April 10 ahead of a splashdown off the…
Artemis II closing in on Earth return
Artemis II…
China debuts new launchers, tests orbital servicing and outlines future deep-space missions
7 CAS Space and Space Pioneer have both debuted new Chinese commercial launchers within days of each other, with more set to follow. …
PLD Space secures $35 million European Investment Bank loan for MIURA 5 launcher
MILAN – PLD Space signed a 30 million euro ($35 million) venture debt loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on April 7, a move to…
Lockheed Martin wins $105 million contract for GPS ground control system as OCX winds down
The contract supports next-generation GPS IIIF satellites through 2030 The post Lockheed Martin wins $105 million contract for GPS ground…
China conducts pair of Long March launches for Thousand Sails and Guowang megaconstellations
China carried out separate Long March 8 and Long March 6A launches this week, adding new batches of satellites to the country’s…
Heather Pringle on the upcoming Space Symposium and future international collaboration in space
In this episode of the Space Minds podcast, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Heather Pringle, a retired Major General of the US Air Force who…
A new kind of arsenal: commercial satellites
he Pentagon is no longer asking whether commercial space will matter in future conflicts. It is building a strategy around the assumption that…