Chinese startup Spark Space tests engine, raises funds for electric-pump rocket
PADUA, Italy — Chinese startup Spark Space has secured a series of funding rounds for what it claims will be the world’s largest…
Boeing demonstrates quantum protocol in payload set for 2027 launch
PORTLAND, Ore. – Boeing demonstrated a key quantum networking protocol in ground testing of a compact payload ahead of on-orbit experiment in…
El Ni̱o Is Underway РNASA Science
El Niño, characterized by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in parts of the equatorial Pacific, made its return in June 2026. Observations…
What the satellite servicing economy can borrow from carbon credits
In January 2026 alone, the Federal Communications Commission authorized 15,000 Starlink Gen2 satellites. Starcloud has filed for 88,000…
Swift reboost mission ready for launch
WASHINGTON — A high-risk mission to raise the orbit of a NASA astrophysics spacecraft is set to launch later this month after less than a year…
Blue Origin begins rebuilding New Glenn pad
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin has started rebuilding a launch pad severely damaged in a New Glenn explosion less than three weeks ago as it works…
Relativity Space to privately develop Mars orbiter mission
WASHINGTON — Relativity Space plans to launch a Mars orbiter in 2028 as part of a new initiative to privately develop planetary missions. The…
Upgraded Ariane 6 launches Amazon Leo satellites
WASHINGTON — An Ariane 6 with upgraded solid rocket boosters successfully launched three dozen Amazon Leo satellites June 17 as ESA weighs…
Look Up and Skynopy partner on automated satellite collision avoidance service
TAMPA, Fla. — Space surveillance venture Look Up plans to use Skynopy’s ground station network to help automate its proposed low Earth orbit…
America’s next economic frontier is 240,000 miles away
Humans have always gazed up at the moon in wonder. A generation ago, NASA astronauts did the extraordinary and touched down on its surface,…