Space Force awards Viasat, SES $437 million for military satellite network
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded satellite operators Viasat and SES contracts worth a combined $437.6 million to build communications…
Former NASA chief of staff returns to lead agency launch operations
WASHINGTON — NASA’s former chief of staff has returned to the agency in a new role overseeing launch operations, a move that raised some…
Tianzhou-10 cargo spacecraft arrives at Tiangong space station
HELSINKI — China launched the Tianzhou-10 cargo spacecraft late Sunday, docking with the Tiangong space station hours later to deliver…
ESA and JAXA finalize agreement on Apophis asteroid mission
WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have finalized an agreement to collaborate on a mission to study…
James Webb telescope zooms in on a black hole that coul…
A unique, X-ray-spewing black hole may help to confirm the enigmatic identity of “little red dots,” a curious class of objects…
MDA Space continues work on Gateway robotic arm
WASHINGTON — MDA Space is continuing work on a robotic arm for the lunar Gateway while it discusses the future of the project with the…
Viasat wins $307 million Marine Corps satellite communications contract
WASHINGTON — The Space Systems Command’s commercial space office awarded Viasat a $307 million contract to provide satellite communications…
Science news this week: The latest on the cruise ship h…
This week’s science news was dominated by coverage of a cluster of hantavirus infections aboard the Dutch-flagged cruise ship MV…
Swift reboost mission completes environmental tests
WASHINGTON — A spacecraft designed to raise the decaying orbit of a NASA astrophysics satellite has passed environmental tests ahead of a…
Paraguay signs the Artemis Accords
WASHINGTON — Paraguay signed the Artemis Accords May 7, the sixth country to do so in the last two and a half weeks. Osvaldo Almirón Riveros,…