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 the…
It’s time to unburden space cooperation with China
The time is ripe to end the “Wolf Amendment,” a congressional bar inhibiting civil collaboration between the United States and China in space.…
Desert Works Propulsion expands U.S. ion propulsion capability through domestic manufacturing partnership and test capacity growth
New Mexico — December 22, 2025 — Desert Works Propulsion (DWP) today announced the expansion of its domestic electric propulsion development…
NASA’s Wideband Technology Demo Proves Space Missions a…
Just like your cellphone stays connected by roaming between networks, NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal, or PExT, technology…
Japan’s H3 suffers second-stage anomaly, QZS-5 satellite lost
HELSINKI — Japan’s flagship H3 rocket suffered an issue with its second stage late Sunday resulting in the loss of the Michibiki 5 (QZS-5)…
Isaacman emphasizes accelerating NASA programs as he takes agency’s reins
WASHINGTON — New NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said he wants the agency to move faster on key programs such as Artemis but acknowledged he…
Rocket Lab wraps up record launch year
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab successfully launched a Japanese radar imaging satellite Dec. 21 in the final flight of a record-setting year for the…
Glittering new James Webb telescope image shows an ‘int…
Webb and Chandra spot a cosmic car crash (Image credit: Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Webb; Image Processing:…
Blue Origin flies first wheelchair user to space
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin flew its final New Shepard suborbital mission of the year Dec. 20, carrying six people, including the first person…
Scientists build ‘most accurate’ quantum computing chip…
Physicists at Silicon Quantum Computing have developed what they say is the most accurate quantum computing chip ever engineered, after…