H3 successfully returns to flight
WASHINGTON — Japan’s H3 rocket launched June 11 on its first flight since a failure in December, placing six smallsats in orbit. The H3 lifted off from…
Commercial Space Federation (CSF) Welcomes Two New Space Supply Chain Members
June 8, 2026 – Washington, D.C.—The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) is pleased to welcome Besxar and Charter Space as new space supply chain…
Spire to pursue space-based missile warning in partnership with German defense firm
WASHINGTON — Satellite data provider Spire Global has partnered with one of Germany’s largest defense contractors to pursue space-based…
UK startup Applied Atomics to enter US market with focus on military space mobility
WASHINGTON — U.K.-based startup Applied Atomics has raised $4 million in pre-seed financing and established a U.S. presence as it seeks to…
Tyndall’s Trail of Bergs – NASA Science
The Southern Patagonian Icefield is the largest expanse of ice in the Southern Hemisphere outside of Antarctica. The mass of glacial ice…
Orbital raises $5 million to join orbital data center race
TAMPA, Fla. — A Los Angeles-based startup has raised $5 million to fund an in-orbit computing demonstration next year, ahead of plans to…
Spaceport crunch reviving interest in sea-based launch
Concerns that America’s launch infrastructure may not keep pace with rising demand are reviving interest in an unconventional workaround:…
After the launch: Why Europe’s space ambitions depend on what comes next
Satellites have become essential infrastructure. Financial markets rely on their timing signals. Military operations depend on their…
NASA names crew for Artemis 3 mission to test lunar landers
HOUSTON — NASA has named the astronauts who will fly the next Artemis mission, a test flight in low Earth orbit in which the Orion spacecraft…