Launch Preview: Array of international launches planned this week
Launch Preview: Array of…
Webb and Hubble sink deep into the dazzling Whirlpool G…
Quick facts What it is: A spiral arm of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) Where it is: 31 million light-years away in the constellation Canes…
NASA releases final RFP for Mars communications orbiter
WASHINGTON — NASA has released the final request for proposals for a Mars telecommunications system, confirming requirements that limit the…
York Space defends growth strategy as SDA programs are reshaped
WASHINGTON — Just months after its public debut, York Space Systems is confronting a question that goes to the core of its business model:…
Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $398 million satellite contract
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $398 million contract to build a prototype communications satellite intended to…
Science news this week: PCOS has a new name, Neandertha…
This week’s science news featured some big headlines for health, including the landmark decision to officially rename polycystic ovary…
SpaceX launches CRS-34 cargo mission to ISS
WASHINGTON — A Falcon 9 launched a Dragon cargo spacecraft May 15 carrying nearly 3,000 kilograms of cargo to the International Space Station.…
Starlink Mobile challengers back proposed telco-led D2D joint venture
TAMPA, Fla. — A planned direct-to-device (D2D) joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon has divided operators behind the…
Joint ESA-China SMILE mission set for launch to study Earth’s magnetic shield
HELSINKI — A pioneering joint ESA-China science mission to study Earth’s magnetosphere is set to launch May 19, after a decade of…
