Astrobotic says sale to Voyager will allow it to scale up
PITTSBURGH — Lunar lander developer Astrobotic decided to sell to Voyager Technologies so it could quickly scale up to meet the projected demands of…
Commerce Department budget proposal revives concerns about TraCSS
WASHINGTON — A budget proposal for the Department of Commerce raises new doubts about the future of a civil space traffic management system…
NASA prepares for Artemis 2 return
WASHINGTON — The Artemis 2 mission is set for a final, fiery test when the spacecraft reenters April 10 ahead of a splashdown off the…
China debuts new launchers, tests orbital servicing and outlines future deep-space missions
7 CAS Space and Space Pioneer have both debuted new Chinese commercial launchers within days of each other, with more set to follow. …
PLD Space secures $35 million European Investment Bank loan for MIURA 5 launcher
MILAN – PLD Space signed a 30 million euro ($35 million) venture debt loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) on April 7, a move to…
Lockheed Martin wins $105 million contract for GPS ground control system as OCX winds down
The contract supports next-generation GPS IIIF satellites through 2030 The post Lockheed Martin wins $105 million contract for GPS ground…
China conducts pair of Long March launches for Thousand Sails and Guowang megaconstellations
China carried out separate Long March 8 and Long March 6A launches this week, adding new batches of satellites to the country’s…
Heather Pringle on the upcoming Space Symposium and future international collaboration in space
In this episode of the Space Minds podcast, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Heather Pringle, a retired Major General of the US Air Force who…
A new kind of arsenal: commercial satellites
he Pentagon is no longer asking whether commercial space will matter in future conflicts. It is building a strategy around the assumption that…
Snow in the Shadow of the Andes
On the eastern, arid side of the Andes, the plains of southern Argentina stretch from the mountains to the Atlantic coast. The landscape often…