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NASA expects to spend up to $1.5 billion to support at least two companies to demonstrate crew-tended space stations as part of a revised approach to transition from the ISS. The post NASA releases details on revised next phase of commercial space station development appeared first on SpaceNews.

SAN FRANCISCO – Orbital Sidekick hyperspectral sensors revealed new information on damage sustained by Iran’s Fordow nuclear fuel enrichment plant after U.S. armed forces bombed the site in June. OSK’s Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite (GHOSt) constellation exposed the outline of a rectangular subsurface structure, indicating “the potential collapse or damage of the underground facility,” according to

China conducted a pair of launches sending an experimental spacecraft to geosynchronous orbit and three further satellites into polar orbits. The post China launches experimental Shiyan-29 to GEO, commercial Ceres-1 carries 3 satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.

SAN FRANCISCO – GHGSat and ExxonMobil Corp. announced a partnership Sept. 5 to monitor and mitigate methane emissions for onshore operations in North America and Asia. Collaboration between GHGSat, a Canadian firm focused on greenhouse-gas monitoring, and the multinational oil and gas company began in 2020 with field trials to demonstrate space-based technology for methane

A new space race is heating up across the pond — not to be the first to reach the moon, but to provide a credible and flexible legal framework capable of turbocharging the space sectors in the United Kingdom and Europe.  The intensity of this drive has increased over the summer of 2025. On June

NASA’s acting administrator said he was “angry” after a predecessor told Congress the agency was behind China in sending astronauts to the moon. The post Duffy pushes back against testimony that NASA is falling behind China in lunar appeared first on SpaceNews.

During the 39th annual Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, in August, SpaceNews hosted a group of industry leaders on our Space Minds podcast to discuss the latest in smallsats and where this part of the industry is headed. These excerpts from our conversations, which have been lightly edited for clarity and brevity,

For years, satellite sensors have transmitted vast quantities of imagery to the ground, where analysts then discarded views obscured by clouds, identified natural features or objects and shared pictures with customers. The entire process took days. Recently, companies have cut the timeline to hours — or even less — through frequent contact with ground stations,

A Spanish startup is entering the emerging reentry vehicle market with plans to develop a reusable capsule offering frequent flights. The post Orbital Paradigm readies first reentry mission appeared first on SpaceNews.

The new year-long program seeks to prepare military leaders for a “contested” space domain The post Space Force graduates first class of officers trained for ‘great power competition’ appeared first on SpaceNews.