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The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said safety was the reason why it recently fined SpaceX and delayed an updated Starship launch license, comments that drew a sharp rebuke from SpaceX. The post FAA administrator defends SpaceX licensing actions on safety grounds appeared first on SpaceNews.

HELSINKI — China will launch the Tianwen-2 mission to sample a near-Earth asteroid next year, an official with the country’s space agency said Tuesday. Tianwen-2 is scheduled to launch in […] The post China to launch near-Earth asteroid sample return mission in 2025 appeared first on SpaceNews.

‘We are in the middle of doing analysis’ The post Military’s weather satellite program in flux as Space Force evaluates options appeared first on SpaceNews.

SAN FRANCISCO – Earth observation company Planet unveiled a product Sept. 24 for monitoring global forests. Planet’s Forest Carbon Monitoring product offers quarterly estimates of the amount of carbon stored […] The post Planet unveils Forest Carbon Monitoring dataset appeared first on SpaceNews.

Maxar’s UK office will serve as the central hub for its international government business The post Maxar Intelligence opens international headquarters in London appeared first on SpaceNews.

The contract is part of the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program The post Viasat wins $33 million U.S. Air Force contract for satellite communications antennas appeared first on SpaceNews.

The House passed a new NASA authorization bill Sept. 23 that would largely keep the agency on course in its human spaceflight and science programs while directing it to prepare several reports. The post House passes NASA authorization bill appeared first on SpaceNews.

Two months ago, NASA cancelled VIPER, a science rover mission to the moon’s south pole to explore for water ice. This decision was made despite the fact that the rover […] The post NASA’s cancellation of VIPER cedes leadership in lunar exploration  appeared first on SpaceNews.

The NTS-3 navigation satellite was delivered in early 2023 but Vulcan rocket delays have kept it on the ground The post U.S. eyes geostationary orbit for next-gen GPS appeared first on SpaceNews.

In the race to create the next big thing, today’s entrepreneurs are missing one critical ingredient: a daring spirit. It’s this spirit that first propelled humanity into space but which […] The post What every entrepreneur can (and should) learn from early space exploration  appeared first on SpaceNews.