HELSINKI — China’s national space endeavors have frequently grabbed headlines, but a transformation at the local level is playing another role in China’s broader space strategy.  Across the country, local […] The post Chinese provinces are fueling the country’s commercial space expansion appeared first on SpaceNews.

Boeing and NASA are making “significant progress” on addressing issues seen on a test flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft last year, an independent NASA safety panel says The post Safety panel reports progress in Starliner investigation appeared first on SpaceNews.

The commercial space industry should establish standardized career paths to attract the talent needed for its rapid expansion, a panel of professional services specialists said at the SpaceCom conference here. The post Clearer career pathways needed to sustain space industry growth  appeared first on SpaceNews.

In this week’s episode our guest is Kam Ghaffarian, Chairman, Axiom Space, Intuitive Machines and other companies. Inspired by the Apollo 11 moon landing, starting in his basement, and finally reaching the moon. This is Kam Ghaffarian’s inspirational story. The post Space Minds with Kam Ghaffarian appeared first on SpaceNews.

I was 20 years old and a member of the 7th Cavalry near the DMZ in South Korea when the first Space Shuttle was launched in 1981. The launch took […] The post Ending the dream appeared first on SpaceNews.

Donald Trump didn’t wait to return to the White House before he started to shake up foreign policy. In the weeks leading up to his second inauguration, Trump proposed reclaiming […] The post Foust Forward | ESA navigates its uncertain future with NASA appeared first on SpaceNews.

Virgin Galactic is working with Redwire to produce payload racks for experiments flying on its Delta-class suborbital spaceplane in development. The post Virgin Galactic and Redwire partner on suborbital research capabilities appeared first on SpaceNews.

NASA appears to be retaining existing plans to return astronauts from the International Space Station after calls to bring them back “as soon as possible.” The post NASA rules out immediate Crew-9 return, saying astronauts will come back “as soon as practical” appeared first on SpaceNews.

Space mining company AstroForge has revealed the destination of its next asteroid prospecting mission and has signed a launch contract with Stoke Space. The post AstroForge announces asteroid target for upcoming mission appeared first on SpaceNews.

Space Force official warns there is not enough room to prep satellites as commercial and government missions ramp up The post Satellite backlog emerges as key constraint at the nation’s busiest spaceport appeared first on SpaceNews.