China launched the latest in a series of clandestine satellites Thursday, using the country’s most powerful rocket to send the spacecraft to geosynchronous transfer orbit. The post China expands classified geostationary satellite series with Long March 5 launch appeared first on SpaceNews.

In this episode of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Terry Hart, former NASA astronaut and mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Challenger. Hart reflects on the triumphs of early shuttle missions, the lessons of the Challenger tragedy, and how those experiences shape today’s commercial space era led by companies like SpaceX and Blue

The first space race was about getting to the moon. Today’s race to the moon and Mars is about staying there. The post The next space race will be won at night appeared first on SpaceNews.

Amazon Web Services, or AWS, is the largest cloud provider in the United Kingdom. It holds between 40 and 50% of the market for Infrastructure-as-a-Service, and its technology underpins the National Health Service, the Ministry of Defence and a wide range of public utilities and private companies. When there’s an outage, therefore, the effect is

Three of Europe’s largest aerospace companies have agreed to combine their space businesses into a new joint venture intended to better compete in the global market. The post Airbus, Leonardo and Thales agree to combine space businesses appeared first on SpaceNews.

France-based propulsion startup Ion-X announced Oct. 23 it will provide an upgraded version of its electrospray thruster to Univity, a three-year-old French venture planning 1500 small 5G broadband satellites in VLEO. The post Ion-X to supply upgraded thruster for Univity’s VLEO 5G constellation appeared first on SpaceNews.

Hungary has become the latest country to sign the Artemis Accords, outlining norms of behavior for sustainable space exploration. The post Hungary signs Artemis Accords appeared first on SpaceNews.

Quantum Space says it plans to launch its first Ranger spacecraft in mid-2026 to demonstrate its capabilities for national security missions. The post Quantum Space to launch first spacecraft in mid-2026 appeared first on SpaceNews.

Venus developed a rotating detonation rocket engine with potential applications in hypersonic missiles and space launch vehicles The post Lockheed Martin Ventures invests in rocket propulsion startup Venus Aerospace appeared first on SpaceNews.

Traditional mining expertise plus space startup innovation will equal the winning formula for lunar resource extraction. The post The lunar mining gold rush is coming – and success requires bridging two worlds  appeared first on SpaceNews.