https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Home Community Heather Pringle on the upcoming Space Symposium and future international collaboration in space China conducts pair of Long March launches for Thousand Sails and Guowang megaconstellations A new kind of arsenal: commercial satellites What returning to lunar space means for human health Portal Space Systems raises $50 million to accelerate spacecraft development Space Force taps 14 firms for $1.8 billion GEO surveillance program Albedo prepares second VLEO mission for 2027 launch Lockheed Martin wins $105 million contract for GPS ground control system as OCX winds down Vantor to expand imaging satellite fleet, adding smallsats to increase revisit rates Apex to develop larger satellites for missile defense, space-based computing Improved thresholds and SSA accuracy can reduce most satellite collision risk Space Sovereignty Is No Longer Optional April 30: Opportunities for On-Orbit Computing Tracking the next SDA challenge Preparing for the next NASA budget battle A lunar base or a lunar economy? LeoLabs debuts space monitoring tool for military users Industry navigates NASA’s start-and-stop approach to commercial space stations Artemis 2 science gets underway as Orion begins its return trip Capella Space wins $49 million contract for military communications satellite demo Space security moves to forefront as threats to satellites spread Inspection cubesat demo planned as first step toward orbital defense mothership Astroscale passes key design milestone for UK military space-tracking cubesats Hungary taps Northrop Grumman for first national geostationary communications satellite Starfish Space raises more than $100 million NASA’s new moon base project requires operational technology systems in space, but they are vulnerable. Nominate space industry leaders for the 2026 SpaceNews Icon Awards Earth observation operators push to deliver satellite images within minutes Artemis 2 swings around the moon Moog Highlights Growing Satellite Bus Capabilities with Full‑Scale METEOR Reveal at Space Symposium FOSSA targets Japan’s defense market as larger smallsats expand capabilities The moon base has a hardware plan. It needs a software strategy, too. Seagate Space Signs MOU with Firefly Aerospace to Collaborate on Offshore Launch Infrastructure for Alpha Military space programs confront hidden supply constraints Artemis 2 ready to fly around the moon Isaacman defends NASA budget proposal despite steep cuts NASA finalizes science plans for Artemis 2 lunar flyby Atlas 5 launches Amazon Leo satellites Space Force budget would more than double in Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense plan Artemis 2 in good shape cruising towards the moon Italy’s Argotec plans to scale Florida satellite facility to meet rising US demand White House again proposes steep NASA budget cuts SpaceX and Amazon spar over satellite deployments Europe’s strategic autonomy in space will define its role in the ‘second space age’ China’s commercial Tianlong-3 rocket fails on debut launch Artemis 2 heads to the moon Swift spacecraft reorientation buys time for reboost mission NASA stops work on SLS Mobile Launcher 2