“We achieved within a few years what had taken the European space industry decades before.” Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket climbs […]
Category: Commercial space
Trump’s space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land
The government will also identify potential locations for additional launch facilities in the United States, improve integration of space launch and […]
Rocket Report: SpaceX makes its mark on the Moon; ULA names new boss
Taiwan’s effort to develop its own satellite launcher hit a setback this week. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this view […]
NASA calls off mission to rescue Swift gamma-ray observatory
NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced Wednesday they are giving up on a robotic mission to rescue the Swift gamma-ray […]
Here’s how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA’s Swift mission
One week ago, more than 200 miles above the Earth, a refrigerator-size satellite making its way toward an attempted rescue […]
SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight
SpaceX was more than lucky Friday, sending its 13th full-scale Starship test flight halfway around the world from South Texas […]
India’s first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on dramatic debut launch
“On the first attempt, reaching orbit, I never thought it was possible.” V. Narayanan, chairman of the Indian Space Research […]
Miami-based City Labs achieves a first for commercial nuclear power in space
The proliferation of nuclear power in space got a little more real Tuesday with the launch of a small satellite […]
Katalyst’s satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA’s Swift
It will take several weeks for the Link spacecraft to rendezvous with NASA’s Swift observatory. Northrop Grumman’s L-1011 carrier aircraft […]
Key mission for Europe’s commercial space enterprise scrubbed again
Andøya’s location near a rich offshore fishery has also generated tension. The skipper of the longline fishing boat within the […]