The focus of the week ahead is dominated, of course, by the much anticipated third…

Japan creates multibillion-dollar space strategic fund to boost space industry Japan has established a multibillion-dollar Space Strategic Fund to help develop the country’s innovation, autonomy and international competitiveness in space.

Rocket Lab launched a radar imaging satellite for Japanese company Synspective March 12, the latest in a series of launches for that company.

Falling just short of hypersonic velocity.

Multi-orbit broadband is about to get an important test run, as terminals that can switch between satellites in LEO and geostationary orbit come online.

"Naturally, we have to make hard choices."

Ursa Major’s Hadley rocket engine flies for the first time

Congress has passed a final fiscal year 2024 spending bill that provides, in some cases, significantly less funding than requested for civil space programs.

Space One had been planning Japan’s first private-sector orbital launch with the debut of its…

Three tons of trash from the space station fell to Earth in an unguided reentry.

The first crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner has slipped from late April to early May because of International Space Station schedule conflicts.

China targets 2030 for Mars sample return mission, potential landing areas revealed China is making progress towards a 2030 launch for its Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission and has narrowed down potential landing areas.

Kushimoto, located at the southernmost tip of Honshu, is on the brink of opening a new path for Japan's space industry with the launch of KAIROS scheduled for Saturday.

"Those launches are exciting the young minds that are watching them."

Blue Origin expects to launch the first version of its Blue Moon lunar lander, a precursor to a future crewed lunar lander it is building for NASA, in 2025.

First you burn the cash, then comes the crash.

Stoke Space recently carried out the first test of the full-size 30-thruster version of the…

As NASA’s planetary science programs face reduced budgets this year and uncertain prospects, advocates in Congress are banding together to back them.

Russia's heavy-lift Angara A5 rocket is about to launch on its fourth test flight.

A company developing cislunar navigation systems has won a grant to test its technology on an upcoming commercial lunar lander mission.

China outlines position on use of space resources China holds a seemingly positive stance towards the use of space resources, according to a recent submission made by a Chinese delegation to the United Nations.

Blue Origin continues to take big steps forward with its New Glenn orbital rocket as…

NASA expects to have a better understanding by this summer of potential commercial partnerships to support future Mars science missions.

China to debut large reusable rockets in 2025 and 2026 China’s main state-owned contractor plans test flights for two new large diameter reusable rockets in the next couple of years, despite existing commercial reusability efforts.

Congress kept throwing money at the OSAM-1 mission, but it faced continual delays.

Company seeks: "Experience with human spaceflight or high-performance aircraft systems?"

The board of Astra has warned that if it is unable to complete a deal offered by the company’s founders to go private, its only option is liquidation.

Another month on the International Space Station (ISS) has come and gone. Multiple resupply missions from Cygnus and Progress have kept the crew of Expedition 70 healthy onboard the Station. A private mission from Axiom heads back to Earth with the first-ever commercial all-European crew, and Commer...

Congressional appropriators have released a final fiscal year 2024 spending bill that cuts NASA funding from what the agency received in 2023.

A NASA safety panel says the agency is studying issues with the design of the side hatch of the Orion spacecraft that could affect its ability to be opened.

Eric Berger of Ars Technica joins me to talk about Intuitive Machine’s successful landing despite so many issues on the mission, the future of CLPS, and the tough questions facing NASA and its budget.

Lockheed Martin has proposed acquiring smallsat company Terran Orbital, which it already owns a stake in and does business with, for more than $500 million.

"We’ve worked through a number of issues that delayed the launch from last summer."

China launches first high orbit internet satellite China launched the first of a new satellite series Thursday, apparently to provide internet services to China and surrounding areas.

Three missions have now launched this week, starting with Crew-8, which is sending a new…