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NASA Invites Media to Roman Space Telescope, Crew-13 Launches
Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the agency’s SpaceX Crew-13 missions, both targeting launch in the coming months. The Roman telescope is slated to launch no earlier than 7:20 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at […]
NASA’s Psyche Mission Images Details of Martian Surface During Flyby
Description Captured by the multispectral imager instrument on NASA’s Psyche mission, this is an enhanced-color mosaic created from four individual images acquired on May 15, 2026, during the spacecraft’s flyby of Mars. Psyche was traveling from right to left (northeast to southwest on Mars) during the six minutes that it took to acquire the images for […]
Will Russia's answer to the Falcon 9 rocket ever take flight?
Grasshopper-like tests could begin in 2028.
ESA Academy’s Navigation Training Course
From 22-26 June 2026, 30 university students from Europe and Canada came together at the European Space Agency (ESA) Academy’s Training and Learning Facility in Belgium to explore the fundamentals of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). This annual course prepares the next generation of navigation professionals with lectures from experts and hands-on exercises where students can apply their new knowledge. In this video, students and lecturers from the 2026 edition of the training course talk about the importance of satellite navigation, including Europe’s Galileo system, in their own words.
ESA’s Mars Express meets NASA’s Psyche
From the ESA Blogs.
NASA Welcomes Mauritius as 70th Artemis Accords Signatory
The Republic of Mauritius has officially joined the global coalition committed to responsible space exploration, becoming the newest signatory and seventh African country to join the Artemis Accords. NASA’s Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson contributed video remarks for a signing ceremony on Friday, in the island nation’s city of Ébène. “We are honored to welcome Mauritius […]
Arianespace CEO Urges the EU to Procure Large Blocks of Ariane 6 Flights
Arianespace CEO David Cavaillolès has called on either the European Commission or the German government to place block orders for 10 to 20 Ariane 6 launches, arguing that such a commitment would transform how the company approaches its supply chain. Speaking to German defence publication Hartpunkt, Cavaillolès made the comments amid a broader discussion of […]
Week in images: 13-17 July 2026
Week in images: 13-17 July 2026
SpaceX’s only problem is finding more space to work with
SpaceX’s IPO marks the moment the space dream became a mainstream capital markets story. For decades, it has sold a vision of interplanetary civilization on behalf of the wider space […]
Rocket Report: India's Vikram-1 nears debut flight; AST to become rocket company?
"We have done everything that could be done to test Vikram-1 on ground."
Serbia signs the Artemis Accords
Serbia is the latest nation to sign the Artemis Accords, joining the U.S.-led effort more than two years after signing on to China’s lunar base project.
European Service Module team meets Artemis II crew
From the ESA Blogs.
Earth from Space: Guinea-Bissau
From the ESA Blogs.
A Tide-Fueled Trove of Biodiversity in Guinea-Bissau
The expansive mudflats, sandy beaches, and mangrove forests of the Bijagós archipelago support an array of migratory shorebirds and large numbers of sea turtles.
No-Go For Starship Today, Next Try Maybe Next Week
SpaceX’s first attempt to launch Starship on its 13th test flight today didn’t go as planned. At the moment of startup, some of the 33 engines on Starship’s first stage […]
SpaceX aborts Starship Flight 13 launch attempt
SpaceX aborted the launch of its latest Starship test flight July 16 when some of the vehicle’s engines failed to ignite.
NASA Welcomes Serbia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
The Republic of Serbia signed the Artemis Accords Thursday during a ceremony hosted by NASA at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 69th nation to join a large community of like-minded nations committed to the peaceful, transparent, and responsible exploration of space. “Serbia’s connection to NASA reaches back to the Apollo program, when the […]
Russia Agrees to ISS Operations, Seat-Swaps, Through 2030
During meetings this week with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Bakanov agreed that Russia will support operations of the International Space Station through 2030. Until now, Russia […]
SpaceX launches 21 satellites for military data network
With the launch of 21 York Space Systems satellites, the Space Development Agency has now placed half of its planned Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation in orbit
Nature study identifies a new way to spot nuclear weapons in orbit
NEW YORK — A study published last week in Nature Astronomy has proposed a new satellite design and technique to detect thermonuclear warheads in space. Funded in part by the […]