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Japan plans to launch the world’s first wooden satellite this September. The experimental satellite, called LignoSat, was developed by researchers at Kyoto University and the Japanese logging company Sumitomo Forestry. It is set to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) in September, after which it will be deployed into orbit, according to the Japan […]

China’s Chang’e 6 lander has sent home stunning images of the lunar surface on the mysterious far side of the moon. Additionally, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released stunning footage that shows the lunar far side samples the lander has been collecting over the past two days. The samples were launched to orbit

Indian space startup Agnikul Cosmos successfully launched the nation’s first 3D-printed rocket engine on Thursday (May 30), paving the way for reduced time and costs associated with building rockets and boosting the country’s spacefaring capabilities. “It signals the ability to rapidly assemble rockets that is unparalleled,” Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy of Agnikul Cosmos, who is also a

China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission has carried out a successful far side touchdown and is already busily gathering specimens for send-off to Earth. The first batch of data has been relayed from the Chang’e 6 lander-ascender combination following its arrival on Sunday morning (Beijing Time). The landing was aided by China’s newly positioned Queqiao-2 relay satellite

China’s reusable space plane has released another unknown object into Earth’s orbit. The experimental orbital plane, named Shenlong, which means “divine dragon” in Chinese, has been in orbit for 168 days. Space activity tracker Jonathan McDowell first spotted the spacecraft’s recent activity on May 24. The new object has since been cataloged as 59884 (International

China has landed on the moon’s mysterious far side — again. The robotic Chang’e 6 mission touched down inside Apollo Crater, within the giant South Pole-Aitken basin, at 6:23 a.m. Beijing Time on Sunday (June 2) , according to Chinese space officials. It was 6:23 p.m. EDT (2223 GMT) on June 1 at the time

The first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has been delayed until no earlier than June 5 after an automatic abort cut short an attempted flight Saturday afternoon  just minutes before liftoff. Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and its Atlas V rocket were less than 4 minutes away from launching two NASA astronauts to the International Space

Space in Africa, a boutique consulting and media firm providing data-driven insights for businesses and decision-makers to succeed in the African space industry, has released the 2024 African Space Budget Analysis Report. The Report aggregates annual budgets by African governments for space programmes and explores the factors influencing budgetary decisions, including technological priorities and national

Rocket Lab’s first attempt at launching the second of two cubesats for NASA’s PREFIRE climate change mission ended in a scrub on Friday (May 31). An Electron rocket topped with the tiny satellite had been poised to lift off from Rocket Lab‘s New Zealand site at 10:46 p.m. EDT (0246 GMT or 2:46 p.m. local

Another day, another Starlink launch. SpaceX is set to launch yet another batch of its Starlink satellites to orbit this evening (May 31). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 of the broadband craft is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today, during a 26-minute window that opens at 10:11 p.m. EDT