NASA says Boeing Starliner will extend its first astronaut mission well into the summer after launching June 5 for what was supposed to be a 10-day flight. Starliner experienced both helium leaks and thruster issues during a June 6 docking with the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft...

Collins Aerospace has exited a contract to develop new spacesuits for NASA following talks with the agency. The contract was part of the xEVAS program, which saw awards to Collins and Axiom Space to develop up to four new spacesuit designs for both the International Space Station (ISS) in low Earth...

Canadarm3 will fly to the upcoming NASA Gateway space station in five years or so on the back of a lucrative new design contract drawn from earlier funding of the program, Canadian space officials pledged. The robotic arm, key to building the Gateway space station that will play a key role in...

Nine astronauts on the space station briefly moved to their docked return spacecraft late Wednesday (June 26) as a satellite broke up in low Earth orbit. The Expedition 71 crew on the International Space Station (ISS) went to their three spacecraft, including Boeing Starliner, shortly after 9 p.m...

Key Highlights Quub, Inc has partnered with Solid State Propulsion (SSP) to integrate the SSP Pocket Rocket Vacuum Arc Thruster (VAT) into its satellite platforms. The Vacuum Arc Thruster developed by SSP operates on the principle of pulsed electric arcs between two electrodes, generating...

Key Highlights Starlink has officially announced that its high-speed, low-latency internet service is now available in Madagascar. Starlink, the satellite telecommunications company, has officially announced on its X page (formerly Twitter) that its high-speed, low-latency internet service is now...

SpaceX launched 23 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today, marking a new milestone in the company’s reusability mission. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:14 a.m. EDT (1114 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Aboard...

China’s Chang’e 6 mission return capsule has been transferred to Beijing and opened to access its precious cargo. The return capsule made its fiery plunge through the atmosphere on June 25 before landing in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. The event brought the 53-day-long Chang’e...

NASA has selected SpaceX to develop a vehicle that will bring the International Space Station to a fiery end when the time comes. The space agency first asked U.S. aerospace companies for proposals in March 2023 and then again in September of that year. The request was for a “space tug”...