The European Space Agency (ESA) is making strides in its efforts to boost space safety and sustainability. ESA is promoting the Zero Debris Charter, which aims to increase international efforts and cooperation to solve Earth’s growing space junk problem. And the agency now has attracted well...

SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket just hit the century mark for the year. A Falcon 9 launched a batch of next-gen spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) (Oct. 24) from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:13 p.m. EDT (1713 GMT; 10:13 a.m. local time)...

On Tuesday, October 22, 2024, the Fourth International Conference on Advanced Geospatial Science & Technology (TeanGeo 2024) officially began at the Laico Hotel in Tunis. Under the authority of the Tunisian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the event aims to promote the...

SpaceX launched 23 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast this evening (Oct. 23). A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 23 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today. SpaceX had been targeting Tuesday (Oct. 22) but called that try off due...

Intelsat declared a “total loss” of one of its satellites on Monday (Oct. 21) and is investigating the cause of the issue. The Intelsat-33e communications satellite is no longer operational after an outage Oct. 19; affected customers are being moved to other platforms, the company added...

SpaceX’s Starlink internet service continues to make inroads around the globe. Starlink provided Wi-Fi on a Boeing 777 jet for the first time, during a Qatar Airways flight from the Qatari capital of Doha to London. The 777 is the “largest and longest-range passenger aircraft equipped...

Blue Origin launched its second human-rated spacecraft on Wednesday (Oct. 23) after a more than two-week delay. Jeff Bezos‘ aerospace company launched its uncrewed NS-27 mission at 11:30 a.m. EDT (1530 GMT) today, sending a brand-new New Shepard rocket-capsule combo on a brief trip to...

China’s next space station mission is almost ready for launch. A Long March 2F rocket, topped with the Shenzhou 19 spacecraft, now sits on its pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China, ready for launch to the Tiangong space station. The 203-foot-long (62 meters) rocket was...

About 42,231 African names have been sent to space aboard the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA’s) Europa Clipper Mission, a stellar journey to study Jupiter’s most interesting moon, Europa. SpaceX launched the mission on a Falcon Heavy rocket on October 14, 2024, at the Kennedy Space...