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Aerospacelab, Thales Alenia Space Secure €5.4 Billion in IRIS2 Contracts

Aerospacelab and Thales Alenia Space have secured IRIS2 contracts expected to total more than €5.4 billion, covering satellite platforms and communications payloads for the European Union’s secure communications constellation. While the company didn’t disclose the contract value, Airbus has been selected to build and integrate the first 66 satellites in the constellation’s low Earth orbit […] The post Aerospacelab, Thales Alenia Space Secure €5.4 Billion in IRIS2 Contracts appeared first on European Spaceflight..

CubeSat for safer seas and cleaner orbits ready to launch

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The Exploration Company Books Ariane 6 Flight for Nyx Demo Mission

The Exploration Company has signed a contract with Arianespace to launch an initial demonstration mission of its Nyx cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station aboard an Ariane 6 rocket. While neither company has publicly announced the contract, the French Presidency published an official list of agreements alongside the International Space Summit being held in […] The post The Exploration Company Books Ariane 6 Flight for Nyx Demo Mission appeared first on European Spaceflight..

APOD: 2026 September 10 – LDN 1295: The Giraffe Nebula

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 10 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. LDN 1295: The […].

Dust Storm Sweeps Over Mali

At a time of year when dust storm activity winds down, a plume of dust blanketed parts of the West African nation and its neighbors..

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch classified payload for the U.S. Space Force

The mission, dubbed USSF-153 mission, will launch an undisclosed number of satellites for the U.S. Space Force. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled during a three-hour window that opens at 8:37 a.m. PDT (1137 a.m. EDT / 1537 UTC)..

As Europe flounders in space, a rising French star may show the way

"We will not be relevant without a massive rocket at a massive cadence.".

Flight 15 pairing undergo testing at Massey’s

SpaceX has rolled Super Heavy Booster 22 out of Mega Bay 1 to Massey’s for… The post Flight 15 pairing undergo testing at Massey’s appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com..

NASA Adds Relativity Space’s Terran R to Launch Services Contract

A NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract has been awarded by the agency to Relativity Space Inc., and its Terran R launch service in accordance with the contract’s on-ramp provision. The Terran R launch service will be available to NASA’s launch services to use for future missions. The NLS II contracts are multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts […].

NASA’s Chandra Unveils Mysterious X-Ray Objects

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have discovered a new class of objects behaving unlike any they have seen before. Astronomers suggest these newly spotted objects in other galaxies may help solve not one, but two long-standing questions in astrophysics. These mysterious objects give off unusually low-energy X-rays but intense levels of ultraviolet radiation. This […].

Aerospacelab, Thales Alenia Space Secure €5.4 Billion in IRIS2 Contracts

CubeSat for safer seas and cleaner orbits ready to launch

The Exploration Company Books Ariane 6 Flight for Nyx Demo Mission

APOD: 2026 September 10 – LDN 1295: The Giraffe Nebula

Dust Storm Sweeps Over Mali

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch classified payload for the U.S. Space Force

As Europe flounders in space, a rising French star may show the way

Flight 15 pairing undergo testing at Massey’s

NASA Adds Relativity Space’s Terran R to Launch Services Contract

NASA’s Chandra Unveils Mysterious X-Ray Objects

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