Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights
The contract is for 20 hypersonic flight missions over four years The post Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights appeared first on SpaceNews..
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Space Command classified wargame to include 25 commercial players
Maj. Gen. Keener: The exercise will help Space Command ‘better understand commercial challenges, requirements, and how we can better work together’ The post Space Command classified wargame to include 25 commercial players appeared first on SpaceNews..
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
The Starlink 10-33 mission is the 35th mission so far in 2026 supporting SpaceX’s low Earth orbit constellation. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 6:35 a.m. EDT (1035 UTC). .
Curiosity Blog, Sols 4832–4837: Driving the (Contact) Line!
Written by Catherine O’Connell-Cooper, APXS Strategic Planner and Payload Uplink/Downlink Lead, University of New Brunswick, Canada Earth planning date: Friday, March 13, 2026 We are in our final phase of the boxwork campaign, investigating the contacts between the boxwork unit and the layered sulfate unit. As my colleague Bill reported here, last week we crossed […].
Booster 19 concludes initial test campaign on Pad 2
Starship Flight 12 took another step toward launch, with Booster 19 completing an initial test… The post Booster 19 concludes initial test campaign on Pad 2 appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com..
A private space company has a radical new plan to bag an asteroid
Company has previously tested its technology on the International Space Station..
TransAstra aims to move 100-ton asteroid to stable orbit for processing
SAN FRANCISCO — TransAstra is performing a study, funded by investors and customers, to explore the technical feasibility of moving a 100-metric-ton asteroid to a stable near-Earth orbit. “We want to bring an asteroid to the Earth-moon system and turn it into a robotic research outpost for materials processing and manufacturing in space,” Joel Sercel, […] The post TransAstra aims to move 100-ton asteroid to stable orbit for processing appeared first on SpaceNews..
Lava Flows Down Mayon
The OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8 acquired this rare, relatively clear image of Mayon, the most active volcano in the Philippines, on Feb. 26, 2026. The natural-color scene is overlaid with infrared observations to highlight the lava’s heat signature. On that day, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported volcanic earthquakes, rockfalls, and hot clouds of ash […].
From Service to Space Systems: A Pathways Journey to NASA
For Corey Elmore, the path to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center did not begin in engineering. It began in service. Today he serves as a NASA Pathways engineering intern in the Technical Processes and Tools Branch (KSC-NE-TA) at Kennedy Space Center. Through the Pathways program, he is gaining hands-on experience supporting the engineering environments, technical tools […].
Solar array deal sheds more light on South Korea’s defense constellation
South Korea’s plans for a national security constellation are coming into sharper focus after a March 18 solar array supply deal set the stage for a first demonstrator as early as the second half of 2027. The post Solar array deal sheds more light on South Korea’s defense constellation appeared first on SpaceNews..