WASHINGTON — A month after a devastating pad explosion, Blue Origin reiterated its plans to return its New Glenn vehicle to flight from a rebuilt launch pad by the end of the year. In a June 30 update, the company outlined the alternative approach, called a concept of operations, or CONOPS, it intends to use…
Terran R second stage heads to Stennis as Relativity advances toward 2026 debut – NASASpaceFlight.com We use cookies to ensure that we give…
TAMPA, Fla. — The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote July 22 on an order to overhaul its satellite application process, creating a “licensing assembly line” to keep up with increasingly large and complex constellation plans. The Space Modernization Order would replace the FCC’s long-standing Part 25 space and Earth station regulations with a…
Canadarm2 repairs planned as CRS-34 departs ISS – NASASpaceFlight.com We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our…
Astronomers estimate that there are about 200 billion trillion stars in the observable universe. And many of those stars are as bright or even brighter than our sun. So, why isn’t space filled with dazzling light? I am an astronomer who studies stars and planets – including those outside our solar system – and their…
A revolutionary rapid-response system has allowed astronomers to observe a gamma-ray burst at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths within minutes of its discovery, marking the earliest observations ever achieved at these frequencies. The milestone, reported in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, demonstrates how a newly automated observing system at the Submillimeter Array (SMA) on Maunakea can transform…
Taylor Swift, Serena Williams and famous fictional characters lent their iconic faces to encourage people to pick up a book Christian Thorsberg | Daily Correspondent July 1, 2026 3:30 p.m. Actor Paul Newman lounges on a pool table reading Star Warriors in this ALA READ campaign poster. Heritage Auctions For the next several days, posters…
Image: Seagate Space Florida’s aerospace development agency, Space Florida, has approved a strategic investment in Seagate Space, a St. Petersburg startup developing offshore launch infrastructure, signaling growing interest in ocean-based spaceports as launch demand continues to increase. Announced June 2, Space Florida’s $270,000 investment supports Project Manta, a program intended to prototype and demonstrate key…
Scientists have gained new insight into the dramatic event that created the Moon’s largest and oldest known impact crater, a discovery that could help future Artemis astronauts investigate some of the Moon’s deepest secrets. The findings come from two companion studies led in part by researchers from the Center for Lunar Origin and Evolution (CLOE),…
It doesn’t get more America than giant rockets and missions to the moon. That’s why NASA painted two giant “America 250” logos on the rocket that launched the Artemis 2 astronauts around the moon earlier this year. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket lifted off on April 1, carrying the Orion spacecraft to orbit with…