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Hypersonics, rocket startup Ursa Major to go public in $2.3B deal
“This transaction will help us turn that foundation into the production capacity our customers need,” CEO Chris Spagnole...
No location · Aug 25, 2026 · WedgetailESA’s Draco Reentry Mission Clears Its Critical Design Review
The European Space Agency has announced that its Draco mission has passed its Critical Design Review, clearing it to ent...
No location · Aug 25, 2026 · WedgetailRobotics and the future of on-orbit labor
In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews Icarus Robotics CEO and co-founder Ethan Barajas at the 2026 Small Sat...
No location · Aug 24, 2026 · WedgetailLaunch Preview: Falcon Heavy to launch Roman telescope, Falcon 9 to launch Starlink satellites
This week will see five orbital launches from China, the United States, and French Guiana.… The post Launch Preview: Fal...
No location · Aug 24, 2026 · WedgetailESA to Adapt Ariane 6 for Nuclear-Powered Argonaut Missions
The European Space Agency expects to make specific safety adaptations to the Ariane 6 rocket for future launches of its ...
No location · Aug 24, 2026 · WedgetailThe Fuel for the Next Generation of Cislunar Exploration? Technology and Talent.
After NASA astronauts landed on the moon in 1969, their achievement bore decades’ worth of fruit, including scientific d...
No location · Aug 24, 2026 · WedgetailThree wires, three zeros: Three failed space-tech investments and the warning signs I paid to ignore
Millions of dollars flow into space startups with the hope those companies will some day be worth billions. Florian Gutz...
No location · Aug 24, 2026 · WedgetailThe smoldering dead end: a history of solid rocket motors and their economic scaling limits
Launch vehicles have used solid rocket motors for decades, although many new vehicles eschew them. Michael Puckett discu...
No location · Aug 24, 2026 · WedgetailCapability before prestige: A realistic astronomy and space-science strategy for Bangladesh
While space science programs are usually associated with major space powers, there are roles for emerging players as wel...
No location · Aug 24, 2026 · WedgetailDespite delays, China could gain ground in the space race
China has abruptly postponed its planned Chang’e-7 lunar launch, which was scheduled to take place today. While the new ...
No location · Aug 24, 2026 · WedgetailDue to need for "absolute success," China delays critical Moon launch to 2027
"The Chang’e 7 mission does not meet the conditions for launch."
No location · Aug 23, 2026 · WedgetailTrump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land
"We probably need another site that's capable of heavy and super heavy launch capability."
No location · Aug 21, 2026 · WedgetailSpace war 2040: SPACECOM preps for attacks on ground segments, eyes cislunar ops
The Space Warfighting Environment 2040 is unique because it “was deliberately written to be warfighter-first, not techno...
No location · Aug 21, 2026 · WedgetailBlue Ghost to carry nuclear power source to the Moon
Firefly Aerospace and Zeno Power Systems have announced a commercial payload agreement that will see a radioisotope heat...
No location · Aug 21, 2026 · WedgetailRocket Report: SpaceX makes its mark on the Moon; ULA names new boss
Taiwan's effort to develop its own satellite launcher hit a setback this week.
No location · Aug 21, 2026 · WedgetailWhite House Releases New Space Transportation Policy
The White House released a new space transportation policy today, the first since 2013. The new policy has a strong emph...
No location · Aug 21, 2026 · WedgetailEurope cancels planned upgrades for Ariane 6 rocket
Arianespace hasn’t publicly disclosed the cost for an Ariane 6 launch.
No location · Aug 20, 2026 · WedgetailChina is launching a Moon mission to find water ice. It’s unlike anything NASA has done
We’ve known for a while now that the Moon has water. Accessing it will make it easier not just to visit, but to stay.
No location · Aug 20, 2026 · WedgetailSpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste
The yeetcycling math resembles asteroid mining in reverse.
No location · Aug 20, 2026 · WedgetailNASA calls off mission to rescue Swift gamma-ray observatory
Without a rescue, NASA's Swift Observatory is expected to reenter the atmosphere later this year.
No location · Aug 20, 2026 · WedgetailSpace Force Funding Could Be Record High, If Congress Agrees
The Administration is requesting $71 billion for the U.S. Space Force in FY2027, more than twice what it has now. An ana...
No location · Aug 19, 2026 · WedgetailNo-Go for Katalyst’s Reboost of NASA’s Swift Observatory
Katalyst Space and NASA concluded today that reboosting the Swift Observatory with Katalyst’s LINK spacecraft will not b...
No location · Aug 19, 2026 · WedgetailPentagon rebuffed repeated requests for Golden Dome brief: CBO
David Mosher, head of the Congressional Budget Office’s National Security Directorate, stressed that the watchdog office...
No location · Aug 19, 2026 · WedgetailDoD expands R&D on clearing expired satellites from orbit
The stated goal is to clean out obsolete satellites, though the capabilities could also be used in weapons that move a t...
No location · Aug 18, 2026 · WedgetailNASA Ground Control Software Flaw Enables Unauthenticated Commands
Critical AIT-GUI flaws expose spacecraft commands and scripts to unauthenticated attackers
No location · Aug 18, 2026 · WedgetailJapan launches second US military payload to monitor space above Indo-Pacific
The data from the hosted payloads on QZS-7 and its predecessor QZS-6 will feed into the US Space Surveillance Network op...
No location · Aug 17, 2026 · WedgetailSpace Force brings 5 companies on-board Space Data Network
The new awards are aimed at demonstrating the ability of multiple satellite networks to connect to the Space Force’s eme...
No location · Aug 17, 2026 · WedgetailWishing for rockets
The demand for launch services is higher than ever, but the supply of rockets today is very constrained. Jeff Foust repo...
No location · Aug 17, 2026 · WedgetailTwo futures on the Moon
The race to return humans to the Moon pits not just two countries but two political philosophies. Alexander William Salt...
No location · Aug 17, 2026 · WedgetailColonizing Antarctica and other anti-space fables
One argument that critics of space settlement make is that it would be far easier to settle Antarctica. Milan Cirkovic o...
No location · Aug 17, 2026 · WedgetailArmy gears up to ‘engage’ enemy surveillance satellites
The Army’s space superiority efforts are focused on countering adversary ISR satellites, as well as conducting “stratosp...
No location · Aug 13, 2026 · WedgetailThe Commercial Space Race
A strong commercial space industry is an important partner for the U.S. government, as it contributes to building more r...
No location · Aug 13, 2026 · WedgetailSpace-based interceptor contractors passed first Golden Dome milestone: Guetlein
The Defense Department will not decide whether to produce operational space-based interceptors until after industry demo...
No location · Aug 12, 2026 · WedgetailJoint force needs kinetic and non-kinetic weapons for space war: Whiting
“We’re a combatant command and we fight to win wars,” US Space Command chief Gen. Stephen Whiting told the annual Army S...
No location · Aug 12, 2026 · WedgetailSpace Launch Delta 45 partners with Florida National Guard to strengthen hazmat response
The multiday training strengthened interagency coordination, refined joint chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, ...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailInternational lunar consultations: future-looking developments at the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
The UN's Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Space established an "action team" in 2024 to study how to coordinate lunar a...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailDecisions without deciders: authority at machine speed in the space enterprise
Space activities increasingly rely on automation and AI to make decisions faster than humans. Bharath Gopalaswamy and Da...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailWho will believe the space logs in 2040? Space governance and the quantum audit problem
Satellite activities are extensively logged, providing an audit trail for tracking down problems or determining blame. B...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailSeeing through the storm: SAR imagery's evolution beyond defense applications
Synthetic aperture radar imagery had long been considered primarily a tool for defense applications. Kateryna Sergieieva...
No location · Aug 10, 2026 · WedgetailSchiess confirmed as new Chief of Space Operations
The Senate confirmed Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess to succeed Gen. Chance Saltzman as the new CSO.
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