Luxembourg-based Space Cargo Unlimited announced on Sept. 15 that it has contracted a dedicated Starfall mission targeting a 2028 Starship launch. The company intends to fly a one-tonne “space factory ...

As China integrates crewed and robotic missions to further its lunar exploration program, it is also advancing plans to return the first samples collected from Mars. Closer to Earth, a student-led ...

Nine orbital launches are scheduled worldwide this week. Two Falcon 9s are expected to deliver payloads from California, while a Vega C will launch Sentinel-3C & FLEX from French Guiana. Five launches ...

SpaceX has completed multi-day catch-related testing with unflown Ship 42 at Pad 2, then rolled the vehicle back to the production site for engine installation ahead of Massey’s static fire testing.

The European space sector is enjoying a run of advances in September, highlighted by Isar Aerospace reaching orbit on its second Spectrum flight, the United Kingdom publishing a new space strategy, ...

SpaceX has rolled Super Heavy Booster 22 out of Mega Bay 1 to Massey’s for cryogenic proof testing. Ship 42 has since joined it there on its second trip to the test site. The pair is slated to fly on ...

Neutron’s “Hungry Hippo” fairing has completed all testing and integration of key subsystems, meanwhile, the company has performed hundreds of Archimedes engine hot-fires in preparation for Neutron’s ...

As SpaceX prepares to launch Starship Flight 14 in the coming weeks, work in Florida is expanding the Starship program so the company can fly from LC-39A and, eventually, SLC-37. The historic pad that ...

Six missions are scheduled to launch from launch sites across the globe this week. After SpaceX flew its last planned Falcon 9 Starlink mission from Florida, the veteran medium-lift rocket is expected ...

The European Space Agency has signed the first contracts under its European Launcher Challenge, committing €543.6 million to three European rocket startups as it tries to broaden the continent’s ...

Future Booster production is also advancing. Booster 22, currently assigned to Flight 15, sits fully stacked inside Mega Bay 1 after completing stacking last week. Based on the pattern of previous ...

While Ship 40 is preparing to be transported back to Starbase from Christmas Island, Ship 41 has completed both of its static fires and will soon roll back to Mega Bay 2 for final flight preps.