Europe Delivers Orion Service Module for Artemis III Mission
The third European Service Module, which will power NASA's Orion spacecraft, has left Germany and is on its way to the Kennedy Space Center...
ESA’s Icy Moons Explorer Racks Up Two World Firsts
The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer spacecraft has completed the first-ever lunar-Earth flyby and the first-ever double gravity assist manoeuvre. Following its...
UK Space Command Launches £22-Million Spy Satellite
The UK Space Command's Tyche reconnaissance satellite was launched on 16 August aboard the SpaceX Transport 11 mission.
Tyche is the first satellite of...
RFA Hot Fire Anomaly Results in Loss of RFA ONE First Stage
German launch provider Rocket Factory Augsburg has announced that an RFA ONE first stage, which was to be used for the rocket’s inaugural flight,...
RFA Shareholder Announces RFA ONE Debut “Weeks” Away
Major Rocket Factory Augsburg shareholder OHB has revealed that the inaugural RFA ONE rocket launch attempt could occur in "a matter of weeks."
Founded in...
ESA Weather Satellite to Launch Aboard Falcon 9 Today
The European Space Agency's AWS mission will be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket later today on a mission to study Arctic weather.
The...
Student-Led Reusable Rocket Team Prepares to Spin-Off Tech
A group of students from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne in Switzerland have built and begun testing a vertical takeoff, vertical landing...
The Exploration Company to Increase Workforce by 40%
In-space logistics provider The Exploration Company has launched a large recruitment drive. The company is currently hiring for 51 open positions.
Founded in 2021,...
Atlantic Spaceport Consortium to Explore Azores Launch Facility
Portugal's Atlantic Spaceport Consortium has signed a cooperation agreement with NAV Portugal to support commercial feasibility testing of building a launch facility on the...
ESA and Poland Test Fire Variable-Thrust Rocket Engine
A Polish consortium has completed a Phase A static fire test campaign of a new variable-thrust rocket engine.
The Throttleable Liquid Propulsion Demonstrator (TLPD) engine...