60 Years Ago: Uncrewed Gemini 2 Paves the Way for the First Crewed Mission
On Jan. 19, 1965, Gemini 2 successfully completed the second of two uncrewed test flights of the spacecraft and its Titan II booster, clearing the way for the first crewed…
Watch (and hear!) a meteorite impact on doorbell camera video in a world 1st
A doorbell camera caught the moment when a meteorite impacted on the walkway of a home in Prince Edward Island, Canada, recording what is likely the world’s first audio of…
Astronauts Set to Swab the Exterior of Station for Microbial Life
NASA astronaut Victor Glover tests collection methods for ISS External Microorganisms in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at Johnson Space Center. NASA Astronauts are scheduled to venture outside the International Space…
How New NASA, India Earth Satellite NISAR Will See Earth
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory used radar data taken by ESA’s Sentinel-1A satellite before and after the 2015 eruption of the Calbuco volcano in Chile to create this inter-ferogram showing land…
A Tether Covered in Solar Panels Could Boost the ISS’s Orbit
The ISS’s orbit is slowly decaying. While it might seem a permanent fixture in the sky, the orbiting space laboratory is only about 400 km above the planet. There might…
Redwire expands into defense with $925 million purchase of Edge Autonomy
The space infrastructure company is acquiring a drone manufacturer whose technology has been deployed with Ukraine’s military forces The post Redwire expands into defense with $925 million purchase of Edge…
NASA Welcomes Finland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory
Credit: NASA With Finland’s signing of the Artemis Accords on Tuesday, NASA celebrates the 53rd nation committing to the safe and responsible exploration of space that benefits humanity. The signing…
Transforming NASA: enabling America’s commercial space leadership
With the United States space sector already generating more than $380 billion annually and supporting 100,000 American jobs, incoming NASA administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA stand at a crossroads. Isaacman…
Alex Greenberg, Loft Orbital – Commercial Space Transformers
In this episode of Commercial Space Transformers SpaceNews Senior Staff Writer Jason Rainbow speaks with Alex Greenberg, Co-founder and COO, Loft Orbital. The post Alex Greenberg, Loft Orbital – Commercial…
China explores using orbiting lasers to power spacecraft on the moon
China could look to laser power transmission from lunar orbit to supply spacecraft on the moon and solve one of the big challenges for its lunar exploration plans. The post…