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Chinese launch startups CAS Space, Landspace advance plans for IPOs

Launch firm CAS Space has completed IPO counseling with regulators, marking the first formal step toward a listing on Shanghai…

11 months ago

SpaceX challenges Virginia’s rural broadband funding awards

SpaceX has accused Virginia of shutting Starlink out of most of the state’s $613 million in subsidies under a federal…

11 months ago

Was in cooked in space? A space food-themed quiz!

In this quiz, you’ll explore the weird, wonderful, and sometimes surprising world of space cuisine. Can you tell which foods…

11 months ago

Live Event: Space Based Solar Power (replay)

Join us as we explore the technical, economic and policy landscape of space-based solar power. Learn how this decades-old concept…

11 months ago

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon — a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say

Recently, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy reportedly suggested a U.S. reactor would be operational on the moon by 2030.

11 months ago

Space Force to absorb Air Guard space missions, sidestepping push for Space National Guard

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink ordered the shift in a recent memo The post Space Force to absorb Air Guard…

11 months ago

NASA’s new sun-studying mission ‘PUNCH’ attains its final form in Earth orbit

The four spacecraft of NASA's PUNCH mission have successfully locked in place in Earth orbit.

11 months ago

Astronauts Plant Seed Pillows in New Space Agriculture Study

A member of the space crop production team prepares materials for Veggie seed pillows inside the Space Systems Processing Facility…

11 months ago

TRAPPIST-1d isn’t the Earth-like planet scientists had hoped it to be, according to JWST data

As another world around TRAPPIST-1 shows no signs of an atmosphere, astronomers urge us not to give up hope for…

11 months ago

After Storied 34 Year Career, Steve Platnick Retires from NASA

Dr. Steven “Steve” Platnick stepped down from his role at NASA on August 8, 2025, after more than three decades…

11 months ago