Browsing: Spaceflight & Orbital

AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird satellites 8, 9, and 10 are encapsulated inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket payload fairing ahead of launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force…

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray spacecraft have obtained the most detailed image yet of the jet erupting from the supermassive black hole at the heart of…

MILAN — Switzerland’s decision not to participate in the European Union’s Copernicus Earth observation program during the 2028–2034 funding cycle has revived a broader debate over…

Technicians work on Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 lander inside a cleanroom at the company’s facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Monday, June 15, 2026. Image: Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now Astrobotic…

NASA’s SpaceX 34th Commercial Resupply Services Undocking – YouTube Watch On A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to begin its journey back to Earth today…

TAMPA, Fla. — Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks plans to expand its defense capabilities by acquiring most of Comtech’s space-related communications business, six years after the U.S.…

The world followed the exploits of NASA’s Artemis 2 moon mission in near real-time thanks to a high-tech laser link between the astronauts and Earth that…

TAMPA, Fla. — Avanti Communications is moving to close a chapter on the debt-fueled geostationary expansion that once defined the British satellite operator, with plans to…

File photo of a Falcon 9 fueled for launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX. SpaceX is preparing to launch its first Falcon…

Mercury reaches greatest elongation on June 15, placing the elusive planet at its farthest apparent distance from the sun in the evening sky. That makes this…