Browsing: Spaceflight & Orbital

This image above shows the operational SGANT (right) with the dish of the failed unit partially visible near bottom center. Menon, wearing a suit with red…

China just notched another big spaceflight milestone.The Beijing startup LandSpace successfully landed the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket this evening (Aug. 18), becoming the first…

WASHINGTON — While space nuclear programs are “having a moment,” industry officials say they face near-term challenges as well as longer-term concerns. At a recent conference,…

File photo of a Falcon 9 fueled for launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX. SpaceX is set to send another batch of…

Is it a rocket car? Tearing across the Utah desert at over 400 mph (644 kph), a hydrogen-powered car has set a new land speed record.Wing…

WASHINGTON — The National Reconnaissance Office has awarded HawkEye 360 a new contract to provide commercial radio-frequency intelligence, moving the company from a multiyear evaluation program…

The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered evidence that our galaxy experienced a significant collision and merger with a dwarf galaxy 11.8 billion years ago.Mergers between galaxies…

WASHINGTON — United Launch Alliance has named Mark Peller, a longtime manager and executive at the company, as its new chief executive. ULA announced Aug. 17…

In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night… Come on, you know the rest!DC Comics’ Green Lantern Corps. spans the infinite boundaries of the cosmos with its legion…

WASHINGTON — Amid a constrained launch market, satellite operators are increasingly emphasizing to investors and customers that they have lined up launch capacity, even if it…