Browsing: Spaceflight & Orbital

WASHINGTON — U.S. Space Force officials are working to reshuffle launch plans for a slate of national security missions after United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket was…

Planning, uncertainty, a last-minute road trip and elation in the battle against cloud cover. Malaysian photographer Tharuman Gnanamoorthy set off on a personal mission to capture…

TAMPA, Fla. — Swiss startup Pave Space has raised $40 million to develop an orbital transfer vehicle that could move satellites from low Earth orbit (LEO)…

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman speaks during an event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating…

Has Season 1 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy left you craving more Trek? Then you’ll be happy to hear you can binge the first three seasons…

HELSINKI — Astronstone, one of China’s younger launch startups, has secured new funding as it builds toward the first flight of its reusable AS-1 rocket.  Astronstone’s…

Brown dwarfs may have gained the unfortunate nickname “failed stars,” but new research suggests they can collide and merge for a second chance at success.Brown dwarfs…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is deploying dedicated cybersecurity teams at its primary launch sites, reflecting rising concern that adversaries could disrupt rocket launches through…

On Sunday, Elon Musk formally made TERAFAB official—a groundbreaking $20-25 billion joint venture uniting Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, three of the world’s richest man’s most significant…

The cosmos is full of surprises, and the James Webb Space Telescope seems to be a cosmic gift that keeps on giving, serving up puzzles faster…