President Trump says a human mission to Mars is of interest to him but is not a “number one” priority, amid concerns about NASA budget cuts.

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HELSINKI — China launched the latest in a series classified satellites into geosynchronous transfer orbit Sunday while disclosing little about the spacecraft. A Long March 3B rocket lifted off at […]

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The White House and the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency have spent the first weeks of Donald Trump’s new administration looking to reduce the number of federal workers and […]

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A Falcon 9 booster that was destroyed after landing March 2 suffered a fuel leak during its flight that triggered a fire.

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The PWSA Tranche 1 launch campaign is now anticipated to begin in late summer 2025

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SpaceX secured permission March 7 to provide direct-to-smartphone satellite services at higher power levels to improve connectivity beyond the reach of cell towers across the United States.

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The decision cuts off Ukraine's access to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency's (NGA) commercial satellite imagery platform.

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Star Catcher Industries, a startup designing spacecraft to beam solar energy to other LEO satellites, has secured funding from Florida’s economic development agency to demonstrate the technology at a former Space Shuttle landing site.

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The X-37B spaceplane touched down at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 7.

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Intuitive Machines says its second lunar landing mission is over after concluding the toppled lander cannot generate sufficient power.

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HELSINKI — China’s latest government work report emphasizes the commercial space sector as a key driver of high-tech development, highlighting its potential to transform the nation’s space capabilities. China will […]

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SpaceX’s Starship vehicle suffered its second consecutive test flight failure March 6, tumbling in space before breaking up and reentering over the Caribbean.

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The technology allows users to search satellite imagery and other geospatial data using natural language queries.

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York Space Systems plans to launch five missions in 2025 for commercial customers conducting classified experiments for the U.S. military

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The second lunar lander mission by Intuitive Machines reached the surface of the moon March 6, but its status after landing was not clear.

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An Ariane 6 launched a reconnaissance satellite for the French military March 6 on the second flight of the European rocket.

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Bruno said ULA has six Vulcan rockets currently in production

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The manager of the Commerce Department’s program to develop a civil space traffic coordination system is back on the job after being swept up in layoffs.

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NASA has yet to restore communications with a lunar science spacecraft launched last week, keeping it from completing its mission as originally planned.

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AST SpaceMobile’s plan to create a jointly owned European satellite operator for direct-to-smartphone services comes at a pivotal moment in the region’s push for greater space autonomy.

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Gen. Michael Guetlein, vice chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force, said Golden Dome represents a significant challenge that demands unprecedented collaboration across defense and intelligence agencies.

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Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale said that for commercial firms to gain substantial ground, ‘the processes have to be transparent and open and fair.’

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The UK Space Agency has awarded SatixFy funds to develop software to speed up how quickly reprogrammable satellites can adapt to changing needs in orbit, the Israeli chipmaker announced March 5.

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Astronauts on the International Space Station said they disagreed with Elon Musk’s claim that the station was past its prime and should be deorbited soon.

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