A Colorado-based company, Wilson Aerospace, is suing Boeing for what it claims to be "theft" of its intellectual property. At issue is a specific tool, known as a Fluid Fitting Torque Device-3, that W...
The space industry has seen a dramatic uptick in the number of satellites launched into low-Earth orbit in recent years. Much of this growth, but not all of it, has been driven by the rapid expansion ...
The US Defense Department confirmed today that it is buying Starlink satellite broadband service for use in Ukraine."We continue to work with a range of global partners to ensure Ukraine has the satel...
Yesterday, Florida's Republican governor Ron DeSantis became the first presidential hopeful to announce his campaign on Twitter Spaces, which Elon Musk had touted as a "smart move" for "any candidate"...
It's now official--the launch company Virgin Orbit is being sold for parts. In a new filing as part of the bankruptcy process, Rocket Lab purchased the company's main production facility in Long Beach...
A startup space company says it has successfully deployed and tested a kitchen-stove-sized satellite in geostationary orbit and begun delivering Internet service to Alaska.Earlier this month, the 'Arc...
AT&T and other entities are trying to block the SpaceX/T-Mobile plan to provide Starlink satellite service directly to cell phones.In a filing yesterday, AT&T urged the Federal Communications Commissi...
A UK startup has unveiled a unique system for bringing spacecraft back to Earth.The company, named Space Forge, developed the tech to provide a low-cost and sustainable way of reusing satellites. Ulti...
A Delta II rocket launched the Spitzer Space Telescope two decades ago, boosting it to an Earth-trailing orbit, where it drifted away from our planet at a rate of about 15 million kilometers a year. I...
Welcome to Edition 5.37 of the Rocket Report! I am happy to share some good news this week, with the Vulcan rocket rolling back to the launch site for a new round of tests, and India making progress o...
A private space station company, Vast, announced on Wednesday that it intends to launch a commercial space station as soon as August 2025. After deploying this "Haven-1" space station in low-Earth orb...
The first active removal of space debris has moved closer to lift-off after a new deal was inked on the landmark mission.Swiss startup ClearSpace and French rocket giant Arianespace today announced th...
A consortium of nearly every major European satellite company announced Tuesday that it plans to bid for a proposed satellite constellation to provide global communications. Essentially, such a conste...
The VSS Unity spacecraft did not make a powered flight with its rocket engine on Wednesday, but it cleared the final hurdle before doing so by performing a glide test in New Mexico.On Wednesday mornin...
It turns out you don't need a rocket to explore the edge of space. French startup Zephalto has just announced plans to send eager tourists to the stratosphere in a space balloon by 2025. Starting at E...
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas--It began with a bang, as big things often do.On Thursday morning, with clearing skies overhead, SpaceX's Starship rocket slowly began to climb away from its launch pad. Full...
STARBASE, Texas--It's about to get lit.Probably.SpaceX completed final preparations to its Starship and Super Heavy vehicles on Saturday, re-stacking the them with a flight terminatio...
The European Space Agency's (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission -- 'Juice' -- is ready to embark on its journey to the solar system's largest planet.Juice is scheduled to launch today, April 13, ...
Relativity Space made a flurry of announcements on Wednesday about its past and future. The company is going bigger, and it has already started to do so.In an interview with Ars, the company's chief e...
For several years NASA has made it clear to the space industry that, wherever possible, it would like to move toward a services model of buying things.When he was administrator, Jim Bridenstine was fo...