How Florida's Space Coast will have a central role in 2026 spaceflight

If you thought 2025 was an exciting year for spaceflight, just wait until 2026. Here's a look at six missions that could define the year.

6 spaceflights ahead in 2026, from NASA moon missions to SpaceX Starship

If you thought 2025 was an exciting year for spaceflight, just wait until 2026. Here's a look at six missions that could define the year.

Astronauts complete practice countdown for upcoming trip around the moon

Such "countdown demonstration tests" have traditionally taken place shortly before launch with the rocket and crew ship ...

Two space startups prove you don’t need to break the bank to rendezvous in space

Back in January, a small spacecraft built by a California-based company called Impulse Space launched along with a stack of ...
Breaking Defense

Space Force aims to build out requirements for digital training environment in 2026

Many operations during US Space Command's March 8-12, 2021 Global Lightning exercise were based in the command's joint operations center. (US Space Command photo: Lewis Carlyle) I/ITSEC 2025 — One of ...
SpaceNews

Spire to build eight satellites for Deloitte’s on-orbit cybersecurity program

WASHINGTON — Spire Global has secured a contract from Deloitte to design, build and operate eight satellites that will support the consulting firm’s push into on-orbit cybersecurity, the companies ...
The New York Times

Russian Launch Site Mishap Shows Perilous State of Storied Space Program

The ability of Russia to launch astronauts to the International Space Station remains in limbo after an incident last week at the Baikonur base in Kazakhstan. By Kenneth Chang The launchpad Russia ...
Singularity Hub

Scientists Say We Need a Circular Space Economy to Avoid Trashing Orbit

Space is getting busier as national space agencies and private companies increase the tempo of launches. But today’s approach to space exploration is unsustainable, say researchers, and we need to do ...
Business Insider

Tech CEOs can't stop talking about data centers in space

Google's latest moonshot research project wants to send data centers to space. CEO Sundar Pichai is the latest tech executive to bet on the idea during the AI race. Pichai said he hopes Google can ...
Reuters

South Korea's fourth space rocket launch successful, sends satellites into orbit

SEOUL, Nov 27 (Reuters) - South Korea successfully launched its fourth homegrown space rocket Nuri on Thursday and put more than a dozen satellites into orbit, the Science Ministry said, marking the ...
Futurism

China Launches Emergency Mission to Its Space Station, Putting NASA to Shame

Earlier this month, the China Manned Space Agency was forced to delay the return of three astronauts from its Tiangong space station after they discovered “tiny cracks” in their return capsule’s ...
IJR

South Korea Sends Its Largest Satellite Yet into Orbit in Major Step for National Space Program

South Korea marked a significant milestone early Thursday with the launch of its largest satellite to date aboard its domestically built Nuri rocket. According to The Associated Press, the three-stage ...