Space

WASHINGTON — U.S. production of solid rocket motors is falling well short of what the Pentagon needs to meet its missile defense goals, according to a new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) that warns of a bottleneck affecting nearly every major missile program. The report, “Solid Rocket Motors for Missile […]

A new study has found that active galactic nuclei, the blazing hearts of galaxies powered by supermassive black holes, could be the birthplace of millions of planets — a finding that fundamentally expands our understanding of where and how planets can form in the universe. Researchers Bhupendra Mishra from the University of Colorado Boulder and […]

Japan’s H3 Rocket Returns to Flight Successfully After Failure, Deploys 6 Satellites Japan’s H3 rocket returned to flight successfully on June 12, carrying six satellites to orbit and restoring the nation’s independent access to space after a six-month grounding caused by a December 2025 failure. The H3-30S variant, making its debut flight, lifted off from […]

ISS Robot Arm Malfunctioning: NASA Plans Spacewalk Repair for June 30 The International Space Station’s critical Canadarm2 robotic arm has been offline since late May due to a mechanical malfunction, with NASA and the Canadian Space Agency planning a spacewalk on June 30 to replace a faulty wrist joint. Canadarm2, built by MDA Space for […]

Galileo satellites learn to talk to each other as ESA tests intersatellite links The European Space Agency has successfully tested intersatellite communication links for Europe’s Galileo navigation constellation, a milestone that will allow the next generation of satellites to talk directly to one another in orbit. The capability is being developed for Galileo Second Generation […]

SpaceX launches Starlink mission on historic first day of Nasdaq trading SpaceX marked its historic first day as a publicly traded company Friday morning with a Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, sending 29 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites into orbit. Liftoff of the Starlink 10-54 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 […]

ESA at ILA Berlin 2026: Day 2 Focuses on Autonomy, Resilience and a Call From Space ESA’s second day at the ILA Berlin International Airshow 2026 combined high-level political engagement, strategic discussions on European space autonomy, and an in-flight call with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot from the International Space Station. Day 2 on June 11 […]

Webb and ALMA Catch Galaxy-Killing Wind in the Act, Solving a Cosmic Mystery Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have caught a distant galaxy in the act of being killed — a finding that may finally explain why so many massive galaxies in the early universe died […]

Elon Musk Wants 1 Million AI Satellites in Space, Says SpaceX Is Ready to Build Them SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has outlined the most detailed vision yet for his company’s orbital data center plans, proposing a constellation of up to 1 million AI-equipped satellites and a dedicated production facility to build them. In a half-hour […]

ESA Extends 13 Science Missions and Awards Sentinel-1 Next Generation Contract ESA’s Science Programme Committee delivered a double dose of news at its meeting in Tenerife this week: a sweeping extension of operating science missions and a major contract award for the next generation of Europe’s workhorse radar satellites. 13 missions extended All 13 ESA […]