Space

A Chinese rocket upper stage broke into approximately 100-150 trackable pieces of debris just minutes after deploying two communications satellites on June 9, with the resulting cloud orbiting in a heavily trafficked corridor shared by SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, the U.S. Space Force confirmed. The debris was generated on June 9 at 08:47 UTC, roughly 24 […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a new effort to develop technologies that could restore critical satellite capabilities within hours or weeks after an attack, a dramatic shift from the current paradigm where reconstitution of degraded space assets can take months or years. DARPA issued a Request for Information (RFI), designated DARPA-SN-26-42, on […]

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, one of the most ambitious astronomical facilities ever constructed, is in the final stages of commissioning its main camera ahead of the start of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), according to a new paper by Pierre-Francois Leget of the Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont. The paper, presented […]

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 […]