The US Senate has approved a bill releasing up to $10 billion for developing private crewed lunar landers for NASA. Jeff Bezos Blue Origin stands to gain significantly from this funding boost. Background on the Artemis Program In April, NASA awarded SpaceX alone a $2.9 billion contract to adapt its

Founded by aerospace veterans Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone, Relativity Space has secured $650 million in fresh funding to accelerate development of its Terran R—a fully reusable, 3D-printed rocket designed to transform orbital launches. Rapid Growth and Proven Traction Relativity Space, led by Tim Ell

Over 100 days after touching down in Jezero Crater on February 18, NASAs Perseverance rover has launched its inaugural full-scale science campaign. The mission targets two key study zones and aims to collect the first rock samples for eventual return to Earth. Hitting the Road Since landing on Febru

The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially approved its EnVision mission to Venus, complementing NASAs recently selected DAVINCI+ and VERITAS probes. Venus, long overlooked, is now firmly back in the spotlight. Venus is poised for a resurgence of exploration. NASAs administrator, Bill Nelson, re

China launched a Long March 2F rocket on Wednesday to deliver its first crewed spacecraft to the core module of the new Tiangong space station. Liftoff is imminent. A New Crewed Mission The last Chinese crewed spaceflight was Shenzhou-11 in 2016, when astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong docked wit

SpaceXs Crew Dragon Resilience has splashed down after delivering four astronauts home from the ISS, but its already gearing up for a groundbreaking flight: the companys first fully civilian orbital mission. A Milestone Return After a record 167 days docked to the International Space Station (ISS),

Seven months after its precise touchdown on asteroid Bennu to collect samples, NASAs OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has begun its return journey to Earth. Aboard is a valuable payload poised to reveal insights into the solar systems formation. Launched from Florida four years ago, OSIRIS-REx executed its sam

NASAs Voyager 1 has captured a faint, persistent hum from plasma in interstellar space—a groundbreaking first. Cornell University researchers, including lead author Stella Koch Ocker, detail the discovery in Nature Astronomy.For nearly 45 years, Voyager 1 has ventured through interstellar space, far

Chinas Yutu-2 rover is set to awaken on the Moons far side after surviving another extreme lunar night. It has now traveled over 708 meters since landing more than two years ago. On January 3, 2019, China made history with the Change-4 mission, achieving the first soft landing on the Moons far side.

Researchers from Ritsumeikan University have confirmed the presence of liquid water containing high levels of carbon dioxide in a meteorite dating back 4.6 billion years. This breakthrough suggests its parent asteroid formed beyond Jupiters orbit before migrating inward.Water exists across the solar

SpaceX has outlined a potential flight profile for Starships inaugural orbital launch, targeting an altitude of 115 kilometers with a splashdown off Kauais northwest coast. This milestone test could happen as soon as this summer.SpaceXs Starship SN15 made history with a successful launch and landing

In 2016, after failing to lure SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell, Jeff Bezos appointed Bob Smith to lead Blue Origin. A decision that hindsight reveals as questionable. Brad Stones book Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire, published May 11, offers revealing insight

Ongoing investigations into fairing separation anomalies from Ariane 5s last two launches could delay NASAs James Webb Space Telescope mission. Ariane 5s most recent flight occurred in August 2020, deploying two communications satellites and Northrop Grummans Mission Expansion Vehicle 2 to geostatio

Chinas Tianwen-1 mission, the nations first interplanetary endeavor, successfully landed its Zhurong rover on Mars. Comparable in size to a golf cart, the rover will investigate subsurface water ice and map the planets geological features. China Emerges as a Space Exploration Powerhouse On May 15 at

Astronomers estimate it would take at least five years to deflect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. More cautious experts suggest a full decade. But are our current technologies up to the task? A few weeks ago, NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS)

Space Adventures, a pioneer in space tourism, has announced two new civilian missions to the International Space Station (ISS), building on its legacy since 2009. The first features a Russian actress and director, while the second includes a Japanese billionaire and his production assistant.Founded

Space Applications Services, a leading Belgian aerospace firm, is advancing technology to extract oxygen directly from lunar regolith. A prototype is slated for launch in 2025 aboard an ESA demonstration mission. Major space agencies, including NASA, CNSA, and Roscosmos, are gearing up for sustained

Two decades ago, NASA identified a piece of low-Earth orbit debris as a thermal blanket accidentally released by an astronaut during a spacewalk. Yet, UFO enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists insist its a 13,000-year-old extraterrestrial artifact. Nikola Teslas Alleged Alien Signals The story gained

A dedicated NASA team is advancing a potential sample return mission to Titan, Saturns largest moon. Much like the joint NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return effort, this initiative could reveal signs of extraterrestrial life. Titan: A Prime Target for Astrobiology Titan captivates scientists as Saturns larg

Debris from Chinas Long March 5B rocket recently fell to Earth, luckily causing no damage or casualties. But if it had destroyed property or taken lives, what legal responsibility would China face? Rocket Debris: More Fear Than Harm The Long March 5B rocket incident gripped the world for nearly a we