Preparations for NASA’s Artemis 2 launch could soon grind to a halt if the nearly month-long government shutdown continues, one industry executive warned.

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Slingshot Aerospace is in talks with other countries to create or expand space-tracking capabilities after selling optical sensors to the U.K., marking the California-based company’s first deal for the hardware behind its monitoring software.

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Malaysia and the Philippines have signed the Artemis Accords, which outline norms of behavior for space exploration.

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China added to its Earth observation fleet late Saturday, sending a second Gaofen-14 mapping satellite into sun-synchronous orbit.

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Japan launched the first of a new generation of cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, with potential applications beyond low Earth orbit.

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ESA is putting the final touches on a package of programs worth 22 billion euros for next month’s ministerial conference, despite U.S. budget uncertainty and removal of one mission.

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The first space race was about getting to the moon. Today’s race to the moon and Mars is about staying there.

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Amazon Web Services, or AWS, is the largest cloud provider in the United Kingdom. It holds between 40 and 50% of the market for Infrastructure-as-a-Service, and its technology underpins the […]

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LONDON — The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is looking to purchase satellites capable of jamming other spacecraft and inspecting objects in space, and it wants to do so on tight […]

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The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 2 mission has been installed on its Space Launch System rocket as preparations for the circumlunar flight continue despite a government shutdown.

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NASA’s acting administrator says he will “open up the contract” SpaceX holds to land astronauts on the moon for the Artemis 3 mission because the company has fallen behind schedule.

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China is on track to land its first crew on the lunar surface by 2030 and establish a base at the resource-rich south pole — a site that offers continuous […]

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Krakow — The European Commission presented a working plan to track progress and deliver key defense capabilities by 2030 to European Union member states on October 16. The roadmap, titled […]

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As the government shutdown drags on, scientists and advocates remain focused on the long-term effects of proposed budget cuts at NASA and other agencies.

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HELSINKI — China added to its Guowang national broadband megaconstellation Wednesday with the 600th Long March rocket launch, marking a milestone in the country’s accelerating spaceflight cadence. A Long March […]

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China conducted an orbital launch Monday with no apparent advance indication, successfully sending the Shiyan-31 remote sensing test satellite into orbit.

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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will lay off 550 employees this week, the latest round of job cuts at the space science center.

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There really is no terrestrial parallel to space exploration. While American pioneers pushed westward with minimal government oversight, the space age began with government funds and directives. Today, what was […]

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NASA plans to spend approximately $1 billion of taxpayer money to destroy the International Space Station (ISS) in 2030. The ISS contains over $1.5 billion worth of space-grade materials already […]

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The European Space Agency has inaugurated a new deep space antenna in Australia as part of efforts to strengthen ties between Europe and Australia in space.

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Lauren Edgar thought she had missed out on becoming an astronaut again. Earlier this year, friends at the Johnson Space Center gave Edgar, a planetary scientist at the U.S. Geological […]

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Leaders of SERVIR gathered at NASA headquarters in February to mark the 20th anniversary of the NASA–U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) program, which helps developing nations tackle environmental challenges […]

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As the global space community gathered to discuss exploration and cooperation, one theme emerged: how countries are adapting to changes in policies, budgets and leadership at NASA.

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SYDNEY, Australia – The University of Western Australia (UWA) announced the completion Oct. 2 of TeraNet, which it calls “the first operational optical ground station network in the Southern Hemisphere.” […]

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