What SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab and others have in store for 2026
Published: Dec. 30, 2025 at 8:31 a.m. ET The $600 billion space sector should keep getting bigger next year…
Starving but Surveying: The dangerous implications of Egypt’s Chinese-backed space program
Earlier this month, a Chinese Lijian-1 rocket roared into the sky, carrying with it more than just a…
Blue Origin astronaut reveals depression after ‘tsunami of harassment’
A Vietnamese-American astronaut has opened up about her depression after she received a “tsunami of harassment” following the…
Iran Sends 3 Earth-Observation Satellites Into Orbit Aboard Russian Soyuz Rocket
Iran has launched three domestically built Earth-observation satellites into orbit with the help of a Russian Soyuz rocket,…
Starfighters Space Completes $40 Million Regulation A IPO
Starfighters Space, Inc., owner and operator of one of the world’s largest commercial supersonic aircraft fleets, announced on…
Hubble Reveals Extreme Chaos Inside ‘Dracula’s Sandwich’ : ScienceAlert
As a young star develops, so too does a protoplanetary disk of dust and gas around it, ready…
China builds a record-breaking hypergravity machine to compress space and time
China is set to break its own record in hypergravity research with a colossal new centrifuge that can…
Inside Rocket Lab’s effort to outpace larger space rivals
Nick Schifrin: The private space economy is growing significantly, and 2026 could be a big year. The first…
Breakthrough brings factory in space closer to reality
Rebecca Morelle,Science Editorand Alison Francis,Senior Science Journalist Tony Jolliffe/BBC News The mini factory will make semiconductors in space…
Planet bets on orbital data centers in partnership with Google
WASHINGTON — Planet, a company best known for providing geospatial intelligence through its constellation of imaging satellites, sees…
Made in space? Start-up brings factory in orbit one step closer to reality
It sounds like science fiction – a factory, located hundreds of kilometres above the Earth, churning out high-quality…
Isaacman opens door to alternatives to moving shuttle Discovery to Houston
WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman suggested he would be open to transferring a spacecraft other than the…