Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 - GPS has long been perceived as a finished system - dependable, standardized, and largely unchanged from the user's point of view. For most people, navigation simply works, and that reliability creates the illusion of stagnation.
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 15, 2026 - Four International Space Station crewmembers splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, NASA footage showed, after the first ever medical evacuation in the orbital lab's history.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2026 - GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin have completed a series of engine tests that demonstrate the viability of a liquid fueled rotating detonation ramjet for hypersonic missile applications. The work ma
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 14, 2026 - NASA is getting ready to send four astronauts around the Moon with Artemis II, laying the foundation for sustainable missions to the lunar surface and paving the way for human exploration on Mars. A
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026 - Going to the moon was one thing; going to Mars will be quite another. The distance alone is intimidating. While the moon is 238,855 miles away, the distance to Mars is between 33 million and 249 million miles.
Paris, France (AFP) Jan 14, 2026 - When fire breaks out in the low-gravity, high-stakes conditions inside spacecraft or space stations, it behaves very differently than back here on Earth.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 14, 2026 - As lunar exploration intensifies, the cislunar space is experiencing increasing congestion. Traditional two body Keplerian elements, which have long been the standard for Earth orbiting objects, pro
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026 - In a key step toward sustaining crews on future lunar missions, Nimbus Power Systems has completed a campaign of shock and vibration tests on its advanced, gravity independent fuel cell hardware in
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026 - In near weightless conditions aboard the International Space Station, viruses that infect bacteria continue to attack their hosts but follow an altered evolutionary trajectory compared to the same s
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026 - When the four member crew of Axiom 2 launched on a 10 day mission in May 2023, their time in orbit carried a dense manifest of biomedical experiments aimed at probing human physiology under spacefli
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026 - Firefly Aerospace has announced a Block II configuration upgrade for its Alpha small launch vehicle, with qualification testing for the new second stage hardware now underway at the companys Rocket
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 - A Chinese suborbital spacecraft designed for reusable operations and future space tourism has completed a key test flight, marking a new step in the country's commercial space ambitions. The v
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 12, 2026 - An Indian rocket hit a snag during its launch Monday, forcing a deviation in flight path as it carried an Earth observation satellite and commercial payloads, the country's space agency said.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 12, 2026 - Space is unpredictable, yet every space mission demands near-perfect precision. That tension is what makes exploration so compelling. We send people and machines into environments that we cannot fully measure, where even the smallest forces can dramatically alter outcomes
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 10, 2026 - NASA crewmembers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) could return to Earth as soon as Thursday, the US space agency said, after a medical emergency prompted the crew to return from their mission early.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 09, 2026 - China's space sector completed 93 orbital launch missions in 2025, the highest annual total the nation has recorded. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC), the main State-owned co
