The NASA/CalTech Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) field centre has laid off 530 people. The latest cuts, which affect 8 per cent of the workforce, include space scientists and engineers with significant experience. JPL is also releasing 40 contractors in addition to...
While drones are commonplace on Earth, where amateur versions are often used as toys, their use on other planets is still being explored. It is clear that the technology will provide significant benefits. Drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), for example, can be...
NASA has announced a delay in its Artemis human missions to the Moon. Artemis II, originally scheduled for late 2024, has been postponed until no earlier than September 2025 after the agency cited safety concerns. The delay is attributed to the unexpectedly high...
The Roscosmos-operated Progress MS-23 cargo ship undocked from the International Space Station’s (ISS) Poisk module at 0755 GMT on 29 November. It made its deorbit burn at 1102 GMT and re-entered to burn up over the Pacific east of New Zealand at about 1145 GMT,...
There were few major announcements related to satellite and launch orders during November. Perhaps the biggest was actually a non-order, but rather the withdrawal of Northrop Grumman from tendering for the UK Ministry of Defence’s Skynet 6 communications...
Apollo astronaut Ken Mattingly who became famous for mission the failed Apollo 13 mission in 1970 over a German measles health scare, but later became a hero to its rescue on the ground, has died at the age of 87. Mattingly had been a US Navy pilot, test pilot, and...
