OHB receives prime contract from ESA for HERA mission

The International Astronautical Congress (IAC), run by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) is the main space conference of the world. Read more

On its final voyage to the edge of space, the Virgin Galactic suborbital rocket SpaceShipTwo 'Unity' was launched for the Read more

Partially reusable launches have been done many times.  The Space Shuttle Orbiter was, in fact, the main stage of a Read more

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When I was a teenager I told my teacher I wanted to be an astronomer. As a girl from an Read more

After the plethora of orders in April, May's orders seemed paltry. Nevertheless, there were a few to note: The biggest Read more

An unknown object, suspected of being an inspection subsatellite, was released from a Chinese robotic spaceplane on 24 May at Read more

A Chollima-1 rocket failed to reach orbit after the vehicle suffered an explosion just two minutes into its flight. The Read more

On the ISS, NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin boarded Crew Dragon – Read more