News Choose your news source: SpaceNews SpaceRef Spaceflight Now NASA Finland signs Artemis Accords January 21, 2025 - Jeff Foust Redwire expands into defense with $925 million purchase of Edge Autonomy January 21, 2025 - Sandra Erwin Transforming NASA: enabling America’s commercial space leadership January 21, 2025 - David Steitz Alex Greenberg, Loft Orbital – Commercial Space Transformers January 21, 2025 - SpaceNews Editor China explores using orbiting lasers to power spacecraft on the moon January 21, 2025 - Andrew Jones Europe to develop geostationary quantum encryption payload January 21, 2025 - Jason Rainbow Second Trump administration begins with confusion on acting NASA leadership January 20, 2025 - Jeff Foust Trump’s second term: the space priorities and players January 20, 2025 - SpaceNews Editor Why organizing the White House for sustained space leadership is necessary January 20, 2025 - Audrey Schaffer Executive order calls for cybersecurity review of civil space systems January 20, 2025 - Jeff Foust China performs high altitude reusable rocket test with uncertain outcome January 20, 2025 - Andrew Jones FAA investigating Starship debris reports January 18, 2025 - Jeff Foust Trump taps former Space Force commander for senior Air Force post January 18, 2025 - Sandra Erwin FAA requires mishap investigation for failed New Glenn landing January 18, 2025 - Jeff Foust Thaicom pushes back against takeover bid January 17, 2025 - Jason Rainbow Transportation secretary nominee vows to review SpaceX launch license fines January 17, 2025 - Jeff Foust Planet hires former Space Force chief to its board amid defense push January 17, 2025 - Sandra Erwin Space to grow: American leadership in space commerce January 17, 2025 - Don Graves ABS rethinks business models to navigate shifting satellite market January 17, 2025 - Jason Rainbow China launches Earth observation satellite for Pakistan January 17, 2025 - Andrew Jones Space Force procurement official removed amid investigation January 16, 2025 - Sandra Erwin Starship upper stage lost on seventh test flight January 16, 2025 - Jeff Foust Trump taps space and intelligence veteran Troy Meink as Air Force secretary January 16, 2025 - Sandra Erwin Space weather forecast: Strong support from incoming administration January 16, 2025 - Debra Werner The Rising Space Sector in China’s Silicon Valley December 1, 2023 - Blaine Curcio Pittsburgh – How a Steel City is Transforming Into a Space City November 29, 2023 - Sharmila Kuthunur New Space Philosophy Podcast Episode – An Interview With Sara Sabry, Part 2 November 29, 2023 - SpaceRef Editor NASA Plan to Shoot and Ship Samples of the Red Planet on Hold November 28, 2023 - Leonard David SPACE2 Tackles In-Space and Off-World Farming November 27, 2023 - James Careless NASA Requests Funding for $1 Billion ‘Space Tug’ to Deorbit the ISS November 21, 2023 - Sharmila Kuthunur NASA Space Station Status Report 16 November, 2023 – Biological Printer Maintenance November 20, 2023 - SpaceRef Editor Quad Cities Airport Aims to Become Midwest Spaceport November 20, 2023 - Craig Bamford Starship Completes Historic Second Launch Then Loses Contact November 18, 2023 - David Ariosto NASA Will Leave Mars Samples in Orbit Following “Orderly Shutdown” of Sample Return Program November 16, 2023 - Sharmila Kuthunur SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center January 20, 2025 - Will Robinson-Smith SpaceX completes 400th Falcon booster landing on mission featuring 27 Starlink satellites January 18, 2025 - Will Robinson-Smith SpaceX successfully catches Super Heavy booster, loses Starship upper stage during Flight 7 January 16, 2025 - Will Robinson-Smith Launch preview: SpaceX to launch its Starship rocket on a 7th suborbital test flight from Starbase January 16, 2025 - Will Robinson-Smith History made: Blue Origin becomes first new space company to reach orbit on its first launch January 15, 2025 - Will Robinson-Smith American, Japanese robotic landers share rocket launch to the Moon January 14, 2025 - Will Robinson-Smith SpaceX launches 131 spacecraft on Transporter-12 Falcon 9 rideshare mission from California January 14, 2025 - Will Robinson-Smith SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral January 13, 2025 - Will Robinson-Smith Blue Origin scrubs first New Glenn launch attempt due to “vehicle subsystem issue” January 12, 2025 - Will Robinson-Smith SpaceX launches, lands first stage booster for record-setting 25th time during Starlink flight January 10, 2025 - Will Robinson-Smith NASA Marshall Invites Media to Local Day of Remembrance Event January 21, 2025 - Beth Ridgeway 60 Years Ago: Uncrewed Gemini 2 Paves the Way for the First Crewed Mission January 21, 2025 - John J. Uri Astronauts Set to Swab the Exterior of Station for Microbial Life January 21, 2025 - Christine Giraldo How New NASA, India Earth Satellite NISAR Will See Earth January 21, 2025 - Naomi Hartono NASA Welcomes Finland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory January 21, 2025 - Tiernan P. Doyle Suni Williams Conducts Spacewalk January 21, 2025 - Monika Luabeya Station Science Top News: Jan. 17, 2025 January 21, 2025 - Sumer Loggins NASA Sets Sights on Mars Terrain with Revolutionary Tire Tech January 21, 2025 - Kelly M. Matter Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Independent Assessment January 17, 2025 - Kim Lowe NASA Scientists, Engineers Receive Presidential Early Career Awards January 17, 2025 - Elizabeth R. Landau