HELSINKI — Three Chinese astronauts arrived at the Tiangong space station Thursday aboard the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, hours after launching from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Shenzhou-20 docked with the radial
HELSINKI — Three Chinese astronauts arrived at the Tiangong space station Thursday aboard the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, hours after launching from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Shenzhou-20 docked with the radial
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In this week’s episode of Space Minds, Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator sits down with host David Ariosto. Garver describes what drives spaceflight-and what that means for
Winning the new space race with China is contingent on the competitiveness of the United States commercial space industry. While the Chinese space program enjoys the full financial and regulatory
SAN FRANCISCO – German space traffic management startup Okapi:Orbits raised 13 million euros ($14.75 million) in a seed funding round announced April 24. With the new investment, Okapi will expand
WASHINGTON — Katalyst Space Technologies has acquired Atomos Space, a move that combines two venture-funded startups focused on in-space servicing and orbital transfer vehicles. Arizona-based Katalyst completed the acquisition of
BOSTON — Boeing executives said the company is making progress on containing the costs of its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle, but offered few details on technical work getting the
Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. In matters of national defense and credible deterrence, some capabilities are simply
WASHINGTON — German startup Atmos Space Cargo says it considers the first flight of its reentry vehicle a success despite limited data on how it performed during reentry. Atmos Space
Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. Astra, the once high-flying rocket startup that crashed back to Earth with