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2026-08-23, 15:10 UK Space Agency

Illustration of MicroCarb in orbit. Credit: CNESMicroCarb is the first European mission intended to characterise greenhouse gas fluxes on Earth's surface and gauge how much carbon is being absorbed ...

2026-08-23, 14:40 ESA

Europe's newest eye on the health of Earth's vegetation has taken another crucial step towards orbit – the European Space Agency's FLEX satellite has been fuelled at Europe's Spaceport in French ...

2026-08-23, 14:20 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

On Tuesday, Aug. 25, NASA flight engineer Anil Menon and ESA (European Space Agency) flight engineer Sophie Adenot will conduct a spacewalk to finish replacing the space‑to‑ground antenna on the ...

2026-08-23, 14:10 NASA Newsy

NASA has selected four university teams to help the agency transform the future of aviation through projects ranging from high-supersonic propulsion systems to low-noise routes for small aircraft ...

2026-08-23, 13:40 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

The White House released a new space transportation policy Aug. 20 with an emphasis on enabling a sharp increase in the number of launches and reentries.The National Space Transportation Policy, ...

2026-08-23, 13:20 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

Portal Space Systems has acquired a Falcon 9 to launch its first Supernova spacecraft and will offer excess capacity on the vehicle for rideshare payloads.Portal announced Aug. 20 that it signed a ...

2026-08-23, 12:50 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

Rocket Lab launched another satellite for Japanese radar-imaging company iQPS on Aug. 20.An Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 9:04 a.m. Eastern on a ...

2026-08-23, 12:40 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

HELSINKI - China will launch a complex, multi-spacecraft mission late Sunday to study and land near the lunar south pole, including a search for evidence of water-ice.A Long March 5 rocket was rolled ...

2026-08-23, 12:10 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

SAN FRANCISCO – California startup Elve has qualified its 100-watt millimeter-wave Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier platform for spaceflight.With U.S. Space Force Small Business Innovation Research ...

2026-08-23, 11:40 Międzynarodowa Stacja Kosmiczna

Gen. Michael Guetlein brought the Pentagon's case for Golden Dome to North Dakota, headlining an event Aug. 20 hosted by two of the missile defense program's strongest Senate advocates."The main ...