ESA is calling on industry to come forward with ideas for crew and cargo transportation, operations, payloads, research, living quarters and even astronaut training. All of this could develop into new services in an effort to enlarge the space ecosystem to the commercial sphere.
Space News & Blog Articles
Tune into the SpaceZE News Network to stay updated on industry news from around the world.
BlackSky continues rapid-fire launch campaign with Rocket Lab mission
An Electron rocket fires off its launch pad in New Zealand at 7:02 p.m. EST (0002 GMT) with two BlackSky optical Earth imaging satellites. Credit: Rocket Lab
Two more BlackSky high-resolution optical remote sensing satellites rode a Rocket Lab Electron launcher into orbit Wednesday from New Zealand, the second mission for Rocket Lab in three weeks, and the third satellite delivery for BlackSky in the same period.
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NASA's new IXPE X-ray space telescope
IXPE will probe the physics behind some of the universe's most dynamic objects: black holes and neutron stars.
Blood disc for astronaut diagnosis
Image: Blood disc for astronaut diagnosis
Chinese astronauts to deliver live science lesson from space station Thursday. Watch it live.
China's Shenzhou 13 astronauts are all set to present a science lesson live from the orbiting Chinese space station on Thursday, Dec. 9.
Rocket Lab launches two Earth observation satellites for BlackSky Global
An Electron rocket topped with two commercial Earth-observation satellites lifted off Wednesday (Dec. 8) at 7:02 p.m. EST (0002 Dec. 9 GMT).
Live coverage: SpaceX set for overnight launch with NASA astronomy satellite
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket will launch NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
SFN Live
SpaceX Webcast
NASA TV
Atlas 5 rocket launches Space Force tech demo satellites on marathon mission
United Launch Alliance’s 90th Atlas 5 rocket lifts off with the Space Force’s STP-3 mission. Credit: Alex Polimeni / Spaceflight Now
United Launch Alliance deployed two U.S. Space Force technology demonstration satellites into an on-target orbit more than 22,000 miles over the equator Tuesday after a booming blastoff before dawn from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas 5 rocket.
Live coverage: Rocket Lab set for final launch of the year
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand carrying two small BlackSky Earth observation satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
'Mystery hut' on the moon just the latest weird lunar find by China's Yutu 2 rover
The weirdly cubic 'mystery hut' is far from the only intriguing object Yutu 2 has seen on the moon's little-explored far side.
Giant Planet Imaged Around Massive Star
Astronomers have imaged a giant planet around a massive pair of stars, a discovery that challenges our notions of how planets form.
A Nearby Dwarf Galaxy has a Surprisingly Massive Black Hole in its Heart
Since the 1970s, scientists have known that within the cores of most massive galaxies in the Universe, there beats the heart of a Supermassive Black Hole (SMBH). The presence of these giant black holes causes these galaxies to be particularly energetic, to the point where their central regions outshine all the stars in their disks combined – aka. Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). The Milky Way galaxy has its own SMBH, known as Sagitarrius A*, which has a mass of over 4 million Suns.
TESS Finds a New Mars-Sized Planet (With the Density of Mercury)
Some planets orbit their stars so closely that they have extremely high surface temperatures and extremely rapid orbits. Most of the ones astronomers have found are Hot Jupiters— planets in the size range of Jupiter and with similar compositions as Jupiter. Their size and proximity to their star make them easier to spot using the transit method.
Japanese billionaire and assistant arrive at space station
Yusaku Maezawa, Yozo Hirano, and Alexander Misurkin, wearing blue flight suits, joined seven other residents on the International Space Station after docking Dec. 8. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now
A Russian cosmonaut, a Japanese billionaire and his production assistant rocketed into orbit Wednesday and headed for the International Space Station for an 12-day visit, the first by paying “space tourists” in more than a decade.
Look up! The moon is visiting bright Jupiter in the night sky
The moon has already visited Venus and Saturn in the night sky over the past few days, and tonight (Dec. 8) Earth's natural satellite will sidle up next to Jupiter.
High winds delay Blue Origin launch until weekend
Blue Origin’s mission patch for the NS-19 spaceflight. Credit: Blue Origin
A forecast of high winds at Blue Origin’s launch site in West Texas has prompted the company to delay its first suborbital space shot with a full complement of six passengers from Thursday to Saturday.
SpaceX will launch a new X-ray space telescope for NASA Thursday. Here's how to watch live.
SpaceX will launch a new space observatory for NASA overnight and you can watch the action live online.
Will Smith explores planet Earth in new 'Welcome to Earth' series from Disney Plus, Nat Geo (exclusive clip)
Today (Dec. 8), National Geographic's new series "Welcome to Earth" drops on Disney Plus, showcasing Academy Award-nominated actor Will Smith in his latest role: explorer.
Hasbro unveils Star Wars The Black Series figures ahead of The Book of Boba Fett's release
The Book of Boba Fett hits Disney Plus on December 29, but you'll have to wait until next year for these tie-in Black Series figures.
Record-breaking alien planet spotted circling massive, superhot star duo (photo)
An exoplanet 11 times more massive than Jupiter resides in b Centauri, a young binary star system about 325 light-years from Earth, a new study reports.
Canon RF 24-240mm f4-6.3 IS USM review
We tested out the Canon RF 24-240mm f4-6.3 lens for this hands-on review.
