A ULA Vulcan on the pad before its first—and, so far, only—launch of the year in February. (credit: ULA) By Jeff Foust, Published by The Space Review, 17 August 2026 Last month, Cambridge University researchers published a study hailing a breakthrough in access to orbit. Launch costs, they argued, were
The SpaceX rocket expected to smash into the moon is seen lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 15 January 2025. Photograph: Cristóbal Herrera/EPA By Associated Press, Published by The Guardian, 31 July 2026 Scientists and sky gazers will watch intently as rocket’s upper stage slams into lunar surface on
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket debris burns up over Ingersleben, Germany on Feb. 19, 2025. (Image credit: Bennett Theile) By Selam Gebrekidan, Published by the New York Times, 31 July 2026 Flaming chunks of metal crash into homes, farms and parking lots. Who’s to blame? And who pays for the damage?
SpaceX's first orbital Starship SN20 is stacked atop its massive Super Heavy Booster 4 at the company's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 29 July 2026 WASHINGTON — The
The Esrange Space Center lies among vast forests of pine and birch in the northernmost part of Sweden, 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Photograph: Mattias Forsberg/SSC By Thomas Novelly, Published by Defense One, 20 July 2026 The country sped up the launch due to the “severe security situation.”
Starlink satellites By Efosa Udinmwen, Published by Techradar, 18 July 2026 Ukrainian company prepares massive satellite constellation with global partners Ukraine’s Stetman prepares a 360-satellite network with SpaceX launch support New leadership keeps Ukraine’s ambitious satellite project moving forward The billion-euro constellation aims to strengthen Ukraine’s communication independence Ukrainian company
Iran’s Khayyam satellite, the countryÆs only high-resolution imaging satellite, took this image of the Vogtle nuclear power plant in US state of Georgia.[4] By Matthew Mowthorpe, Markos Trichas and Damian Terrill, Published by The Space Review, 13 July 2026 This article analyzes how Iran used access to both commercial satellite
Space X Falcon 9 launch, August 16, 2024. California, Vandenberg Spaceport. Freeze frame from NASA video By Leah Yananton, OjaiLetter to the Santa Barbara Independent, 7 July 2026 Community members packed into Ojai City Hall to hear the Mission Update about Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket launch increases at Vandenberg Space
