Blaine Curcio is the leading Chinese space industry analyst, having been based in Greater China since 2011, and having been working in the space and satcom sector since 2010. He is founder of Hong ...

NASA’s mega-project of scooping up and transferring specimens of Mars to our planet is under intense scrutiny and has been put on pause. The plan, which never looked easy, called for a NASA ...

NASA is developing a plan to deorbit the International Space Station (ISS) at the end of its lifetime, currently scheduled for 2030. Since the 356-foot-wide laboratory is too big to completely ...

Work is underway on developing a literal “new entry” in deciphering the origin, evolution, and present state of Venus. NASA’s Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry ...

On Wednesday, Space industry figures from SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic reiterated calls for an extension to the “ learning period ” regarding the development of safety regulations ...

John is a Colorado-based science writer, astrophotographer, science outreach enthusiast, and creative technologist. He is the author of award-winning Hubble Star Cards and a few children's books.

The concept of lunar habitation holds profound implications for scientific exploration, resource utilization, and the expansion of human civilization beyond Earth. This month NewSpace Global has ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a new rule requiring launch providers to dispose of upper stages to limit orbital debris.

The SpaceX Starship sits on the Starbase launch pad in Boca Chica, Texas prior to its first test flight. Image credit: SpaceX. The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) acting administrator ...

Nautilus Space Observatory unit telescopes are launched in a compact configuration and deployed in orbit. An inflatable structure deploys the 8.5m-diameter diffractive lenses to the front of the ...

Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, was awarded an $18 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract ...

In less than a month, NASA is scheduled to embark upon a series of firsts: The first journey to an unknown metallic asteroid, Psyche. The first deep space use of Hall effect thrusters, a hyper ...