A media briefing was conducted recently to discuss the upcoming 14th operational launch of the Galileo satellite navigation program. This event is particularly significant as it is set to see two new Galileo satellites take to the skies. The launch is scheduled for December 17 and will take place aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from […]

The week beginning December 8 is set to be a bustling period in space exploration, with multiple rocket launches planned from various providers worldwide. China will see a flurry of activity with at least six launches slated from four different spaceports. In addition, Russia is preparing for two forthcoming missions, launching once from Plesetsk and […]

A new radar image from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite showcases the breathtaking Badain Jaran Desert, located in northwestern China. Spanning approximately 49,000 square kilometers, this desert ranks as the third largest in the country and is part of the expansive Gobi Desert, situated on the Alxa Plateau at an elevation of around 1,200 meters. The […]

SpaceX has secured environmental clearance to proceed with the construction of its Starship launch facility at Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex-37 (SLC-37). This approval follows the completion of a Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which revealed limited changes from the initial draft but provided significant details about the project’s scope, including information on the planned […]

In November 2025, the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) conducted a series of observations of the comet 3I/ATLAS using five of its scientific instruments. This mission aimed to gather crucial data on the comet’s activities and composition. Aside from the scientific tools, Juice also captured an image of the comet with its […]

Entrepreneur and astronaut Jared Isaacman made a compelling case before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday, urging lawmakers to expedite his nomination as the next administrator of NASA. This was Isaacman’s second appearance before the committee this year, following an earlier nomination process that faltered last summer due to bureaucratic […]

Chinese commercial launch company LandSpace marked a significant achievement with the inaugural flight of its Zhuque-3 rocket, designed to be reusable and powered by methalox fuel. This vehicle, which stands approximately 66 meters tall, is comparable in scale to SpaceX’s Falcon 9. While LandSpace reported successful orbital insertion, the rocket’s first-stage booster fell short of […]

The European Space Agency’s EarthCARE satellite is now actively assessing how clouds and aerosols affect Earth’s energy balance, a critical element in understanding climate dynamics. This mission, which launched in May 2024 in collaboration with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), is expected to improve the precision of climate models that inform global climate policies […]

On December 2, 1995, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), a collaborative mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA, was launched into space with the ambition of conducting a two-year exploration of the Sun. Fast forward 30 years, and this unassuming spacecraft, stationed 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, has become a powerhouse of […]

As the first week of December unfolds, space enthusiasts can look forward to an exciting lineup of 10 orbital launches from six different companies across four continents. Leading the charge is SpaceX, which is set to conduct five separate missions to deploy its Starlink satellites from launch sites in California and Florida. On the international […]