APOD: 2026 August 22 – Mostly Perseids
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 22… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture…
NASA3w ago1 min read
Latest space news
731 stories gathered from primary sources, each with our own summary and a link straight to the original reporting.
Commercial Space
Chinese radio-frequency intelligence startup StarRF closes new funding round
HELSINKI — A Chinese startup building a constellation to detect and geolocate radio-frequency emissions from orbit has closed a funding round as…
SpaceNews3w ago1 min read
Rocket Launches
New Novaspace forecast: 6,500+ EO satellites to launch by 2035
Paris, France | August 2026– More than 6,500 Earth observation (EO) satellites are expected to launch by 2035, generating $155.9 billion in…
SpaceNews3w ago1 min read
SpaceX
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 100th orbital mission of 2026
The Starlink 15-20 mission represents the 99th Falcon 9 rocket launch of the year. Liftoff from pad 4 East is scheduled for 12:25 a.m. PDT (3:25 a.m.…
Spaceflight Now3w ago1 min read
SpaceX
Ship 41 Completes Engine Testing Ahead of Flight 14
While Ship 40 is preparing to be transported back to Starbase from Christmas Island, Ship… The post Ship 41 Completes Engine Testing Ahead of Flight…
NASASpaceflight3w ago1 min read
Astronomy
NASA Shares Views of August Solar Eclipse from Ground, Air, Space
On Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse darkened skies over Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. As the Moon covered the Sun, it briefly revealed the Sun’s wispy…
NASA3w ago1 min read
Rocket Launches
TB 26-04 Updates and Modernization of NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) Code
For more information, contact Mark K. Leader, Glenn Research Center, mark.leader@nasa.gov Download the PDF version NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with…
NASA3w ago1 min read
Astronomy
Webb Opens Treasure Chest
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured this Aug. 6, 2026, infrared image of part of the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region also home to the…
NASA3w ago1 min read
Astronauts
NASA’s Artemis II Crew Set to Receive Congressional Space Medal of Honor
President Donald J. Trump will award each of NASA’s Artemis II crew members the Congressional Space Medal of Honor at 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 28,…
NASA3w ago1 min read
Space Station
Watch Sophie Adenot’s second spacewalk live
After a successful EVA-97 on Tuesday 18 August, watch ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot venture into the vacuum of space for the second time on Tuesday 25…
ESA3w ago1 min read
The COSMOSIS framework can ensure that Washington governs space with its complexity in mind.
Policy documents from both the White House and the Office of Space Commerce this summer acknowledge that space is a complex system, as to which…
SpaceNews3w ago1 min read
China in Space
Landspace aims to refly recovered Zhuque-3 booster within six months
HELSINKI — Chinese commercial launch firm Landspace is targeting a reflight of its Zhuque-3 first stage in months, following its historic successful…
SpaceNews3w ago1 min read
Sentinel-1 captures major ice loss from Greenland glacier
Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has captured a dramatic change at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a 76 sq km section of the…
ESA3w ago1 min read
Europe’s Scorching Summer
A series of heat waves in 2026 is breaking records and taking a toll in Europe.
NASA3w ago1 min read
Commercial Space
White House Releases New Space Transportation Policy
The White House released a new space transportation policy today, the first since 2013. The new policy has a strong emphasis on government support…
SpacePolicyOnline.com3w ago1 min read
Rocket Launches
New space transportation policy focuses on increased launch rates
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…
SpaceNews3w ago1 min read
Space Station
Golden Dome chief touts progress as funding questions loom
Guetlein joins North Dakota senators in making the case for the missile defense program The post Golden Dome chief touts progress as funding…
SpaceNews3w ago1 min read
Space Policy
Elve qualifies millimeter-wave amplifiers for spaceflight
SAN FRANCISCO – California startup Elve has qualified its 100-watt millimeter-wave Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier platform for spaceflight. With U.S.…
SpaceNews3w ago1 min read
SpaceWERX selects 11 firms to scale technologies for military space
The new round of STRATFIs were awarded to Agile Space Industries, Antares Nuclear, EO Solutions, Hydrosat, Kall Morris, Method Security, Muon Space,…
SpaceNews3w ago1 min read
Rocket Launches
Europe cancels planned upgrades for Ariane 6 rocket
Arianespace hasn’t publicly disclosed the cost for an Ariane 6 launch.
Arstechnica3w ago1 min read
Satellites
SmallSat 2026
SmallSat 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth # 635, 835, 641, and 940) for Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Agenda below. MONDAY, AUGUST 24,…
NASA3w ago1 min read
What’s next for ISR in space
In this episode, SpaceNews correspondent Debra Werner leads a panel of experts to discuss the role of ISR in space and what comes next. This session…
SpaceNews3w ago1 min read
Rocket Launches
Rocket Lab launches 9th satellite for iQPS
Rocket Lab launched another satellite for Japanese radar-imaging company iQPS on Aug. 20. The post Rocket Lab launches 9th satellite for iQPS…
SpaceNews3w ago1 min read