The moon itself does not wax and wane as frequently as American public opinion on its space program. The Artemis 2 astronauts barely gulped their first taste of fresh Pacific air before a chorus of voices began criticizing the Artemis program as a waste of money for which the American people received little in return. […] The post In the wake of Artemis 2, America needs to consider the ‘why’ of its government space program appeared first on SpaceNews.
20/04/2026 15:00China is rapidly building a broad, diverse satellite manufacturing base capable of producing thousands of spacecraft annually, but faces bottlenecks in launch and uncertain demand. The post China ramps up satellite production capacity amid constellation ambitions appeared first on SpaceNews.
20/04/2026 11:14Vulcan would be allowed to fly lower-energy missions as investigation of solid rocket motors anomaly continues The post Space Force weighs Vulcan flights without solid boosters appeared first on SpaceNews.
19/04/2026 19:59Blue Origin’s New Glenn suffered a malfunction of its second stage on the rocket’s third flight April 19, stranding its payload in an “off-nominal” orbit. The post Third New Glenn launch suffers upper stage malfunction appeared first on SpaceNews.
19/04/2026 15:54Technology traces roots to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory The post Rhea Space Activity raises $6 million to develop GPS-free spacecraft navigation appeared first on SpaceNews.
19/04/2026 12:41In this episode of Space Minds, Mike Gruss talks with Col. Tim Trimailo on how the Space Force is working with industry. They discuss what the service wants to see […] The post The Space Force’s ‘commercial first’ strategy in action with Col. Tim Trimailo appeared first on SpaceNews.
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