They were custom made for each astronaut and sewn by expert seamstresses who learned to stitch multiple layers of synthetic ...

Europe is investing billions of euros in sovereign space infrastructure but industry leaders are warning that satellites alone will not be enough to secure long-term strategic autonomy. They argue ...

Researchers at the University of Manchester have developed a new way to design Earth-observation satellite missions that could help protect the space environment while continuing to deliver vital data ...

The Autumn 2025 issue of ROOM Space Journal has just been published, delivering another wide-ranging exploration of the ideas, technologies and policies shaping humanity’s future in space. On the ...

Captain James “Jim” Lovell, one of NASA’s most storied astronauts and commander of the ill-fated but heroic Apollo 13 mission, has died aged 97. A veteran of four spaceflights – Gemini 7, Gemini 12, ...

A European consortium led by Spanish mission and system integrator Deimos is collaborating to demonstrate the feasibility of developing an inflatable heatshield (IHS) for recovering rocket stages from ...

PLD Space and Exolaunch have announced a joint mission of expanding European access to commercial space opportunities after signing a Strategic Partnership Agreement to provide competitive and ...

The word ‘spaceport’ has been around for quite a while now, but the concept of a ‘spaceport industry’ is a more recent innovation, or should we say ‘aspiration’. After all, the word industry implies ...

Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with prime contractor Ball Aerospace to supply communications equipment for NASA’s NEO Surveyor ...

First of all, for those well-versed in ESA missions, this is not a book about the Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology (SMART). It is, in fact, a treatise on the right way to run a ...

Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan begins her story with her interview for NASA’s astronaut corps, a ninety minute grilling from “fourteen experienced space professionals” that put the 26-year-old on the road ...

UK space startup Raven Dynamics has won funding from Innovate UK to begin development of a system that aims to plug a hole in spacecraft reusability by creating bespoke recovery systems and preventing ...