China has intensified its race to build a homegrown satellite internet megaconstellation, successfully launching another batch of spacecraft for its ambitious Guowang broadband network early Wednesday.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a sweeping executive order that removes regulatory barriers for the private space industry, including scaling back environmental reviews and streamlining federal approvals for launches. The move — widely expected to benefit SpaceX and its founder Elon Musk — aims to “substantially” increase U.S. commercial space launch activity by 2030.

In a landmark moment for Britain’s space ambitions, Skyrora has become the first UK-based company to secure a license to launch rockets from within the country.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) marked a major milestone Tuesday night as its next-generation Vulcan rocket completed its first fully operational flight, lifting two military satellites into space in a mission sanctioned by the U.S. Space Force. The launch not only demonstrated Vulcan’s capabilities for high-stakes national security missions but also cemented its role as the eventual successor to ULA’s Atlas V and now-retired Delta rockets.

After four straight days of weather scrubs, technical hiccups, and nerve-grinding countdown halts, SpaceX finally turned frustration into triumph on Monday morning—successfully delivering 24 Amazon Kuiper satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

NASA’s Crew-10 mission ended its five-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) this morning with a smooth splashdown in the Pacific Ocean — the first time a NASA crew has landed off California’s coast.

For the fourth time in as many days, SpaceX has been forced to postpone its launch of 24 broadband satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, with poor weather again spoiling Sunday’s attempt from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The United States is fast-tracking efforts to deploy nuclear power systems on the Moon and Mars, with NASA aiming to launch its first reactor before the end of the decade. A newly disclosed agency directive — first reported by Politico and reviewed by AFP — outlines a six-month timeline to select two commercial designs, underscoring Washington’s urgency in staying ahead of a joint Chinese-Russian lunar power initiative.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has taken another decisive step toward launching the first in its second-generation series of MetOp (Meteorological Operational) satellites — advanced spacecraft designed to enhance global climate monitoring.

SpaceX has secured its first customer for an upcoming mission to Mars, with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) announcing plans to send scientific payloads aboard the company’s giant Starship rocket.

In a major stride toward its ambitious lunar goals, China has successfully carried out the first full-scale test of its Lanyue lunar landing module, designed to carry astronauts to the Moon’s surface and back as part of a crewed mission planned before the end of the decade.

Amazon is once again preparing to expand its ambitious Project Kuiper broadband satellite network, as the KF-02 mission readies for liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. However, the mission was delayed by at least one day after SpaceX postponed the launch to allow for “additional vehicle checkouts” prior to fuelling.