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22 Apr 2026
- Trump picks industry executive Roger Mason to lead National Reconnaissance Office
- FCC clears AST SpaceMobile constellation as launch setback clouds ramp-up
- Space Force awards contracts to Leidos, MapLarge for ‘battle planning’ software
- NASA sets early September launch date for Roman Space Telescope
- Commerce Department budget proposal would halt work on TraCSS
- China backs orbital data center startup with $8.4 billion in credit lines
- You want your Moon landings in HD? So does NASA—here’s how it’s happening.
21 Apr 2026
- Pentagon details funding strategy behind Trump’s proposed $1.45 trillion defense budget
- NordSpace nets Canadian defense funding for VLEO satellite development
- Falcon 9 launches final GPS 3 satellite into orbit for U.S. Space Force
- SpaceX launches final GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force
- What’s the deal with spacesuits for the Moon? Will they be ready in time?
20 Apr 2026
- Latvia joins the Artemis Accords
- Space Force sets up ‘cislunar coordination’ office to focus beyond Earth orbit
- China ramps up satellite production capacity amid constellation ambitions
- Blue Origin launches third New Glenn rocket, but payload ends up in wrong orbit
19 Apr 2026
- Third New Glenn launch suffers upper stage malfunction
- Rhea Space Activity raises $6 million to develop GPS-free spacecraft navigation
- Live Coverage: Third flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket to feature 1st reuse of booster
- Blue Origin’s rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure
18 Apr 2026
17 Apr 2026
- Shenzhou-21 astronauts complete third spacewalk, mission extended by a month
- Artemis 2 astronauts praise performance of Orion
- New EU Space Act draft seen as a step backward
- Qingzhou prototype cargo spacecraft completes rendezvous tests in orbit
- Countering missile threats ‘left of launch’
- Taiwan floats shared satcom constellation amid calls for more space collaboration
- Artemis II pilot talks about what it was really like to fly and land in Orion
- Rocket Report: Starship V3 test-fired; ESA’s tentative step toward crew launch
16 Apr 2026
- Boeing and its subsidiary Millennium Space team on new mid-size satellite
- All Points signs agreement to build payload processing facilities at KSC
- How space weather forecasting keeps astronauts (and satellites) safe
- NASA seeks commercial and exploration links for new Earth science missions
- Voyager to fly private astronaut mission to ISS
- Aethero developing Titan satellite to advance space-based data center ambitions
- PlanetiQ secures $15 million Air Force STRATFI contract
- Blue Origin hot fires its first previously flown booster, prepares for weekend launch
- As they got close to the Moon, Artemis II astronauts were eager to land
- The race to Shackleton Crater is on—will Jeff Bezos or China get there first?