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AI digital twins aim to protect astronaut mobility on deep space missions

AI digital twins aim to protect astronaut mobility on deep space missions

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 West Virginia University researchers are developing artificial intelligence tools to help astronauts maintain move...
Sidus Space advances LizzieSat-4 payload integration with Maris-Tech edge computing system

Sidus Space advances LizzieSat-4 payload integration with Maris-Tech edge computing system

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 Sidus Space Inc has reached a key integration milestone with Maris-Tech Ltd as the companies prepare to fly Maris-...
Northrop Grumman Boosters Set For First Crewed Lunar Voyage Of Artemis Era

Northrop Grumman Boosters Set For First Crewed Lunar Voyage Of Artemis Era

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 Two Northrop Grumman five segment solid rocket boosters are taking their place on the launch pad as NASA prepares ...
ESA member states back SWISSto12 HummingSat with fresh funding round

ESA member states back SWISSto12 HummingSat with fresh funding round

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Renens, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 SWISSto12 has secured 73 million euros in financial support from European Space Agency (ESA) member states th...
In-space manufacturing, quantum projects part of all-Boilermaker suborbital spaceflight

In-space manufacturing, quantum projects part of all-Boilermaker suborbital spaceflight

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jan 28, 2026 Purdue University is expanding the scientific footprint of 2027's all-Boilermaker suborbital flight mission wit...
Space Station study maps hurdles for microbial manufacturing in orbit

Space Station study maps hurdles for microbial manufacturing in orbit

SpaceDaily January 29, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2026 Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have completed a spaceflight biology experiment on the Internatio...
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 11,000th Starlink satellite to date on Thursday

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 11,000th Starlink satellite to date on Thursday

Spaceflight Now January 29, 2026
SpaceX currently has more than 9,500 Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit. Liftoff of the Starlink 17-19 mission from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space For...
NASA readies unique science experiments and tech demonstrations for Artemis II crew

NASA readies unique science experiments and tech demonstrations for Artemis II crew

NASASpaceflight January 28, 2026
Artemis II, the next mission in NASA’s Artemis program to explore the Moon, is scheduled… The post NASA readies unique science experiments and tec...
GAO flags risks in Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking satellite program

GAO flags risks in Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking satellite program

SpaceNews January 28, 2026
Congressional watchdog says SDA is overestimating technology readiness The post GAO flags risks in Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking sat...
Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected

Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected

NASA January 28, 2026
NASA’s Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the Moon, bringing the agency one step closer to sending the first astronauts to Mar...
China set for crewed lunar tests, record launches, moon mission and reusable rockets in 2026

China set for crewed lunar tests, record launches, moon mission and reusable rockets in 2026

SpaceNews January 28, 2026
China appears set to accelerate its launch rate this year while also conducting tests key to its crewed lunar ambitions and launching major missions....
NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities

NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities

SpaceDaily January 28, 2026
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2026 Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. NAS...
Terran Orbital to Deliver Nebula Bus for Mitsubishi Electric LEO Demo Mission

Terran Orbital to Deliver Nebula Bus for Mitsubishi Electric LEO Demo Mission

SpaceNews January 28, 2026
IRVINE, CA – January 28, 2026 – Terran Orbital proudly announces the Mitsubishi Electric LEO Demo Mission, a state-of-the-art project in collabor...
SpaceX launches GPS satellite for U.S. Space Force

SpaceX launches GPS satellite for U.S. Space Force

SpaceNews January 28, 2026
Mission marks third consecutive GPS launch reassigned from ULA to SpaceX The post SpaceX launches GPS satellite for U.S. Space Force appeared first o...
Exotrail and Astroscale France join forces to build deorbiting capability for LEO

Exotrail and Astroscale France join forces to build deorbiting capability for LEO

SpaceNews January 28, 2026
BRUSSELS — Exotrail, a French company specializing in multi-orbit satellite mobility and focused on LEO service vehicles, together with Astroscale ...
Watch live: Crew-12 news conference

Watch live: Crew-12 news conference

ESA January 28, 2026
Tune in on Friday, 30 January from 16:00 GMT/17:00 CET (11:00 EST) to watch the mission overview press conference, followed at 18:00 GMT/19:00...
EU launches government satcom program in sovereignty push

EU launches government satcom program in sovereignty push

SpaceNews January 28, 2026
BRUSSELS —  The European Union’s new government satellite communications program, GOVSATCOM, which pools capacity from eight already on-orbit ge...
NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities

NASA Testing Advances Space Nuclear Propulsion Capabilities

NASA January 27, 2026
Written by Daniel Boyette Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA has rea...
NASA Science Flights Venture to Improve Severe Winter Weather Warnings

NASA Science Flights Venture to Improve Severe Winter Weather Warnings

NASA January 27, 2026
A team of NASA scientists deployed on an international mission designed to better understand severe winter storms. The North American Upstream Feature...
EBAD PRM Payload Release Module Family Demonstrates Scalable, Low-Shock Separation Capability on Falcon 9 Twilight Rideshare Mission

EBAD PRM Payload Release Module Family Demonstrates Scalable, Low-Shock Separation Capability on Falcon 9 Twilight Rideshare Mission

SpaceNews January 27, 2026
SIMSBURY, Conn., January 26, 2026 – Ensign-Bickford Aerospace and Defense Company (EBAD) announced the successful flight and actuation of its Payloa...