Andrew Jones

Shenzhou 21, China's latest astronaut mission, made it to the Tiangong space station after a Friday (Oct. 31) launch from the Gobi Desert.

ArianeGroup's methane-fueled Prometheus engine and Themis demonstrator mark key steps toward a European reusable rocket program.

China unveiled the crew set to launch on the Shenzhou 21 mission to the Tiangong Space Station on Oct. 31, including the youngest member of its astronaut corps.

From viral shots of Tiangong to a new deal with Astroscale, HEO Robotics is pioneering satellite-to-satellite imagery in orbit and even plans to expand beyond Earth.

After a short-lived maiden flight in late July, Australia's Gilmour Space is rebuilding for a second orbital attempt and a stronger domestic launch ecosystem.

Vast's Haven-1 is poised to become the first privately built space station, marking a turning point in the post-International Space Station era.

CAS Space is preparing to launch its first liquid propellant rocket, the Kinetica 2, carrying a prototype cargo spacecraft — the latest sign of China's accelerating commercial launch sector.

As Beijing prepares to tackle space debris, transparency and trust will determine whether the effort is viewed as stewardship or a strategic threat.

The European Space Agency signed a cooperation deal with South Korea and advanced a rideshare mission with Japan, as the agency pushes for wider global partnerships.

ESA has signed a €40m contract with Avio to develop a reusable upper stage demonstrator, marking a step toward Europe's own Starship-like ambitions.

NASA has reported possible biosignatures in a Mars rock, but delays and funding woes cloud its sample return mission. Could China's Tianwen-3 step in and deliver samples from the site itself?

At a major space congress in Sydney, leaders from NASA, ESA, ISRO, CNSA, and more shared visions for humanity's return to the moon, journeys to Mars and the tech shaping the future of space.

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane gas on the dwarf planet Makemake, indicating that the distant body is a dynamic icy world.

The European Space Agency aims to develop an orbiter-lander mission that will sample the icy plumes of Saturn's icy ocean moon Enceladus and search for signs of life.

NASA's low-cost ESCAPADE mission will study how Mars loses its atmosphere using twin spacecraft built by Rocket Lab.

A trio of missions are on track to intercept and study the famous near-Earth asteroid Apophis during its close encounter with our planet in April 2029.

The 1,115-foot-wide (340 meters) asteroid Apophis will pass closer to Earth than many satellites fly in April 2029, giving scientists and stargazers a rare front-row seat.

Astronomers say that mysterious interstellar visitors like 'Oumuamua and 3I/ATLAS are the most common large bodies in the Milky Way — and our best chance to study other planetary systems.

"The country that lands on the moon first will shape the rules of engagement in space for decades to come."

Beijing's recent military parade unveiled new hypersonic and intercontinental missiles alongside stealth drones, highlighting China's expanding strike and defense capabilities

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will zoom past Mars in October 2025, and ESA's Mars orbiters will attempt to image and analyze the object during the encounter.

Magnetic fields can replace bulky centrifuges in space oxygen systems, making them lighter, more efficient and better suited for deep-space missions, a new study finds.

NASA's Psyche spacecraft, which is headed toward a big and bizarre metal asteroid, has delivered a stunning perspective of our home planet from deep space.

South Korea's K-RadCube satellite has arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of its launch toward the moon on the Artemis 2 mission next year.

Portugal's space ambitions grow as Atlantic Spaceport Consortium secures approval to operate the nation's first launch center in the mid-Atlantic