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Volodymyr Usov's goal has been to open Ukraine's industry to the world. He still has hope for its future.

Ukraine's proud space industry faces obliteration, but country's former space chief has hope for the future

By Tereza Pultarova published

Ukraine has a mighty space industry whose Zenit rocket is Elon Musk's favorite. But the country's potential might soon lie in ruins together with its dreams as Russia continues its bloody siege.

A Russian Soyuz rocket topped with 36 OneWeb internet satellites is scheduled to launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 4, 2022. But Russia has imposed new demands on OneWeb and the UK government, calling the launch into question.

Russia refuses to launch UK's OneWeb satellites unless demands are met

By Chelsea Gohd published

Roscosmos will not launch three dozen OneWeb internet satellites as planned on Friday (March 4) unless the company meets new demands.

The Comet-probing Rosetta spacecraft will reach Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014, after a total of three Earth swing-bys and one Mars swing-by.

On This Day in Space! March 2, 2004: Rosetta spacecraft launches to Comet 67P

By Hanneke Weitering published

On March 2, 2004, the European Space Agency launched the Rosetta mission to study Comet 67P. See how it happened in our On This Day In Space video series.

Technicians work on a Russian Soyuz rocket at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. This Soyuz is scheduled to launch 36 internet satellites for the company OneWeb on March 4, 2022.

Russian rocket to launch OneWeb satellites Friday despite Ukraine invasion

By Mike Wall published

Three dozen private broadband satellites are scheduled to launch atop a Russian rocket on Friday (March 4), and not everyone is happy about the situation.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 50 Starlink internet satellites launches from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Feb. 25, 2022.

SpaceX promises sustainability and safety for Starlink constellation

By Elizabeth Howell published

Amid concern from NASA, SpaceX says it has "significant resources" to exceed best practices with Starlink.

Omega, famous for making the first watch worn on the moon, is now lending its time keeping skills to Privateer's efforts to track every object and piece of debris in Earth orbit.

Famous for its moonwatch, Omega lends time to Privateer space debris track

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

For over 50 years, Omega has helped astronauts keep track of time as they traveled in space and walked on the moon. Now the watchmaker is lending its time to tracking all of the items in Earth orbit.

NASA has picked SpaceX's Starship spacecraft, seen here in an artist's depiction, to land Artemis astronauts on the moon.

NASA's 1st Artemis moon landing will likely slip another year to 2026

By Elizabeth Howell published

The spacesuits and Human Landing System can't be ready before then, NASA's Inspector General told lawmakers.

There's a lot going in space this year. Check out our up-to-date space launch schedule and calendar here!

Space calendar 2022: Rocket launches, sky events, missions & more!

By Hanneke Weitering published

Here's a guide to all the rocket launches and astronomical events in 2022, as well as milestones for space missions, anniversaries and conferences.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches NOAA's GOES-T satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on March 1, 2022.

Powerful GOES-T satellite launches to eye Earth's weather, climate

By Elizabeth Howell published

Scientists will soon have a powerful new set of eyes in the sky to study Earth's weather and climate.

A Maxar satellite image shows Russian airborne forces in Zdvyzhivka, Ukraine, on Feb. 28, 2022.

Ukrainian entrepreneur calls for faster, better satellite data to help fight Russian invasion

By Hanneke Weitering published

Earth observation companies have been sharing optical satellite imagery of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but radar data are what's needed most, Ukrainian entrepreneur Max Polyakov said.

The International Space Station is pictured through a window from on board a SpaceX Crew Dragon during a fly around of the orbiting complex in November 2021.

NASA works to maintain Russian cooperation in space while eyeing 'operational flexibility' for ISS

By Elizabeth Howell published

NASA is continuing to operate the International Space Station with Russia and other partners, but is weighing its options.

Mars missions have been launching for over 50 years but not every mission ends in success.

Mars missions: A brief history

By Elizabeth Howell, Vicky Stein published

Reference Mars missions have been launching for over 50 years. Humanity has sent orbiters, probes and landers to Mars but not every mission has been successful.

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A United Launch Alliance technician monitors the progress of NOAA's GOES-T weather satellite, enclosed in its payload fairing, as it is moved into the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to meet its Atlas V rocket on Feb. 17, 2022. The satellite will launch on March 1, 2022.

Atlas V rocket will launch powerful GOES-T weather satellite today. Here's how to watch live.

By Mike Wall published

The GOES-T weather satellite is scheduled to lift off today (March 1) during a two-hour window that opens at 4:38 p.m. EST (2138 GMT). Watch it live here.

The ground test model of the European ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover at a Mars yard in Turin, Italy, where it will help operators practice ahead of Rosalind Franklin's planned arrival on the Red Planet in 2023.

Europe's Mars rover will likely miss 2022 launch on Russian rocket due to Ukraine invasion sanctions

By Tereza Pultarova published

Europe's ExoMars rover is unlikely to launch in September as a result of sanctions rolled out by European countries in response to the Russian aggression in Ukraine.

A photo of the first commercial airline flight, a small, two-passenger plane flying over Tampa Bay.

The world's first commercial airline

By Tim Sharp published

The first scheduled passenger airline service flew from St. Petersburg to Tampa, FL in 1914.

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's vice prime minister and the country's minister of digital transformation, shared this photo on Feb. 28, 2022 of Starlink internet terminals arrived in Ukraine after Russia invaded.

SpaceX Starlink satellite internet terminals arrive in Ukraine

By Chelsea Gohd published

Elon Musk is delivering on his public promise to bring SpaceX Starlink terminals to Ukraine.

This BlackSky satellite image, collected over Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 28, 2022 at 12:22 local time (UTC+2), shows an Epicentr K home improvement warehouse ablaze with scorched fields a few hundred meters east following shelling in the area.

Russian attack sets Ukrainian home-improvement store ablaze (satellite photo)

By Mike Wall published

A BlackSky satellite snapped a shot today (Feb. 28) of an Epicentr K — a big home-improvement store similar to Home Depot — ablaze in the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv following Russian shelling.

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket lifts off on the first mission from the company's Pad B in New Zealand on Feb. 28, 2022, carrying an Earth-observation satellite to orbit for Japanese company Synspective.

Rocket Lab launches Earth-observation satellite in 1st mission from new pad

By Mike Wall published

Rocket Lab lofted a private Earth-observation satellite today (Feb. 28) from the newly finished second pad at its Launch Complex 1, on New Zealand's North Island.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity captured this shot of its shadow during its 20th Martian flight, on Feb. 25, 2022.

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity helicopter aces 20th flight on Red Planet

By Mike Wall published

On Friday (Feb. 25), Ingenuity notched yet another milestone, this one of the round-number variety — its 20th Martian sortie.

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule for the Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station arrives at the hangar at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida on Oct. 24, 2021. 

SpaceX hints at replacing Russian space station services

By Chelsea Gohd published

Could SpaceX replace Russia in space?