Blue Origin accelerates LC-36 recovery via hybrid plan
Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of June 21-27, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session this week. During the Week Three hearings/markups on Capitol Hill top the list this week: House Appropriations marks up the defense bill; Senate Appropriations marks…
Introduction: In this article, I’ll delve into the remarkable significance of the Hubble Space Telescope in the annals of space history. Launched on April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope stands as an iconic symbol of humanity’s insatiable curiosity and unyielding quest for knowledge beyond our terrestrial realm. With its unparalleled vantage point above…
Pegasus XL set to air launch Swift Boost Mission to save NASA space telescope – NASASpaceFlight.com We use cookies to ensure that we…
The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced the winners of The Princess Royal Silver Medal, one of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s most prestigious individual awards. Professor Robert Thomson FREng, Professor of Photonics at Heriot-Watt University, is receiving one of three 2026 awards for inventing the integrated photonic lantern. This lantern is a tool for…
The theory of panspermia proposes that life, or the ingredients needed for it, can spread throughout the cosmos aboard asteroids, comets, and other rocky objects. When life develops on a planet, powerful impacts can blast material from its surface into space, potentially carrying microscopic organisms or organic compounds to other worlds. Scientists have long debated…
Astronomers have identified two of the fluffiest giant planets ever discovered, with densities so low they are actually less dense than cotton candy. The rare pair of “super-puff” planets was found by an international team led by the University of Oxford, working with Université Côte d’Azur/Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur and the University of Birmingham….