BepiColombo separates from transfer module, begins Mercury arrival phase
ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo shed its transfer module and began final approach to Mercury, orbit insertion set for November 21.
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SpaceX launches NASA's $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched NASA's flagship Roman Space Telescope on Aug. 30, nine months ahead of schedule.
ispace-Europe wins ESA's 65 million euro MAGPIE lunar rover contract
ESA awarded ispace-Europe a 65 million euro Phase 2 contract to build and deliver its MAGPIE rover to the Moon's south pole.
AeroVironment wins NASA contract to build three Mars helicopters for SkyFall
AeroVironment will co-design and build three autonomous helicopters for NASA's SkyFall mission to Mars, targeting a November 2028 launch.
China postpones Chang'e-7 launch to moon's south pole
China's ice-hunting lunar lander missed its launch window this year, with no confirmed new date.
JAXA schedules MMX Mars-moon sample-return launch for October 20
JAXA set an October 20 launch date for its Martian Moons eXploration sample-return mission aboard H3 flight F10.
Firefly books Zeno Power radioisotope heater for 2028 lunar night demo
Firefly will fly Zeno Power's radioisotope heater unit on a Blue Ghost mission to test surviving the 14-day lunar night.
ispace switches to Japan's H3 rocket for 2028 lunar lander mission
ispace and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries signed a launch contract putting ispace's next lunar lander on Japan's domestic H3 rocket in 2028.
Advanced Space wins NASA contract to build CAPSTONE 02 cislunar mission
NASA picked Advanced Space to fly CAPSTONE 02, twin cislunar satellites testing autonomous rendezvous ahead of a 2027 launch.
NASA prices nuclear-powered Mars mission SR-1 Freedom at $2.1 billion
NASA budgeted its first fission-powered Mars spacecraft, SR-1 Freedom, at $2.1 billion for a late-2028 launch.
MDA Space UK selected by OHB to supply lunar landing sensors for ESA's Argonaut
MDA Space UK will supply LEIA LiDAR sensors for the hazard-detection system on ESA's Argonaut lunar lander, per an interim OHB contract.
ESA books Ariane 6 to launch Henon deep-space CubeSat
ESA signed a launch contract flying its Henon CubeSat as a secondary payload on Ariane 6 alongside the Plato telescope.
Draper and NASA terminate CLPS lunar lander task order after delays
NASA and Draper mutually ended the CP-12 lunar lander task order after years of schedule slips, ispace-U.S. said.
NASA moves SunRISE mission from ULA Vulcan to SpaceX Falcon Heavy
NASA's SunRISE solar radio mission will now launch on a Falcon Heavy rideshare instead of a Vulcan Centaur.
China's Tianwen-2 probe reaches asteroid Kamo'oalewa, sends first images
Tianwen-2 closed to 20km of Kamo'oalewa and sent its first photos, revealing a smaller asteroid than expected.
JAXA's Hayabusa2 makes closest-ever asteroid flyby, first laser ranging
Hayabusa2 passed 744 meters from asteroid Torifune's center, the closest Solar System flyby on record, laser-ranging it during the pass.
ESA contracts EMXYS to build asteroid-landing CubeSat for Ramses mission
ESA contracted Spain's EMXYS to build Don Quijote, the first CubeSat designed to land on an asteroid, for its Ramses mission.