NASA ends its Lunar Flashlight missionThe CubeSat failed to enter the moon's orbit on its ice-finding operation.By S. Fielding, 05.15.2023
NASA's CAPSTONE satellite breaks from Earth's orbit and heads toward the MoonThe cubesat is critical to the first Artemis mission.By K. Holt, 07.04.2022
NASA takes a step towards putting humans back on the Moon with CAPSTONE launchIt's a 'pathfinder' that will help NASA's space station safely orbit the Moon.By S. Dent, 06.28.2022
Astra's cubesat launch for NASA ends in failureThe company's track record has been flawed so far.By J. Fingas, 02.10.2022
SpaceX is buying an Internet of Things smallsat companySwarm Technologies could have an edge in the smallsat race.By J. Fingas, 08.09.2021
Rocket Lab will launch its first Moon mission from New Zealand in late 2021CAPSTONE was originally due to launch much sooner in the US.By J. Fingas, 08.08.2021
Watch the first livestreamed Virgin Orbit rocket launch starting at 9:50AM ETIt's carrying seven satellites for three countries.By J. Fingas, 06.30.2021
SpaceX will launch a Dogecoin-funded Moon satelliteDOGE-1 lifts off in early 2022.By J. Fingas, 05.09.2021
SpaceX launches a record 143 satellites into orbitIt was also the company's first rideshare mission.By J. Fingas, 01.24.2021
Watch Rocket Lab launch a Canon satellite into space at 5:19PM ETIt's just the third Rocket Lab launch this year.By J. Fingas, 07.04.2020
Rocket Lab will launch a NASA cubesat to the MoonIt'll play an important role in NASA's Artemis program.By J. Fingas, 02.16.2020
Virgin Orbit plans to send cubesats to Mars as early as 2022It would be the first private company to reach the Red Planet.By C. Fisher, 10.09.2019
NASA's latest cubesat candidates include a solar sail testThey will launch as small payloads for launches scheduled in 2020, 2021 and 2022.By M. Moon, 03.17.2019
Researchers propose guiding large space telescopes with tiny satellitesIn the future, they could be used to stabilize telescopes studying exoplanets.By M. Locklear, 01.04.2019
Rocket Lab launches NASA's first dedicated cubesat missionIt's Rocket Lab's third orbital flight for the year.By J. Fingas, 12.16.2018
Watch NASA's InSight land on Mars tomorrow starting at 2PM ETIt's NASA's first touchdown on the planet since 2012.By J. Fingas, 11.25.2018
Rocket Lab completes its first commercial launchIt expanded the scope of private spaceflight.By J. Fingas, 11.11.2018
FCC accuses startup of launching satellites without permissionIt sees the tiny vehicles as potential hazards.By J. Fingas, 03.12.2018
A tiny NASA satellite mapped Earth’s atmospheric iceIceCube will help researchers study how cloud ice affects our climate.By M. Locklear, 02.05.2018