NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s primary mirror passes its final check, heading for launch on August 30, 2026.

Eight segments have been shipped via train, and will help put four astronauts in orbit next year.

Amazon will fly its largest number of broadband satellites to date later this month on the first Ariane 6 launch to use upgraded boosters.

China launched its partially reusable Long March 12B rocket for the first time ever on Monday (June 1), sending it up without issuing airspace closure notices ahead of time.

A French maritime surveillance satellite is about to make history next week as the first foreign private spacecraft to hitch a ride on Japan’s new flagship rocket. Unseenlabs, a company based in Rennes,

Space Florida continues to hold things close to the vest with several ongoing projects as it tries to attract aerospace business to the state — but did reveal the company behind what they had dubbed “Project Manta” to be Seagate Space, for which the state agency will help fund an offshore launch platform.

Exploding rockets are nothing new in the launch business. Launch vehicles routinely blew up on the launch pad in the early years of the Space Age. The only rocket bigger than New Glenn to fail with a full load of fuel on or near its launch pad was the Soviet Union’s N1 rocket more than 50 years ago.

While SpaceX and Blue Origin deploy ships that operate as offshore landing platforms for rocket boosters, Seagate Space aims to launch rockets from sea.