Government/Military

The Vietnam National Satellite Centre (VNSC) has confirmed that its micro satellite, Pico Dragon, will be shipped to the International Space Station (ISS) in early August.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and the president of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Seung Jo Kim, met in Washington D.C. on July 29.

Findings of a recent report by the U.S. Air Force reveal that satellites and the entire U.S. space enterprise system are currently at risk from increased space debris, extreme weather and cyber attacks.

Inmarsat and Arianespace confirmed the successful launch of ESA’s Alphasat.

Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada Corporation are in competition to build the replacement Space Shuttle to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).

Space scientists at the University of Calgary have a principal role in the European Space Agency (ESA) Swarm mission, a triple-satellite mission created to better understand Earth’s magnetic field, including the weakening of our planet’s protective “shield” against cosmic radiation

A 200-year-old shipwreck has been discovered off the coast of Texas, where archeologists have launched a high-tech salvage operation

ORBCOMM announced that its globaltrak division has completed the shipment of its fuel monitoring system, which is designed to prevent theft of mission-critical fuel used by U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Armed with only a team of student volunteers and a workspace in his mother’s backyard, 28-year-old Chris Nsamba has set out to build and launch Uganda’s first space observer.

Astrium has recently signed a contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), the South Korean space agency.