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Technological development and innovation are essential for the success of China’s space program, said a deputy to the ongoing first session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) on Tuesday. Sun Zezhou, also the chief designer of Chang’e-4 probe, reviewed China’s achievements in space exploration at a group interview before the second plenary meeting of…

Friday, Arianespace released its findings from its independent review commission’s investigation into December’s Vega-C failure, blaming a Ukrainian supplier. Now, it looks like Ukraine disagrees with the commission’s findings. Ukraine Space Agency rebukes the blame In a statement, the Ukrainian State Space Agency claimed that the commission seated by Arianespace and European Space Agency officials…

Japan’s first H3 rocket lifts off on an ill-fated test flight with the ALOS 3 Earth observation satellite. Credit: JAXA Japan’s first H3 rocket, designed to launch satellites and resupply space stations, fell back to Earth Monday (U.S. time) after its second stage engine failed to ignite five minutes into the new launcher’s inaugural test…

This week’s launches: March 6th JAXA H3 ALOS 3, 8:37 p.m. ET (Debut)  Launch Pad 2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan March 8th Relativity Terran 1 Good Luck Have Fun, 1:00 p.m. ET (Debut) SLC-16, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida March 9th SpaceX Falcon 9 OneWeb 17, 2:05 p.m. ET SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force…

A graphic for ESA’s Moonlight initiative, which involves expanding satellite navigation coverage and communications links to the Moon. An international collaboration is underway, according to ESA, as to which organization should be responsible for determining the time and its maintenance. Clocks work differently on the moon, ESA said. They run faster than Earth time, which…