CAS Space conducts first suborbital launch and capsule landing test Chinese commercial firm CAS Space launched its first Lihong-1 suborbital flight and recovery test mission, seeing a successful parachute descent of the capsule.

Depending on the timing, NASA could launch a fresh crew to the space station while four other astronauts are flying around the moon.

ISRO has begun a countdown for its first launch of the year. A PSLV rocket will carry an earth observation satellite and fourteen other satellites into orbit. The launch is scheduled for January 12th.

The KID capsule, developed by Spanish startup Orbital Paradigm, survived the failed PSLV-C62 mission and successfully transmitted data. While ISRO has not confirmed this claim, Orbital Paradigm reported the capsule separated from the rocket and functioned as intended,

ISRO's new mission, aboard PSLV is expected to lift off on January 12, 2026, at 10:17 am, from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

A Spanish startup, Orbital Paradigm, claims its Kestrel Initial Technology Demonstrator (KID) capsule survived the failed PSLV-C62 mission, separating and transmitting data. While ISRO has not confirmed this,

ISRO’s last PSLV launch, May 2025’s PSLV-C61 / EOS-09, also failed after problems with its third stage. India promotes itself as a proven source of cost-effective commercial launch capabilities, and a rising power in space.

SpaceX, Elon Musk's rocket company, launched the first recycled rocket with a recycled capsule Friday in Florida to deliver groceries to the International Space Station for NASA, CNBC reported. It was NASA's first use of a reused rocket and it holds nearly ...

A Spanish startup, Orbital Paradigm, claims its payload, KID, survived the failed PSLV-C62 mission and transmitted data, despite ISRO's silence on the matter. The mission, carrying 16 satellites, failed due to issues in the rocket's third stage.