SpaceX sent a space tug aloft along with another big batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Sunday night (Sept. 4) — and landed a rocket on a ship at sea as well.

Firefly Aerospace is entering the space tug market with three new offerings: Elytra Dawn, Elytra Dusk, and Elytra Dark. There's just one problem: Northrop Grumman and Rocket Lab already have space ...

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NASA is looking to develop a space tug to help deorbit the International Space Station in coming years, with the White House budget request allocating $180 million for the spacecraft.

NASA recently kicked off its search for design proposals for $1 billion space-tug. The planned spacecraft will help take the aging International Space Station out of orbit years from now.

Blue Origin also seeks to develop a space tug as part of its ESPA ring, allowing ride-along satellites to reach different orbits than the rocket's primary payload. Such "orbital transfer vehicle ...

Then, in 2030, NASA will use a “space tug” to help bring the ISS down to Earth, where it will crash into the Pacific Ocean, resting at the bottom of the sea. It’s an intriguing plan that ...

Quantum Space has released new details about its Ranger space tug, an in-development orbital transfer vehicle designed to carry spacecraft to geostationary orbit and destinations deeper in space.

It has the makings of a next-generation space tug, boasting “end-to-end services that span hosting, transportation, refueling, data relay, and logistics,” highlighted by a unique “in-space ...

NASA is seeking help to build a space tug that will be deployed to safely deorbit the International Space Station at the end of its life in 2031.

Momentus’s Vigoride-3 deployed four additional satellites to low Earth orbit in July as the company works through anomalies discovered shortly after launching the space tug in May.