HyImpulse, Isar Aerospace, Latitude, Maia Space, Orbex, PLD Space, RFA and Skyrora are forming a new ecosystem in space launchers.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Last month Ed Stone retired as Voyager project scientist. The mission still needed a successor.

Plans by NASA and Boeing to launch the crewed test flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station will move from early February to April of 2023 as the agency works to deconflict visiting crew and resupply missions to the seven-person orbital laboratory as well as continue the verification of critical Starliner flight systems.

After a three-year hiatus, SpaceX’s heavy lifter is back in business.

Despite differences between nations, space exploration should remain a place for civil collaboration.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

NASA is assessing a private initiative to boost and service the flagship observatory.