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By Garrett Reim
Ispace is making the final preparations for its Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar landing attempt on April 25.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Maxar is seeing interest in its Maxar 300, a smaller spacecraft drawn from a bus it is making for L3Harris’ Space Development Agency offering.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Bilateral business groups from the United Arab Emirates and India, Israel and the U.S. have joined forces to support a new economic partnership.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
With five Super Heavy boosters and eight Starships in production, SpaceX ramps up flight test program.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has awarded Space & Technology Solutions a potential $719 million contract for the support of work on the agency’s Joint Polar Satellite System.
Space

By Guy Norris
Relativity Space is focusing on a rapid test series for its liquid oxygen/methane (LOx/CH4) Aeon R rocket engine.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
NASA has selected Aerospace Corp. to run the Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman says he is starting to define how its personnel will turn satellite data into actionable targeting information.
Defense

By Garrett Reim
Space Forge of the UK, a startup developing a spacecraft for manufacturing goods in space and delivering them to Earth, plans to launch U.S. manufacturing.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Brian Everstine
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has an unlikely message to Congress: Give up some of your authority.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
The Pentagon is beginning an effort to link commercial space innovations with U.S. military needs, to speed their entry into government use.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris, Joe Anselmo
The leader of bankrupt space company Virgin Orbit says it is seeing active interest from a “diverse group” of potential buyers.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Russian cosmonauts conducted a nearly 8-hr. spacewalk outside the International Space Station in which they moved an almost 1,100-lb. radiator.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The NRO and Space Force will launch the SilentBarker satellite later this year.
Space

By Garrett Reim
U.S. Space Systems Command is closely watching SpaceX’s launch test of the fully reusable Starship/ Super Heavy launch vehicle, planned for April 20.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The NRO has been experimenting with components of systems that could contribute to a ground-moving target indication mission from orbit.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
LightRidge Solutions, a private equity portfolio, is building space-based assets that offer protection designed to protect against on-orbit attacks.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
The National Reconnaissance Office wants new technologies and processing for electro-optical imaging.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Irene Klotz
The U.S. Space Force’s upcoming competition for national security space launch service will be open to novel heavy- and superheavy new boosters.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
The first Dream Chaser, DC-101 Tenacity, is set to launch on the second flight of the Vulcan Centaur.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Space Command says it is on track to reach full operational capability by year's end, although its biggest hurdle has yet to be cleared.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA gives "marching orders" to international and commercial partners interested in joining U.S. efforts to expand human activities beyond low Earth orbit.
Space

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman says its Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellite constellation network has passed a critical design review.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Amazon Web Services has selected 14 startups to participate in its 2023 Space Accelerator course.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. military says it has tracked more than 11,000 missile launches during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Space