An uncrewed Russian Progress MS-16 resupply ship successfully docked with the International Space Station Feb. 17 at 1:27 a.m. EST, delivering 2.5 tons of various supplies.

Raytheon Technologies is registering concerns over Lockheed Martin’s proposed acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJR) due to continuing consolidation in rocket and missile propulsion providers, the chief executive of Raytheon told an analysts conference Feb. 17.

Axiom Space will speed the growth of its workforce and construction of the world’s first commercial space station with a $130 million infusion.

SpaceX delivered 60 more of its Starlink broadband satellites into orbit on Feb. 16 though it lost the first stage booster during a failed landing attempt, breaking its string of 24 successful touchdowns.

Russia successfully launched the Progress MS-16 cargo ship from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Feb. 14. 

NASA has assigned two of its astronauts to the SpaceX Crew Dragon-4 mission to the International Space Station, planned for a date yet to be set in 2022.

Two co-founders of Slingshot Aerospace, a startup that aimed to provide data analytics from airborne and space-based platforms, are swapping the CEO title while the company consolidates its business plan around its Slingshot Orbital space traffic control product.

If NASA hopes to mount a human expedition to Mars by 2039 using nuclear in-space propulsion, it must make significant decisions linked to the architecture and funding this year, according to an independent assessment requested by the agency.