SpaceWERX awarded startup ThinkOrbital a Small Business Technology Transfer contract to study how the company’s autonomous robotic arm assembly and electron beam welding system might be used for in-space service assembly and manufacturing.
Intuitive Machines LLC and Inflection Point Acquisition Corp., a New York-based special purpose acquisition company, announced a merger agreement Sept. 16.
NASA has extended its cooperative agreement with the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space for management of research aboard the U.S. National Laboratory portion of the International Space Station through 2027.
Scientists are increasingly grateful for the surprises that NASA’s Perseverance rover has discovered at Jezero Crater on Mars and the prospect that samples can determine whether they supported long-ago biological activity.
The FAA has awarded Raytheon Intelligence & Space an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with a ceiling of $375 million over 10 years to upgrade the Wide Area Augmentation System space-based precision navigation system.
Masten Space Systems, a Mojave, California, pioneer of the modern era of new-space startups, has been sold and will combine with Astrobotic, another startup targeting a predicted lunar logistics marketplace.
Supply chain, radio and software delays as well as a contract protest contributed to a three-month delay in a planned launch of Space Development Agency satellites.
NASA is seeking proposals for the third and fourth agency-sponsored private astronaut missions to the International Space Station set for launches in late 2023 and 2024, a Sept. 14 solicitation notice says.
Gomspace and Aerospacelab, two manufacturers of nano and microsatellites, are taking steps to increase the proportion of standardized content in their products, aiming for higher quality and lower cost.
Flight control teams continue to address solar power and attitude control issues associated with the NASA-funded Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment.
Avio, the prime contractor in Europe’s Vega light launcher program, is working on an experimental launch vehicle using only a liquid oxygen-methane propellant.
Flight control teams continue to address solar power and attitude control issues associated with the NASA-funded Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment.
Mike Leinbach, the final NASA Space Shuttle Launch Director, shares his thoughts about the finicky fuel and how the Artemis team is managing with the Space Laun
A Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital booster failed 1 min. 4 sec. after liftoff on Sept. 12, triggering the automated ignition of the capsule’s emergency escape system and a successful parachute touchdown.
The NASA-funded Capstone small-satellite mission has entered safe mode as a planned trajectory correction maneuver was concluding, according to a space agency advisory.
As chair of the second meeting of the White House National Space Council, Vice President Kamala Harris has announced efforts to inspire and expand the country’s space workforce through a new STEM educational initiative.
Against a backdrop of tough geopolitical and economic issues, Director General Josef Aschbacher has to convince the agency’s 22 member states that those difficulties are precisely why they need to invest more into space.
Virgin Galactic is reviewing initial responses to RFPs for structural and systems components for the company’s planned new Delta-class spaceplanes as it looks ahead to serial production.
The FCC has recommended shortening the maximum period for post-mission disposal of low-Earth-orbit satellites to five years or less, down from 25 years, as concerns grow about space junk, traffic and collisions.
