NASA

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Astroport Space Technologies, a startup developing a system of baking Moon dust into lunar roads and rocket pads, has partnered with Interflight Global Europe.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The point of the mission is to verify the oceans’ existence, investigate their properties and assess if there are environments where life may exist.
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 Garrett Reim
NASA has selected Aerospace Corp. to run the Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities.
Space

Aviation Week Network
Russia plans to send the Venera-D exploration mission to Venus without NASA participation, albeit with less ambitious scientific goals.
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 Guy Norris
As NASA closes in on releasing a request for proposals for a rover vehicle service on the Moon, Leidos has unveiled a prototype Lunar Terrain Vehicle.
Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX will try again on April 20 to send a Starship spacecraft into a 90-min. flight test around the Earth.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Quiet electric propulsion startup Whisper Aero has received Series A funding that will allow launch production of its electric ducted fan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Launched on June 28, 2022, the Capstone small satellite on Nov. 13 became the first spacecraft to enter a Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit.
Space

By Michael Bruno
AE Industrial Partners, a private equity investment firm in the aerospace and defense sector, has unveiled a partnership with Space Florida.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The IRB is chaired by Orlando Figueroa, retired deputy center director for science and technology at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
ShowNews

By Mark Carreau
The blower mechanism was delivered in November aboard Northrop Grumman’s 18th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission to the ISS.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA will soon choose four volunteers to enter its new Mars Dune Alpha, an elaborate simulated red planet habitat.
Space

By Mark Carreau
In addition to the prize money, competitors and their proposals will also receive attention from potential external funding sources and investors.
Space

By Ben Goldstein
As part of the collaboration, NASA will provide lessons learned from research conducted into urban air mobility at its Langley Research Center.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Guy Norris
The delayed program is set to provide a wealth of data to industry and regulators as NASA gears up for its long-anticipated first flight.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
Each is to receive up to $600,000 over two years under 2023 Phase II NIAC grants.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Ultralight paint; silent propulsion; anti-icing drone props; and aircraft electrification startup.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
Built by Ball Aerospace and integrated with Intelsat’s 40E communications satellite, TEMPO is to provide hourly monitoring of pollutants.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The relocation freed the Poisk module’s airlock for a series of upcoming spacewalks, while vacating the docking port for a Russian Progress resupply spacecraft.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The next flight in NASA’s Artemis program will test how Orion’s life support systems operate under pressure.
Space

By Mark Carreau
TEMPO and the Intelsat 40E communications satellite are planned for launch from Cape Canaveral.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The chief objective of NASA’s Artemis II mission is to do something that NASA’s Artemis I mission conducted late last year was not equipped to address.
Space