Intuitive Machines has for a second time selected SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket for the launch of a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission lander to the Moon.
The U.S. Air Force selected the Army’s Redstone Arsenal facility over six locations in the final eight days of the tenure of President Donald Trump, who created the new organization as the new combatant command supported by the U.S. Space Force.
Japan has joined the space agencies of Canada and Europe in formally partnering with NASA in the development of a lunar-orbiting, human-tended Gateway.
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $1.6 billion contract modification for 12 KC-46A tanker aircraft and anticipates the work will wrap up in April 2023.
The allegations concerned five contracts with the Navy and two contracts with Special Operations Command to support UAS over an eight-year period ending in 2017.
A newly created “European launcher alliance” will gather the European Commission, the European Space Agency, EU member states and the launcher industry to work out a road map for future European launchers, the EC has announced.
As the system integrator for the intermediate-range OpFires missiles, Lockheed’s Missile and Fire Control division completed a preliminary design review during Phase 3a.
Retired Airbus CEO Thomas Enders has joined the board of Lilium, adding the weight of his reputation to the German startup’s ambitious plans to launch a regional air mobility service by 2025.
The UK’s defense equipment plans continue to be unaffordable, auditors have warned, with estimates suggesting a shortfall of up to more than £17 billion ($23.1 billion) over the next 10 years.
After a one-day weather delay, SpaceX’s upgraded Dragon resupply capsule departed the International Space Station early Jan. 12 for a first-ever commercial atmospheric re-entry and parachute descent off the Florida coast with a 4,400-lb. scientific and equipment return payload.
Archer said the agreement supports its vision of being a leader in the first wave of urban air mobility providers with the goal of beginning passenger services by 2024.
The first set of six new solar arrays for the International Space Station is being prepared for launch in May, setting the stage for a 20-30% jump in power generation for commercial and research activities aboard the orbital outpost.
Adverse weather Jan. 11 prompted SpaceX to delay the first-ever attempt by a NASA-contracted commercial International Space Station resupply mission to return to Earth for an Atlantic Ocean splashdown off Florida’s east coast with a 5,200-lb. cargo that includes science experiments.
The U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center is funding GA-EMS to develop another set of hypersonic projectiles fired from a railgun, along with the necessary guidance and control electronics.
NASA’s Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, or SPHEREx, space telescope has completed its Phase C preliminary design review, clearing the way for detailed design work as well as hardware and software development.
