The U.S. Space Force landed the Boeing-built X-37B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 12, completing a 908-day mission that set a new record for endurance. 

CAPE CANAVERAL—Post-hurricane inspections and analysis of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule, which rode out a Category 1 storm at the launchpad, show no impediments toward picking up the two-day countdown for launch as planned on Nov. 14, NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free said on Nov. 11.

The Space Force has paid attention to how SDA is preparing for its biggest threat—cyber attacks—and is following suit, according to SDA's director.

Inspections are underway of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, which rode out a Category I hurricane at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B, with launch on the Artemis I flight test still targeted for Nov. 16.

In a joint technology demonstration, United Launch Alliance and NASA tested a 20-ft.-dia. inflatable heat shield that is intended to pave the way for a future rocket engine recovery system for ULA and a system for NASA to land heavy, human-class missions on Mars, among other uses.

Advanced Space LLC will demonstrate a spacecraft at a location about 200,000 mi. from Earth that can monitor other objects in the cislunar region, the Air Force Research Laboratory announced on Nov 10.

Despite the malfunction of a solar array, the freighter still carried out the required rendezvous maneuvers within the power constraints.

Astra Space on Nov. 8 announced layoffs of 16% of its workforce and $119 million in write-downs of assets as the struggling rocket startup seeks a “financial runway” into 2024 amid a major business plan change.