NASA is on track to complete work on its first Space Launch System rocket and roll the vehicle out to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B on Aug. 18 ahead of liftoff on the Artemis I flight test.

The acquisitions mean Slingshot will be able to offer satellite operators a better understanding of the growing number of objects on orbit and other threats.

NASA is updating requirements for future private astronaut missions to the International Space Station based on some lessons learned from the pioneering 17-day Axiom Space-1 mission to the orbital science lab flown in April.

The U.S. Space Force wants to know what the space domain awareness software tracking capabilities industry can provide as it looks to phase out multiple old systems at many operating locations that serve the SDA mission.

The first of two Blue Origin BE-4 engines earmarked for the debut flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket arrived at the manufacturer’s West Texas facility on July 31 for acceptance testing. 

The U.S. Space Force is set to complete its Space-Based Infrared System missile detection and missile warning constellation this week with the launch of GEO-6 set for Aug. 4.

The recent release of the first science imagery from the James Webb Space Telescope provided a spectacular hint of what is to come from the challenging space observatory—dramatic new imagery and scientific insight into the formation of the first stars and galaxies.

NASA’s Canadian, European and Japanese space agency partners are speaking enthusiastically about the potential for advances in science and technology during the remaining years of the International Space Station and plans by the U.S. agency to transition those activities to commercial successors.