The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is entering the final phase of commissioning prior to the start of science observations this summer, project scientists told reporters May 9. The telescope, which launched on Dec. 25, 2021, aboard an Arianespace Ariane V rocket, is designed to follow on and expand scientific observations made by the Hubble Space Telescope and other space observatories.

Blue Origin’s next flight of the New Shepard suborbital spacecraft will include its first repeat customer.

Momentus’ space tug demonstrator has arrived at Cape Canaveral for its inaugural launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission after its application for payload review won FAA approval.

NASA’s Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket will head back to its Kennedy Space Center launchpad in June for a second run at a Wet Dress Rehearsal as the agency strives to get the system’s first lunar test flight, Artemis I, underway by summer’s end.

Maritime Launch Services, which aims to establish Canada’s first indigenous space launch from Nova Scotia, and rocket manufacturing startup Reaction Dynamics of Quebec are partnering for a 2023 debut.

Virgin Galactic is slipping its forecasted start of revenue-generating commercial operations to the first quarter of 2023 instead of this year, executives announced May 5 while revealing the space tourism provider’s latest quarterly loss.

The CEO of Avio does not see any problem in the medium term regarding supply of the RD-843 engines that power its upgraded Vega C light launcher, despite their Ukrainian origin.

NASA’s Crew-3 SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida peninsula early May 6.