Space

By Irene Klotz
With three expected bidders and three planned awards, everyone wins at whatever the price.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Space Systems Command’s Victus Nox rapid launch demonstration has entered its “hot standby phase.”
Space

By Mark Carreau
The launch will take place aboard the next SpaceX commercial resupply mission.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Advanced Space has won a new Space Debris Identification and Tracking (Sintra) contract.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
LeoStella and Hera Systems have formed a strategic manufacturing partnership and put forward a proposal for the U.S. Space Development Agency.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The SpaceX Dragon Endurance docked to the space-facing port of the ISS U.S. segment's Harmony module at 9:16 a.m. EDT.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Endurance lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Aug. 26 at 3:27 a.m., EDT.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The 2.5-m-long Mira-Light demonstrator is intended to “fine-tune” the flight control systems for the follow-on, aerospike-powered Mira demonstrator.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is asking for ideas to prototype and demonstrate a space system that can launch within 24 hr. of notice.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Designated Progress 85 by NASA, the Russian space freighter MS-24 linked to the aft port of the ISS Russian segment's Zvezda service module at 11:45 p.m. EDT.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The U.S. Justice Department claims SpaceX routinely denied jobs to non-U.S. citizens legally entitled to work in the country.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Rocket Lab took another step toward reusing its Electron small-satellite launch vehicles by flying a recovered engine for the first time.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Thrusters on the International Space Station Russian segment’s Zvezda service module were commanded to fire for an orbital debris avoidance maneuver.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The first and second stages of the Collima-1 rocket performed normally, but the “emergency blasting system” malfunctioned.
Space

By Irene Klotz
India trumped a Russian effort to conduct the first in situ science experiments in a water-bearing region of the Moon.
Space

By Matthew Fulco
UK-based defense contractor paid a premium for the Ball business with an eye on the fast-growing space systems segment.
Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
With their six-month, four-person SpaceX Crew-6 mission to the ISS drawing to a close, two of the U.S. flyers praised their NASA crewmate Frank Rubio.
Space

By Garrett Reim
ClearSpace says a leftover payload adapter floating in Earth’s orbit, that it planned to remove from space, has been hit by another piece of junk.
Space

Apurva Mahajan
India made history on Aug. 23 by becoming the first country to land a spacecraft near the lunar south pole.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s Progress MS-24 resupply mission was on course to reach the seven-person International Space Station late Aug. 24.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Preparations continue for the planned Aug. 25 launch of NASA’s Crew-7’s three astronauts and a cosmonaut to the International Space Station.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have been contracted to deliver T2TL Beta satellite variants for the Space Development Agency.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission is a joint effort by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, NASA and the European Space Agency.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s Progress MS-22 resupply mission capsule has departed the International Space Station filled with trash.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Saudi Arabian investor Aljazira Capital is supporting Axiom Space as the company works to develop a future commercial space station.
Commercial Space