Aerojet Rocketdyne has agreed to pay a $37,008 fine to the U.S. government and worked to significantly change its hiring practices to include lawful permanent residents at U.S. sites.
The European Space Agency has selected two consortia to define an infrastructure to provide commercial communication and navigation services for lunar exploration.
Potential issues with the WhiteKnightTwo carrier jet for Virgin Galactic’s air-launched SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane have been resolved, clearing the way for the company to resume flight tests as early as May 22, pending weather and technical checks.
Bidders vying for a seat on Blue Origin’s first crewed suborbital spaceflight pushed the price to $2.6 million on May 19, the first day of a public online auction, with proceeds to benefit the company’s charitable foundation.
The Australian Department of Defense has confirmed that it will set up a space division under the ambit of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) by early 2022.
After a test run on the International Space Station, Orbit Fab plans to launch a free-flying fuel-depot demonstration mission in June to push development of satellite-refueling and in-orbit service technologies.
NASA’s Kayla Barron, a U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and nuclear engineer, will join three other U.S. and European astronauts aboard the SpaceX Crew-3 mission, which is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month tour of duty as soon as Oct. 23.
New technologies could effectively address the growing threat to operational spacecraft posed by orbital debris, according to Darren McKnight, senior technical fellow at Leo Labs.
A system designed to enhance the performance of the Ariane 6 but that has contributed to the launcher’s development delays has now completed qualification testing.
Just over a week after conducting the first successful high-altitude flight and landing of a full-scale Starship prototype, SpaceX has revealed details of how it intends to perform the first orbital test flight of the complete two-stage vehicle and Super Heavy booster.
The next two piloted flights to the International Space Station aboard Russian Soyuz MS spacecraft later this year will be carrying civilians—a film crew first, and later, tourists.
Arqit, a four-year-old British startup aiming to provide quantum encryption for communications, announced May 12 it will become a publicly traded company after a two-step merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC).
NASA’s Artemis initiative, poised to resume human exploration of the Moon and pave the way for expeditions to Mars, is already paying economic dividends across the U.S., those preparing for the Artemis I launch say.
The U.S. Space Force intends to establish a commercial solutions office at Space Systems Command to better leverage industry’s work in satellite communications and tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
The U.S. Space Force released three requests for prototype proposals to industry, laying the groundwork for a competition for the next set of national security space launches.
Rocket Lab is poised to conduct the first of two additional tests of Electron launch vehicles specially modified for reusability which, if successful, could pave the way for the first mid-air recovery of a booster for re-use as early as next year.
