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AFRL is looking to shore up its technical workforce and to partner with private companies, said Col. Jeremy Raley, head of the space vehicles directorate

Following the Artemis I launch scrub Monday from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency will hold a media briefing at approximately 1 p.m. EDT today, Monday, Aug. 29, to discuss mission status.

"I am very proud of this launch team."

Following the Artemis I launch scrub Monday from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency will hold a media briefing at approximately 1 p.m. EDT today, Monday, Aug. 29, to discuss mission status.

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NASA scrubbed the first attempt to launch its Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft Aug. 29 after a problem with a hydrogen bleed line with one of the rocket’s four core stage engines.

For the first time since 1972, a moon rocket was ready to launch on the first of three sequenced missions to return humanity to the lunar surface. This time to stay.

Actually, it was not time.

China’s main space contractor plans to revamp a highly successful, 30-year-old Long March rocket model to adapt to the trend towards reusability in the launch sector.

SpaceX has set a new record for the heaviest payload launched on a Falcon 9 rocket as part of a routine Starlink...

A launch vehicle in development for more than a decade is now less than a day from attempting to lift off for the first time on the Artemis 1 mission.

Spaceflight Now took an aerial tour around the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the days before the scheduled launch of NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket. These images captured by Walter Scriptunas II show the the powerful moon rocket on its launch pad, plus SpaceX’s ongoing work to ready the spaceport for the huge commercial Starship rocket.

Even using the most powerful rocket NASA’s ever built, getting the agency’s unpiloted Orion spacecraft to the moon for the Artemis 1 test flight won’t be easy. It will hinge on a complex series of precisely orchestrated deep space maneuvers.

Five decades after the final flight of NASA’s legendary Saturn 5 moon rocket, the U.S. space agency is poised to launch its most powerful rocket yet Monday for a critical, long-overdue test flight, sending an unpiloted Orion crew capsule on a 42-day voyage around the moon.

Starlink is now available in Norway, SpaceX announced today on Twitter. SpaceX also said that it adjusted the prices in most countries...

With recent grants from government agencies, Dawn Aerospace is refining its nitrous-based satellite propulsion technology.

NASA started the countdown Aug. 27 for its first attempt to launch its Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for an uncrewed flight around the moon.

The launch countdown for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Artemis I mission is underway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of a planned liftoff within a two-hour launch window that opens at 8:33 AM EDT (12:33 UTC) on Monday, August 29.

SpaceX launched another 54 Starlink internet satellites Saturday night from Cape Canaveral, setting a record for the heaviest payload ever launched by a Falcon 9 rocket. The launch occurred days after SpaceX and T-Mobile unveiled plans to use a new generation of Starlink spacecraft to provide ubiquitous connectivity to existing cell phones.

The F-22 Demonstration Team and Heritage Flight Team visited Starbase earlier today and flew by Starship. The demo team flies the United...

A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner, Brenden Carr, called out the FCC for denying Starlink’s $885.5 million infrastructure award. The FCC said...

Countdown clocks began ticking Saturday for the maiden launch of NASA new Space Launch System rocket Monday on a long-awaited mission to send an unpiloted Orion crew capsule around the moon and back.

A U.S. appeals court Aug. 26 upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s year-old decision to let SpaceX deploy more satellites at lower altitudes to improve the Starlink broadband constellation’s performance.

SLS is nearing its debut flight, with the Artemis I launch window opening this Monday at 16:33 UTC. But this launch is impactful beyond NASA and the United States. The European Service Module (ESM) will provide a wide range of services for Orion on its way to the moon, including propulsion and power. It is built by a large coalition of European partners, and the final assembly is done by Airbus Space and Defense in Bremen, Germany.

A U.S. appeals court upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) approval of a SpaceX plan to deploy some of its Starlink satellites...

Robots, scientists, citizens, and artists team up to explore the Cosmos in this week’s Downlink.

There are only so many hours of telescope time available to unlock the secrets of the Universe.

The first flight of the Space Launch System will carry along with the Orion spacecraft 10 cubesats intended to carry out missions from prospecting for lunar ice to flying by an asteroid — if they’re not dead on arrival.

"For the uncrewed demo, the goal is to have a safe landing."

China has performed its first repeated use of a suborbital spaceplane as part of efforts to develop a fully reusable space transportation system.

NASA will decide the future of a lunar smallsat orbiter mission at a review this fall after cost overruns by the spacecraft’s manufacturer.

SpaceX and NASA have settled on October 3rd for the company’s fifth operational astronaut launch, a mission that will also mark the...

"So it's really quite a difficult technical challenge."

With the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion currently at Launch Complex-39B and ready for the Artemis I launch to the moon from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), additional work is progressing at the Agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility for other Orion spacecraft.

California startup Turion Space said Aug. 24 it has secured U.S. regulatory approval to sell space situational awareness services from its first satellite next year.

The Orion crew module hatch was closed for flight Thursday morning after technicians at pad 39B completed final closeouts and outfitting inside the spacecraft before launch next week on the unpiloted Artemis 1 test flight around the moon.

The National Reconnaissance Office expects to select next month multiple providers of radio-frequency data collected by commercial satellites. RF data is used to track ships, vehicles or any devices that emit radio frequency signals.

Work on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle to correct minor problems during an uncrewed test flight in May will delay its first flight with astronauts to early 2023, NASA and Boeing said Aug. 25.

Students from Colorado and Indiana will have the opportunity next week to hear from NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren aboard the International Space Station.

The Federal Communications Commission denied Starlink nearly $900 million in rural broadband subsidies “without legal justification,” one of the regulator’s four commissioners said Aug. 24.

The rover found that Jezero Crater’s floor is made up of volcanic rocks that have interacted with water.

NASA has selected Guardians of Honor LLC of Washington to provide a wide range of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) products and services to the agency, including its Office of STEM Engagement.

NASA and Boeing and penciled a launch date in February for the first piloted test flight of the Starliner commercial crew capsule, allowing time to implement fixes on the spacecraft after an unpiloted demo to the International Space Station earlier this year.

Teams of United Launch Alliance (ULA) engineers and specialists will be stationed in Cape Canaveral and Denver to support the countdown and flight of the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) on the inaugural launch of NASA's Space Launch System...

The U.S. Army has signed an agreement to evaluate the use of space data from HawkEye 360, an Earth observation company that uses satellites to monitor radio-frequency signals emitted by electronic devices

SpaceX rolled a Falcon 9 rocket to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral and test-fired its engines Thursday, prepping for liftoff Saturday night carrying another group of Starlink internet satellites into orbit. The Falcon 9 booster has been repaired after a hard landing in December knocked it out of SpaceX’s rocket reuse rotation.

SpaceX has rolled a Falcon 9 rocket to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral for a test-firing ahead of a planned mission Saturday night carrying another group of Starlink internet satellites into orbit. A static fire test is planned for 9:10 a.m. EDT (1310 GMT) on Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Assuming the test is successful, the Falcon 9 rocket is set to lift off Saturday at 10:22 p.m. EDT (0222 GMT Sunday). The mission will be the final launch from Florida’s Space Coast before NASA is set to launch the Artemis 1 mission from the Kennedy Space Center — a few miles north of pad 40 — as soon as Monday morning. The Falcon 9 launch Saturday night will mark the 38th SpaceX mission of the year, and the 57th Falcon 9 flight primarily dedicated to deploying satellites for the Starlink internet network. SpaceX has launched more than 3,100 Starlink satellites to date, and Saturday’s flight is expected to add another 53 spacecraft to the fleet. SpaceX plans to