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Virgin Galactic has officially entered regular commercial operations but the company has advised that these flights will generate only modest revenues in the near future.

Antares’ final mission was a 100 percent success as the rocket sent the Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. The...

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The New York-based startup, founded in 2018, has recently entered into a groundbreaking agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to jointly develop and test rocket propulsion hardware.

On Tuesday evening at 8:31:14 PM EDT (00:31:14 UTC), Northrop Grumman ended an era of US space history with the final launch of the Antares 230+ launch vehicle carrying the Cygnus NG-19 spacecraft.

Innovative Rocket Technologies, known as iRocket, has signed an agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory to jointly develop and test rocket propulsion hardware.

Voyager Space is joining forces with Airbus Defence and Space on a joint venture for the development of the Starlab commercial space station.

Even as Virgin Galactic enters regular commercial operations of its suborbital spaceplane, it is advising that those flights will generate only modest revenues for the near future.

Rocket propulsion startup Ursa Major announced Aug. 2 that it has received additional funding from America Makes to produce 3D printed engine hardware.

A Cygnus cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station after an Aug. 1 launch as part of NASA’s commitment to “full throttle” use of the station through the end of the decade.

President Biden has brought an end to the prolonged dispute over the location of the U.S. Space Command headquarters by announcing that it will remain in Colorado Springs, and not move to Huntsville, Alabama.

Virgin Galactic reported second-quarter losses on Tuesday that were slightly wider the year-ago period, as the space tourism company pushes on toward flying customers on monthly flights after launching commercial service.

Can wind shear and sinking air hold historically high sea temperatures at bay?

Boeing Vice President John Mulholland is urging International Space Station researchers to get busy advocating for the ISS to guard against budget cuts while Congress faces difficult funding decisions. Although […]

Boeing Vice President John Mulholland is urging International Space Station researchers to get busy advocating for the ISS to guard against budget cuts while Congress faces difficult funding decisions. Although […]

NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Aug. 8, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to provide Artemis II mission preparations and crew training updates. Artemis II will send a crew of four astronauts on a journey around the Moon and bring them back safely, paving the way for future long-term human exploration missio

Payloads: Immunity Assay: The crew processed various biological samples in support of the multi-day experiment session. The experiment operations will be performed through Friday. The Monitoring the Cellular Immunity by In Vitro Delayed Type Hypersensitivity (DTH) Assay on the ISS (Immunity Assay) investigation aims to monitor the impact of spaceflight stressors on cellular immune functions …

Small satellite builder Astro Digital plans to add an Astroscale docking plate to upcoming spacecraft to make it easier for them to use in-orbit services being developed by Astroscale and others.

Later this evening at 8:31 p.m. ET (00:31 UTC on the 2nd), the Northrup Grumman Antares 230+ rocket is scheduled to launch...

The final flight of the Antares 230+ launch vehicle, marking the end of the career of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 200 series of rockets, lifted off Tuesday with the NG-19 mission under the Commercial Resupply Services cargo contract to supply the International Space Station.

Northdrop Grumman set to launch final Antares 230+ containing Russian parts from Wallops.

As the Senate advances a bill that would direct NASA to support missions to remove orbital debris, the agency is outlining the role it will take assisting the Commerce Department on a new space traffic coordination system.

Satellite-imagery and data-analysis company Planet is restructuring and laying off 117 employees, it announced on Tuesday.

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with more than 8,200 pounds of NASA science investigations and cargo after launching at 8:31 p.m. EDT Tuesday from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Rocket Lab’s 40th mission will have to wait a bit longer, as the Electron rocket ignited its 9 Rutherford engines and immediately...

President Biden finally settled the drawn-out fight over the location of U.S. Space Command headquarters: It’s staying in Colorado Springs, and not moving to Huntsville, Alabama.

Breaking into the 31st week of 2023, from July 31 to Aug. 6, not much is held in store in terms of launches. Up first this week, a momentous flight took place when the last Antares 230+ flew to LEO during the NG-19 resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA and Boeing will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 7, to provide an update on the first astronaut flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner to and from the International Space Station.

Falcon Heavy lived up to its name Friday evening as it launched the heaviest geostationary satellite ever. The 9,200 kg (20,282 lbs)...

The first rocket launch from the surface of another planet will be accomplished using two solid rocket motors.

A Cygnus cargo spacecraft is set to launch to the International Space Station on the final flight of a version of an Antares rocket with Russian and Ukrainian components.

KBR, a DoD and NASA contractor, won a $24.9 million contract to provide insights on the behavior of objects in nontraditional orbits.

The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) last week approved an $831 billion defense spending bill for fiscal year 2024 which includes recommendations for approximately $1 billion in cuts from the U.S. Space Force's $30 billion budget request.

"The spacecraft will soon reach its final position."

Redwire has appointed veteran aerospace executive G. Allen Flynt as their Senior Vice President of Space Platforms and Robotics.

The Senate Appropriations Committee recommended about $1 billion in cuts from the U.S. Space Force’s $30 billion request.

Months before the long-anticipated Euclid Telescope delivers its groundbreaking view of the cosmos, scientists and engineers involved in the mission are already celebrating a significant milestone as the telescope and instruments have proven to be in excellent working condition.

NASA will highlight groundbreaking discoveries, benefits for humanity, and how the agency and its commercial and international partners are maximizing research and development aboard the International Space Station at the 12th annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference.

Payloads: Immunity Assay: The crew collected and processed various biological samples in support of the multi-day experiment session. The Monitoring the Cellular Immunity by In Vitro Delayed Type Hypersensitivity (DTH) Assay on the ISS (Immunity Assay) investigation aims to monitor the impact of spaceflight stressors on cellular immune functions in a blood sample, with the …

Using the joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, a team of scientists has discovered, for the first time, water vapor within a planet-forming disk. The water vapor, which was found within the inner disk of two circumstellar disks around star PDS 70, is allowing scientists to research the ways by which water makes its way into rocky, terrestrial planets.

Two crewed missions remain on track to launch to the International Space Station over the next month and a half after addressing technical issues that included a Soyuz coolant leak.

Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of July 30-August 5, 2023 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are on […]

India successfully launched seven Singaporean satellites into low Earth orbit July 29 on its workhorse PSLV rocket. It was the nation’s sixth orbital launch of the year, which were all successful, and occurred two weeks after the launch of the Indian robotic lunar lander Chandrayaan-3, which is flying toward the lunar south pole for a soft-landing attempt between Aug. 23 and 24.

The House and Senate left town Thursday, a day earlier than planned, eager to begin their summer break. The Senate is gone for five weeks, the House for six. While […]

SpaceX launched EchoStar’s more than nine metric ton Jupiter-3 spacecraft July 28 and successfully dropped off the world’s heaviest commercial communications satellite in geosynchronous transfer orbit.

After a highly successful mission, ESA has deorbited the Aeolus's spacecraft, bring to an end the groundbreaking 5 year mission studying Earth's weather and climate monitoring.

Sierra Space won an Air Force contract to continue development of an engine that could be used in the upper stage of future launch vehicles.

L3Harris has cleared all regulatory approvals and officially acquired Aerojet Rocketdyne, the last independent US missle propulsion system supplier.

Argentina is the 28th country to sign the US led Artemis Accords which outline the best practices for space exploration.

NASA has selected PCI Productions (PCIP), LLC, of Huntsville, Alabama, to provide technical and administrative services in support of directorates, programs, and offices at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.