SpaceX has finished a wave of static fire tests on the Crew Dragon spacecraft’s engines in preparation for an upcoming in-flight abort demonstration. Read more
United Launch Alliance has positioned the first stage of its Atlas V rocket on a mobile launch platform in line with preparations for the Boeing-built Starliner spacecraft’s unmanned test fl... Read more
SpaceX has completed the 13th test for its parachute system designed to support the Crew Dragon spacecraft’s landing operations, Tech Crunch reported Monday. Read more
The U.S. Navy's Naval Research Laboratory has selected Blue Canyon Technologies to provide nanosatellites for NRL's joint mission with the U.K. ministry of defense to study the ionos... Read more
Aerojet Rocketdyne and Firefly Aerospace have announced additional work to develop the latter’s launch vehicle under an existing partnership, Space News reported Friday. Read more
An undisclosed space firm is slated to conduct two launch campaigns as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Launch Challenge aimed at delivering payloads to low-Earth orbi... Read more
Artificial intelligence firm Hypergiant Industries and Dynetics have teamed up to market space mission offerings for Amazon Web Services’ commercial and public sector clients. Read more
Rocket Lab intends to conduct payload delivery missions and help expand operational range for small satellite systems. Read more
Northrop Grumman has concluded a series of launch stress tests for a NASA-built space telescope slated for launch in 2021. Read more
Aerojet Rocketdyne has partnered with Firefly Aerospace to jointly provide launch services to support low-Earth orbit, geosynchronous orbit and Moon missions for the government and commercia... Read more
NASA’s Redstone Test Center has concluded hot-fire tests of an Aerojet Rocketdyne-built jettison motor for the Orion spacecraft’s launch abort system. Read more
Two Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory-built spacecraft units are scheduled for decommissioning after investigating space for seven years. Read more
Northrop Grumman-made satellites have completed ten years of operations, surpassing more than double the original four-year lifespan, in support of the Missile Defense Agency. Read more
Northrop Grumman’s satellite servicing spacecraft and a Eutelsat communications satellite developed by the company in partnership with Airbus have been launched to geostationary transfer orb... Read more
Rocket Lab Unveils Manufacturing Robot for Electron Rocket Components
Rocket Lab has built an industrial robotic platform that works to speed up the production of carbon composite parts for the Electron rocket, Space News reported Wednesday. Read more