Boeing and SpaceX have announced plans to conduct flight tests of their commercial crew vehicles before the end of 2019, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Read more
NASA may request for an extension of the testing of SpaceX’s emergency escape system, which was designed for the Dragon spacecraft, in the middle of an expiring deal with Russia, Spaceflight... Read more
Intuitive Machines is slated to launch its Nova-C lunar lander aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to carry five NASA payloads to the moon in 2021 under the Artemis program. Read more
SpaceX has presented its prototype Starship rocket at the company’s Boca Chica, Texas location ahead of the Trump administration's plans to send humans to the moon in 2024, Reuters repor... Read more
Lt. Gen. John Thompson, commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, said the service branch certified SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket to perform national security launch missio... Read more
SpaceX has formally requested the Federal Communications Commission to enable data exchange activities with its Starship Mk1 rocket as part of launch, landing and recovery operations at the... Read more
Executives from United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and other launch services firms discussed their companies’ interest in the government market during a panel discussion at the Worl... Read more
Airbus has built the first of two planned ocean satellites for an international mission aimed at monitoring changes in sea level to support coastal protection efforts. Read more
SpaceX has conducted a test flight of its single-engine Starhopper, a prototype of the company’s future six-engine Starship passenger spacecraft, CNET reported Tuesday. Read more
Boeing plans to conduct the first unpiloted flight of its Starliner spacecraft this October, and SpaceX is working towards the end of an investigation on a ground test mishap with the Crew D... Read more
SpaceX and NASA teams facilitated an emergency evacuation test for the former’s GO Searcher ship designed to recover crew and spacecraft following mission operations, Tech Crunch reported Su... Read more
Northrop Grumman, SpaceX, United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin have submitted their bids for the second phase of the U.S. Air Force’s Launch Service Procurement program, SpaceNews reported... Read more
SpaceX plans to expand its facilities in Florida to accommodate the company’s Starship rocket, Reuters reported Saturday. Read more
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft reached the International Space Station Saturday to deliver more than 5K pounds of research supplies and equipment including a new crew docking port. Read more
Jim Bridenstine: Boeing, SpaceX Vehicles Could Be Ready for Crewed Flights in Early 2020
Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator and a 2019 Wash100 winner, said he thinks spacecraft from Boeing and SpaceX could be ready to fly astronauts as soon as the first quarter of 2020, CNBC re... Read more