Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith told CNBC in an interview published Tuesday about the company’s partnership with three other companies to build a landing system that will bring astronauts to the m... 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
A Northrop Grumman executive said the company will launch its OmegA rocket from Space Launch Complex 6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, SpaceNews reported Saturday. Read more
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
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
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
United Launch Alliance is in the last stage of preparations for the launch of the second satellite that will provide the U.S. military with Global Positioning System III service. Read more
United Launch Alliance has started updating manufacturing tools and robotic assembly lines at its factory in Decatur, Ala., as it prepares to transition to Vulcan Centaur rocket production,... 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
Aerojet Rocketdyne delivered propulsion systems to support the U.S. Air Force’s deployment of a Lockheed Martin-built communications satellite. Read more
United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket will carry a cube satellite for the U.S. Air Force along with the service’s fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency communications satellite as a ride... Read more
A GPS navigation satellite built by Lockheed Martin has been installed atop United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4 rocket prior to its scheduled takeoff on Aug. 22, Spaceflight Now reported Friday... Read more
United Launch Alliance has commended the Federal Aviation Administration’s proposed rule to simplify launch licensing requirements and eliminate tedious waiver processing for operators. Read more
Interns from United Launch Alliance and Ball Aerospace are joining K-12 students to launch payloads in celebration of the Apollo 11 moon landing’s 50th anniversary. Read more
Boeing’s ‘Rosie the Astronaut’ to Fly Aboard Starliner’s First Orbital Test Flight; Leanne Caret Quoted
Boeing has named the test dummy that will ride aboard the company’s CST-100 Starliner crew capsule as part of the spacecraft’s maiden orbital flight test, Florida Today reported Thursday. Th... Read more