NASA to Share Orion Update Today After Spacecraft Flies by Moon
Orion successfully conducted an outbound powered flyby burn at 7:44 a.m. to accelerate the spacecraft, harness the force from the Moon’s gravity, and direct Orion…
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Airbus and ArianeGroup sign Ariane 6 transition batch contract in Spain
Airbus will provide innovative lightweight carbon fibre structures for the next fourteen launchers Airbus and ArianeGroup have signed a contract for the next transition batch…
Liftoff! NASA’s Artemis I Mega Rocket Launches Orion to Moon
Following a successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the agency’s Orion spacecraft is on its way…
Boeing Demonstrates New Autonomous Anti-Jam Capabilities for U.S. Space Force Satellite Communications Program
– Space-based capability allows for secure, reliable communication in contested environments – Successful hardware-software integration demo featured multiple jamming scenarios, including situations where user was…
Boeing-Built X-37B Completes Sixth Mission, Sets New Endurance Record
Autonomous orbital test vehicle spent 908 days on orbit before landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. This mission marks the first time the vehicle hosted…
The road to the Moon
With Orion’s first flight to the Moon as part of NASA’s Artemis I mission just around the corner, throwback to how it all came together….
Blue Origin Completes the Delivery of Flight Engines to ULA for Vulcan’s Initial Launch
Blue Origin completed its delivery of the first BE-4 shipset for United Launch Alliance (ULA), shipping the engines to ULA’s factory in Decatur, AL after…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX expects first Starship launch to orbit this year
(Reuters) – SpaceX is targeting early December to launch its giant Starship rocket system into orbit for the first time, a pivotal demonstration flight as…
First crewed Moon-mission gets closer
While Orion ESM-1 orbits the Moon to test its system during the Artemis I mission phase planned for launch in a few weeks, the second…
NASA Orders Three More Orion Spacecraft from Lockheed Martin
ENVER, Oct. 24, 2022– Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is now under contract to deliver three Orion spacecraft to NASA for its Artemis VI-VIII missions, continuing the delivery…
The final two Pléiades Neo satellites arrive in Kourou for launch
Toulouse, 24 October 2022 – The last batch of the Airbus-built, owned and operated Pléiades Neo satellites has arrived at the European Space Center in…
Airbus Beluga delivers Airbus satellite to Kennedy Space Center
First Airbus Eurostar Neo satellite successfully launched just hours before its twin arrived at KSCSecond Eutelsat telecommunications satellite to join its twin in orbit within…