Redwire to launch first commercial space greenhouse in 2023
(Reuters) – Redwire Corporation said on Tuesday it would launch the first commercial space greenhouse in Spring next year to boost crop production research outside…
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Boeing’s Aurora to build Virgin Galactic spaceship carrier plane
WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) – Virgin Galactic inked an agreement with Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to build the company’s new twin-fuselage carrier plane that…
Airbus to provide 42 satellite platforms and services to Northrop Grumman for the US Space Development Agency program
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc., has been contracted to provide 42 satellite platforms as well as assembly, integration, and test (AIT), launch, and space…
Northrop Grumman Announces Successful Laser Communication Demonstration for Tranche 1 Transport Layer Prototype Constellation.
Northrop Grumman teamed with Mynaric and Innoflight to bring the Space Development Agency’s (SDA) vision of a secure, proliferated low-Earth orbit (LEO) mesh communication network…
Airbus built MEASAT-3d communications satellite ready for launch
The Airbus built MEASAT-3d telecommunications satellite is in Kourou, French Guiana and is ready for its launch on an Ariane 5 on 22 June 2022….
Airbus-built Earth observation satellite (SARah-1) ready for launch
World-class Earth observation satellite system developed for the Bundeswehr The Airbus-built “SARah-1” Earth observation satellite, under subcontract to OHB System AG, has been transported from…
NASA, Boeing Complete Starliner Uncrewed Flight Test to International Space Station
NASA and Boeing safely landed the company’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft Wednesday in the desert of the western United States, completing the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2…
Airbus Polar Ice and Snow monitoring mission CRISTAL on track
Airbus-built Copernicus satellite successfully passes Preliminary Design Review CRISTAL will measure sea ice thickness and ice sheet elevations Friedrichshafen, 24 May 2022 – The Copernicus…
NASA-Supported Solar Sail Could Take Science to New Heights
As NASA’s exploration continues to push boundaries, a new solar sail concept selected by the agency for development toward a demonstration mission could carry science…
China launches three low-orbit communication test satellites
JIUQUAN, May 20 (Xinhua) — China successfully sent three low-orbit communication test satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China Friday….
Starliner Launches to Space Station on Uncrewed Flight Test for NASA
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is in orbit, heading for the International Space Station following launch Thursday of the next-generation spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA)…
Airbus to further develop LISA gravitational wave observatory mission
Launch of three-spacecraft constellation planned for late 2030s Friedrichshafen, 19 May 2022 – Airbus has been awarded a contract from the European Space Agency (ESA)…