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Blue Origin said it will stop flying its New Shepard suborbital vehicles for at least two years so it can focus company resources on supporting Moon exploration initiatives, including NASA’s Artemis program.

Blue Origin’s first lunar lander is en route to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for thermal vacuum testing ahead of launch later this year.

Controlling access to sensitive information in military programs has always been a driver of bureaucracy and inefficiency in defense procurement.

NASA has named eight U.S. companies that are eligible to bid for the development of the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

SpaceX plans to deploy a space-to-ground laser link on its Starlink constellation, CEO Elon Musk said.

NASA is aiming to send a crew of four into deep space for the first time since 1972.

Blue Origin plans to start launching TeraWave in the fourth quarter of 2027, a 5,408-satellite, high-throughput communications network.

Vast is delaying launch of its Haven-1 demonstration space station from May to the first quarter of 2027, the company said Jan. 20.

NASA head Isaacman met with SpaceX and Blue Origin officials to get a better sense of how to speed up the timelines around efforts to return to the Moon.

The U.S. Space Force is gauging industry interest to build up a new launch site at Vandenberg SFB, California.

Outgoing United Launch Alliance President and CEO Tory Bruno will join Blue Origin as its new president of national security.

A NASA safety panel is set to recommend that the agency reexamine the mission objectives of the crewed Artemis III Moon landing mission.

The U.S. is 250 years old in 2026. Its leading aerospace and defense companies face growing competition, domestically and internationally, from younger players.

With an eye on China, the Trump administration and Congress find common ground in space while Europe aims for greater autonomy.

The fifth anniversary of the Artemis Accords was marked with optimism and concerns for the future during a Dec. 11 celebration.

The U.S. Space Force is taking proposals from new launch providers with rockets ready to fly by early 2027 to join the National Security Space Launch program.

The U.S. Space Force expects to release a solicitation for the next batch of new launch providers under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program this month

Korean Air’s Aerospace Division and Hyundai Rotem have launched a joint program to develop a 35-ton-class reusable methane rocket engine for launch vehicles.

Blue Origin became the second company to nail the landing of an orbital-class booster.

This week, Florida's Eastern Range hosts its 100th orbital launch of the year, with another 20-30 remaining on the 2025 flight manifest.

Blue Origin sees an opportunity to replicate the outline of its Project Oasis lunar resource mapping mission with Luxembourg in other countries, including potentially here in the UAE.

Blue Origin, on Nov. 13, will once more try to launch the New Glenn rocket for a second time, after two prior delays.

Launch of NASA’s twin Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers spacecraft has been delayed by geomagnetic storms.

NASA’s acting chief has called to reopen the Human Landing System competition, raising SpaceX’s ire.