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China cannot match America’s rate of space innovation.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched a Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship to the International Space Station on Jan. 30.

Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to start development of a refueling space tanker.

A record 223 orbital-class rockets lifted off last year, a 20% hike over 2022.

Axiom Space’s upcoming third private astronaut mission promises to offer a preview of the future low-Earth-orbit economy.

Bad weather has delayed Intuitive Machines, Inc.’s planned launch of its first Nova-C lunar lander to no earlier than mid-February, the company said.

With the Ariane 6 seeing progress at last and Avio leaving Arianespace, the European Space Agency takes steps toward a competition for Europe’s future launchers.

Intuitive Machines’ initial Nova-C lunar lander has arrived at Cape Canaveral for a launch under a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services agreement.

A new South Korean rocket launched a reconnaissance satellite using a rocket that included a solid rocket motor for the first time.

Ispace of Tokyo plans to make a second attempt to land an uncrewed spacecraft on the Moon as soon as the fourth quarter of 2024.

Quantum Space plans to launch its Scout-1 demonstration spacecraft on the SpaceX Transporter mission as soon as March 2024.

The SLC-40 upgrade has been spurred by SpaceX’s plans to launch the Starship Super Heavy from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B, but NASA had concerns.

The type, a step down in size from cubesats, is popular for experiments and tech demos.

Ovzon of Sweden plans to launch its Ovzon 3 geostationary communications satellite, which has an antenna that can generate steerable spot beams, as soon as December 2023.

NASA is planning a payload resupply mission to the International Space Station.

SpaceX says the FAA’s review process, exacerbated by a technical staff shortfall , has left it waiting for a month to launch an integrated Starship-Super Heavy.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket making a debut mission for NASA sent the Psyche spacecraft on a mission to explore a planetary body made mostly of metal.

Germany has put the first of its new-generation synthetic aperture radar satellites into operational use.

Following a short-lived debut flight on April 20, an upgraded Starship-Super Heavy vehicle is being prepared for launch.

The four crewmembers plan to spend up to 14 days aboard the orbital lab.

Satellite constellation projects are materializing, creating a need for launches, especially to low Earth orbit.

Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket passes key tests, looks toward first launch in 2024.

The Space Development Agency said the launch manifest included Transport satcoms from Lockheed Martin Space and York Space Systems, and a SpaceX Tracking sat.

Intuitive Machines plans to raise $20 million from a sale of its stock and warrants to an undisclosed institutional investor.

Astranis plans to launch by year’s end its UtilitySat, a multiband and relocatable small communications satellite.