Russia’s MS-19 Progress resupply capsule successfully docked with the seven-person International Space Station early Feb. 17, completing the delivery of a nearly 3-ton cargo, including food, water, propellant and other supplies and research equipment.
SpaceLink, of McLean, Virginia, has selected Houston-based commercial space station developer Axiom Space to demonstrate an end-to-end optical communications relay service for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, which manages the U.S. National Laboratory elements of the International Space Station.
Orbital Sidekick has validated an upgrade to its existing hyperspectral satellite sensors and is announcing an investment by national security startup seed funder In-Q-Tel.
Airbus says it will continue to maintain a “strong position” in defense despite apparent pressures from European investors over the company’s environmental, social and governance credentials.
Former NASA shuttle-era astronauts David Leestma, Sandra Magnus and Chris Ferguson will be formally inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on June 10, the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation says.
The UAE is making steady progress in its plan to procure the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, despite some continuing US Congressional opposition.
A U.S. Air Force order for Boeing E-7s could stimulate new sales overseas if the airborne early warning and control system enters the Foreign Military Sales pipeline for the first time, a Boeing executive said on Feb. 15.
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall briefed lawmakers in a classified session about developments in Chinese technology, he told an Air Force Association webinar Feb. 15.
