Commercial Space

Two NASA astronauts lifted off from Cape Canaveral SFS on June 5 for a shakedown cruise of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.

The European Space Agency has set forth a specific launch date for the much delayed Ariane 6 launch vehicle of July 9.

A high-profile, privately financed sortie around the Moon aboard a SpaceX Starship spacecraft has been canceled.

Nara Space Technology, a South Korean manufacturer of small satellites, announced on May 31 that it had raised $14.5 million in a Series B fundraising.

A second attempt to launch two astronauts on a shakedown cruise of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was called off 3 min. 50 sec. before liftoff on June 1.

Terran Orbital has replaced its chief operating officer (COO) and acting chief financial officer (CFO) with executives from outside the aerospace industry.

Starliner is due to spend at least eight days at the International Space Station for a shakedown .

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

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Virgin Galactic could see its shares booted off the New York Stock Exchange because the stock price fell below $1 for too long, exchange managers say.

The company is hoping the upgraded Starship survives its return through the atmosphere.

AST SpaceMobile has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Verizon to provide direct-to-cellular service from its satellites.

Canada’s MDA has taken an ownership stake in Houston-based Voyager Space’s Starlab commercial space station.

NASA has cleared Boeing and United Launch Alliance (ULA) to proceed with a June 1 launch attempt of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.

The Center for the Study of Space Crime, Policy and Governance plans to host its initial annual Space Piracy Conference Feb. 11-12, 2025.

Blasting space junk with beams of light could be one of the most cost-effective methods of cleaning up space.

Titans Space is a privately funded California startup.

The issue was found as part of a wider assessment of the Starliner propulsion system.

Microreactors could represent a small step for nuclear reactor power but a giant leap in the search for scalable energy sources for space exploration.

How the U.S. Air Force and universities are training our nation’s newest aerospace cyberdefenders.

The company has requested an early September launch for Tenacity aboard ULA’s second Vulcan rocket.

The heater units would be used on ispace’s Series 3 lunar lander and rovers, planned for launch to the Moon by 2027.

Russian startup Bureau 1440 has taken another step toward deployment of its global low-orbital satellite internet constellation with its second test mission.

NASA and Boeing are working toward a June 1 launch of the CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test.

SpaceX has demonstrated an unmodified smartphone making a video call using a connection to its Starlink low-Earth-orbit satellite constellation.