Space

The SASC says it wants a progress report on the Pentagon’s efforts to field new capabilities to monitor air or ground targets in real time from space.

Chinese privately funded launch company iSpace has suffered its fourth failure in seven launch attempts.

The magnetic field of Jupiter, the Solar System’s largest planet, is 20,000 times stronger than Earth’s.

The newly expanded consortium will also explore opportunities for the Dream Chaser in Japan and across the Asian continent.

UK Royal Air Force Air Marshal Paul Godfrey most recently served as the first commander of UK Space Command.

Russia plans to cancel the development of its future nuclear-powered Zevs (Zeus) space tug due to financial hurdles and a lack of suitable missions.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket broke apart in the final stage of flight, leaving some Starlink satellites in lower-than-intended orbits and sidelining the vehicle.

Northrop Grumman’s 20th Cygnus resupply mission to the ISS departed with more than 7,300 lb. of trash for a destructive reentry into the atmosphere.

Two new spaceports in Scotland are preparing to service rockets heading to LEO and polar orbit, positioning the UK as a new player in the small launch market.

As fixed-price deals signed years ago continue to burden balance sheets, Boeing Defense and Space is focusing on smart growth opportunities.

The OK signals challenges for NASA to achieve ambitious goals .

New Zealand’s Dawn Aerospace has been certified to fly its Mk. 2 Aurora reusable suborbital spaceplane demonstrator at unlimited speed up to 80,000 ft.

Guillaume Faury is looking to bring more work in-house in order to deal with supplier issues.

Matching NASA’s needs with the ideal contracting mechanism is a challenge.

Launch service provider Arianespace’s order backlog totals 29 missions, with the next being planned for December.

The MOU, signed July 9, is a new milestone for the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space initiative.

The mission, designated Artemis IV, is to be the first aboard the more powerful SLS Block 1 rocket.

Starliner was launched June 5 on an anticipated nine-day flight test.

The Series B will bolster the Albuquerque, New Mexico, startup’s expansion plans for a new solid rocket motor factory in Luling, Texas.

Italian space logistics company D-Orbit has established a U.S.-based joint venture focused on satellite bus design, manufacturing and sales.

The first Ariane 6 medium- to heavy-lift launcher placed payloads into orbit in its debut flight July 9.

Four volunteers with astronaut-like credentials have concluded the first of NASA’s three planned yearlong Earth-based missions on a simulated Martian surface.

Sweden wants to become a defense space player in Europe.

Ovzon says its Ovzon 3 small geostationary orbit communications satellite is ready to start commercial service.

The European Space Agency (ESA) said that launch service provider Arianespace and Italian space company Avio have agreed to the handover of responsibility for Vega C rockets.