Space

United Launch Alliance says it has wrapped up a wet dress rehearsal of the Vulcan rocket and a Centaur V upper stage tweaked to better support Amazon Leo constellation deployment.

The Senate on Aug. 6 confirmed Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess to serve as the third uniformed leader of the U.S. Space Force.

The EU and the Spacerise industrial consortium working to deploy IRIS²have agreed to expand the planned constellation by 66 low-Earth-orbit (LEO) spacecraft.

The Canadian Space Agency has formalized its plan to pivot work on the Canadarm3 to exploration on the Moon.

The European Union’s flagship IRIS² broadband satellite constellation process has passed the so-called Rendezvous One review, allowing the program to progress to its operational phase, Eutelsat CEO Jean-François Fallacher says.

Howmet, a cornerstone of blade-making for power generation anywhere, is being commanded by data center demand like other parts of the macro-economy.

A well-mapped Solar System and fusion-powered probes may be routine.

Mitsubishi Electric is partnering with a startup to bring radar technology to the Asia-Pacific region.

A Redwire Space subsidiary has signed a contract with SpaceX to launch, host and return a Starfall capsule carrying pharmaceutical samples for microgravity research.

WindBorne Systems says its network of weather balloons has tripled over the past year to more than 600 balloons currently aloft.

NASA astronauts assembled the final support structure in preparation for installation of the seventh and eighth ISS Roll Out Solar Arrays (iROSA) on the International Space Station during a 6.5-hr. Aug. 6 spacewalk.

Blue Origin is looking to parlay U.S. national security and other customers’ interest in in-space mobility, logistics, communications and computing into a variety of in-space services and infrastructure.

BlackSky says it is scaling up production of its Gen-3 high-resolution Earth imaging satellites ahead of orders to help secure potential customers by being able to deliver spacecraft faster.

OHB’s CEO argues Europe needs to ramp up Ariane 6 flights given strong launch demand, while also projecting the first mission for Rocket Factory Augsburg’s RFA One rocket before year-end after repeated delays.

Galactic Energy’s Pallas-1 Y1 is set to attempt its debut launch this month from the company’s new pad at Jiuquan in Inner Mongolia.

Blue Origin says the cause of the New Glenn rocket explosion in May has been traced to the main oxygen valve on one of the booster’s seven main engines.

Northrop Grumman plans to repurpose technologies intended for the canceled Lunar Gateway space station for Moon Base technologies demonstrations.

NASA has issued a request for information for a Space Power and Reactor Capabilities contract to develop nuclear systems for use in space and on the Moon.

Iceye and Umbra Space say they have secured additional work to furnish synthetic aperture radar satellite imagery to the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

SES is asking regulators to extend a regulatory waiver for nine more months linked to development problems with its latest O3b mPower sat.

The U.S. is moving ahead with plans for a privately owned outpost to replace the International Space Station.

K2 Space Secures U.S. Space Force Optical Link Work

The U.S. Space Force has awarded $615 million across three further contracts to work on Space-Base Airborne Moving Target Indicator capabilities.

SpaceX will drastically pick up the pace of Starship flights, CEO Elon Musk says.

The Taiwan Space Agency has opened its iSPARK accelerator for startups and companies, including business from other sectors interested in entering the space industry.