Space

The “descope” includes ending an International Space Station spacesuit demonstration that was targeted for 2026, NASA said.

The mission, known as Certification-2 (Cert-2), follows Vulcan’s successful debut on the Cert-1 flight in January.

Starfish Space is to extend the life of an aging Intelsat communications satellite in geostationary orbit using its Otter servicing spacecraft starting in 2026.

It will take the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-U spacecraft until about July 8 to reach its intended perch 22,263 mi. above Earth.

The move is part of preparations for the first flight of the Miura 5 rocket, planned for late 2025.

Firefly Aerospace plans to use the Virginia-owned launchpad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility for East Coast launches of its Alpha small-satellite rocket.

The company received a prior delisting warning from the stock exchange in October 2023.

The ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket being prepared to fly a dual-purpose mission this fall arrived at Cape Canaveral on June 24 ahead of a planned September launch.

The five recommendations are among nine identified by the GAO in May 2023 as “priority” that still await full implementation.

Ahead of Ariane 6's inaugural mission scheduled for July, its manufacturer ArianeGroup says the demand is there to increase planned production rates.

The Chang’e 6 mission's return module has brought back samples from the far side of the Moon to Earth for the first time in the history of space exploration.

Airbus is considering major changes to its space operations after a program review identified almost $1 billion in higher costs on critical satellite contracts.

U.S. Space Command wants to launch a pilot program that can parse out and fuse together data coming off of commercial and government remote sensing assets.

The Next-Gen OPIR program includes two satellites for use in geostationary orbit.

NASA was once again forced to postpone an International Space Station spacewalk when lead astronaut Tracy Dyson experienced a water leak in her spacesuit.

CASC says it has completed China's most complex reusable rocket test yet, launching a demonstration rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

The Indian Space Research Organization has completed the third and final landing experiment for its scaled reusable launch vehicle demonstrator, Pushpak.

NASA and Boeing are moving the CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test mission return to Earth to enable further evaluation of the spacecraft's propulsion system.

The Ariane 6 rocket completed its wet-dress rehearsal test as European space officials work to ready their newest launcher for a July 9 inaugural mission.

Northrop Grumman has delivered the two-satellite constellation to the Space Force, targeting mid-July for liftoff onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle.

The agency needs more than the Defense Department’s space collision avoidance services to keep its satellites out of harm’s way.

The newcomer joins incumbents ULA and SpaceX on the Space Force’s launch vendor list.

Spacehab’s innovation and perseverance helped the company succeed against all odds and serve as a pathfinder for commercial space companies that have followed.

The NATO Innovation Fund included Germany’s Isar Aerospace in its first round of direct investments to commercial technology companies.

NASA suffered significant cost growth on some major programs even as the agency managed to get control over problems with some of its flagship efforts, GAO says.