Space

Ken Bowersox, head of NASA’s space operations division, announced Feb. 25 that he was retiring from the agency.

The Starliner flight team’s response averted potential disaster, but the Crew Flight Test was reclassified as a major mishap, NASA Administrator Isaacman says.

Potential suborbital space launch provider Starfighters Space announced that founder Rick Svetkoff has resigned as chairman, CEO, president and director.

USSF halts Vulcan launches amid anomaly review, weighs options for GPS III satellite deployment.

Lunar landing upstart Intuitive Machines announced a surprise $175 million stock sale Feb. 25, in part to support potential growth in the orbital data center market.

Aalyria secured $100 million in Series B funding to expand its Spacetime platform and Tightbeam terminals, advancing intelligent space communications networks.

The U.S. military explores space-based warehouses for future logistics needs as cislunar and Mars missions grow, with AFRL studying orbital cargo depots.

NASA rolls Artemis II moon rocket back to hangar after upper stage helium system malfunction during prelaunch testing.

Fincke reveals medical event cut Crew-11 mission short; praises crew and NASA for swift response during ISS emergency.

Israel’s ImageSat International says it plans to launch the first of its new Knight Earth-imaging satellites next year.

ESA and ArianeGroup are looking to advance work on a hydrogen peroxide and ethanol rocket engine that would be more sustainable than those using current propellants.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions' CEO says the company plans to boost output of its Valkyrie collaborative combat aircraft and that its hypersonic defense business is also on an upward trajectory.

NASA rescheduled the rollback of the Artemis II SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to Feb. 25, a one-day delay due to weather issues, the agency said.

Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Space Force are testing several new technologies aboard the next GPS III satellite, including a new digital atomic clock.

The Space Development Agency has awarded AST SpaceMobile a $30 million contract to demonstrate tactical satcom capabilities using commercial spacecraft.

The photo gracing the cover of the January 31, 1972, issue shows a Martian equatorial depression, possibly caused by the collapse from volcanic activity or subsurface ice melting.

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NASA is aiming to return the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to its assembly hangar on Feb. 24, pending weather and rollback preparations.

An issue with the helium pressurization system on the Space Launch System's upper stage will cause NASA to miss Its March window for launching the Artemis II mission.

NASA is proceeding with plans for liftoff of the Artemis II crewed flight test on March 6.

Boeing is kick-starting an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) payload production line at its facilities outside of Los Angeles.

Japan’s Synspective says it secured a contract to support the country’s project to access SAR satellite data that Tokyo is acquiring through a PFI.

Tory Bruno joined Blue Origin late last year as the U.S. faces an “urgent need” to hone dynamic space operations in a more contested environment, he says.

NASA completed a full-duration dress rehearsal for its upcoming Artemis II flight test, which is expected to send four astronauts on a 10-day mission around the Moon.

The space agency is taking an Apollo-style integrated approach to its Artemis campaign.