As part of the upcoming Artemis III flight test, NASA plans to outfit its crewed Orion spacecraft with two mini lasers to connect with SpaceX’s Starlink network.
The U.S. Space Force intends to award launch task orders that will begin filling out new constellations for the Space Data Network and space-based air moving target indication (AMTI) by the end of fiscal 2026.
Blue Origin says it has cleared all the debris from the botched preflight hotfire test that destroyed a New Glenn rocket and has started rebuilding its severely damaged launchpad.
Axiom Space and Italy’s Prada fashion house have unveiled the Liquid Coolant and Ventilation Garment (LCVG) element of their next-generation spacesuit.
With Blue Origin’s New Glenn rockets grounded, NASA said it wants options to launch the company’s lunar lander to support a planned Artemis III demo flight test in Earth orbit next year.
By Robert Wall, Garrett Reim, Joe Anselmo, Irene Klotz, Vivienne Machi
As Blue Origin races to close the gap on SpaceX, a huge explosion on the launchpad has dealt the company a significant setback. Editors discuss how Blue will respond and implications for the broader launch market.
Despite extensive damage from the the explosion of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on its launchpad, the company is aiming to return to flight before year-end.
Initial visual inspections indicate a second booster and upper stage in a processing hangar at SLC-36 were unaffected by the Blue Origin New Glenn explosion.
Blue Origin says the FAA has approved its report following the mishap with the New Glenn NG-3 mission that led to the loss of an AST SpaceMobile satellite.
Blue Origin says initial data suggests one of two BE-3U upper-stage engines did not deliver sufficient thrust to dispatch the AST SpaceMobile BlueBird 7 satellite to its intended orbit.