Blue Origin

By Garrett Reim
NASA has selected 11 U.S. companies to develop advanced technologies for long-term exploration of the Moon and space.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Moratorium on space passenger safety regulations is poised to end Oct. 1.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The CJS portion of the 2024 spending legislation that includes NASA and which was marked up by the full committee passed by a bipartisan 28-1 vote.
Space

By Jen DiMascio, Irene Klotz
George Nield, who led the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation, talks about managing the risks of private space travel without harming innovation.
Check 6

By Irene Klotz
United Launch Alliance plans to modify the Centaur V upper stage of its new Vulcan rocket, likely delaying the booster’s debut flight to late this year.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Ultimately, heritage hardware, not new technology, is the cause.
Space

By Irene Klotz
United Launch Alliance has completed a 6-sec. hot fire of the methane-burning BE-4 engines that power the first stage of its new Vulcan rocket.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week. Primary Category: AEROSPACE
Aerospace

By Garrett Reim
Ispace believes that its Series 1 lunar lander crashed into the Moon because of an error in the spacecraft’s altitude measurement software.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The cislunar transporter would make propellant runs from LEO to lunar orbit.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Part of NASA’s Artemis strategy includes a lunar south pole Artemis Base Camp, a concept that may end up consisting of more than one camp, experts say.
Space

By Irene Klotz
ULA canceled the planned May 25 static hot fire of its first Vulcan-Centaur rocket to review an issue with the booster engine ignition system.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Five years after Jeff Bezos began wooing NASA to buy Blue Origin lunar landing services, the U.S. space agency said “yes.”
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Tokyo-based Gitai, a startup developing several space robots, has raised about ¥4 billion ($29 million) in funding as part of a Series B extension round.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin has succeeded on its second try to win a NASA contract to ferry astronauts to and from lunar orbit and the Moon’s surface.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA plans to announce a second industry partner to provide astronaut ferry flights between lunar orbit and the Moon’s surface on Friday, May 19.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
A ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket was rolled out to its launchpad on May 11 for a final series of tests ahead of its debut launch, targeted for this summer.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Operating under unfunded Space Act Agreements, the companies will work for periods of 12 to 24 months.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The U.S. Space Force’s upcoming competition for national security space launch service will be open to novel heavy- and superheavy new boosters.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Space-based connectivity provider SES confirmed it was in talks with U.S. rival Intelsat, marking the latest tie-up of satellite system providers.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has selected Houston-based Axiom Space to conduct a third four-person private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
Space

By Irene Klotz
More analysis of a Blue Origin BE-4 qualification engine for ULA’s Vulcan rocket program is pushing the booster’s debut flight to no earlier than May 4.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The new procurement strategy is intended to boost competition.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Demand for conducting experiments on the ISS National Laboratory remains strong after 75 payloads were sent to the orbiting platform last year.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space’s second four-person private astronaut mission to the International Space Station will include two astronauts from Saudi Arabia.
Space