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NASA’s X-59 Quesst low-boom supersonic demonstrator achieved Mach 1.4 at 55,000 ft. on June 12.

Robotic arm maker Standard Bots has raised a $200 million Series C round of funding that it plans to use to increase its manufacturing capacity.

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Readers write about Navair’s MARV-EL program, tech and wealth, and Mars sample-return competition. Plus, Behind the Scenes at Space Tech Expo and MRO Greater China.

A new crew begins training for NASA’s Artemis III flight test in Earth orbit.

As NASA prioritizes flagship missions, Landsat may move toward a commercial model—reviving debates over free data, continuity and science needs.

ESA aims to send European astronauts to the lunar surface, says the agency's Director General Josef Aschbacher.

NASA on June 9 named three agency astronauts and a European Space Agency astronaut as its Artemis III mission crewmembers.

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Axiom Space and Italy’s Prada fashion house have unveiled the Liquid Coolant and Ventilation Garment (LCVG) element of their next-generation spacesuit.

A Czech astronaut is poised to travel to the International Space Station under a Vast private astronaut mission, the European Space Agency said.

NASA’s Lockheed Martin-built X-59 Quesst low-boom demonstrator conducted its first supersonic flight on June 5, reaching Mach 1.1 on an 81-min. mission.

Five of the International Space Station's (ISS) seven crew temporarily retreated to the docked SpaceX Crew-12 Dragon capsule as a safe haven on June 5.

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.

NASA's extended Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has come to a close, the agency announced June 3.

NASA has teased results from 18-month studies by industry and academia to identify technologies and concepts for ultra-efficient commercial aircraft.

NASA is rescinding a proposal to anchor a post-International Space Station commercial platform with a government-owned module.

Electric propulsion developer Whisper Aero says testing of its JetFoil upper surface blowing tech has confirmed the capability for near-vertical takeoffs and landings without the complexity and noise of exposed propellers.

Voyager Technologies disclosed the purchase of Astrobotic Technology to burnish its lunar exploration capabilities.

GE Aerospace is moving toward flight tests of a megawatt-class hybrid-electric engine system on a modified Saab 340B testbed.

NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal, launched to enable interoperability between satellite relay networks, has completed its planned demonstration phase.

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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.

NASA's Johnson Space Center has chosen seven companies eligible to compete for up to $300 million in construction and upgrade projects at the site.

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