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Management asserts that the $4.7 billion deal will lead to growth in new markets while investors are keen to see a payoff.

The service is close to identifying the launch providers eligible to send nearly 50 future national security missions to space.

Initial findings from studies of space radiation measurements taken during NASA’s 2022 Artemis I lunar mission were published Sept. 18 in the journal Nature.

James Voss, one of the committee’s 10 members, raised the question about whether another Crew Flight Test (CFT) will be required.

The firm, fixed-price multiple award task order contract becomes effective Oct. 1.

Inside a drive/fly eVTOL; NASA joins GoAero Prize; engine lubrication in a pod; and lithium-ion device fires on the rise.

NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams say they have accepted the challenges of their extended stay on the International Space Station.

The deviation was precisely measured and the 2022 mission was deemed a success.

Readers write about Lockheed Martin F-22 upgrades, spacesuit standardization and Boeing C-suite compensation.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The EVA was the highlight of a five-day charter organized and financed by entrepreneur Jared Isaacman.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch a two-member SpaceX Crew-9 team to the International Space Station.

With testing and integration still ahead, the New Glenn will miss its Mars launch debut.

Russia’s Soyuz MS-26 launched to and docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Sept. 11.

Surpassing the 853-mi.-high Gemini 11 apogee record was a personal goal of Polaris Dawn commander and financier Jared Isaacman.

The 204-page assessment is titled, “NASA at a Crossroads: Maintaining Workforce, Infrastructure and Technology Preeminence in the Coming Decades.”

Liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is targeted between Oct. 10-30 from Kennedy Space Center.

NASA and Boeing appear to remain committed to identifying and addressing the propulsion system issues and other concerns that arose following a June 5 launch.

After weeks of tests, analysis and debate, NASA pulled veteran astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams from the Starliner Crew Flight Test.

Blue Origin had been targeting New Glenn’s debut for Oct. 13.

Such activities are intended to advance science and technology, underscore U.S. leadership in the space domain and enrich the space economy.

Formerly named Starburst Aerospace, the accelerator launched in 2012 with the aim of fostering and investing in aerospace startups.

The Jacklyn is a 380-ft.-long, 200-ft.-wide specialized barge.

Starliner is to undock from the nine-person ISS on Sept. 6 at 6:04 p.m. EDT.

Powered by a pair of BE-3U engines, the upper stage of New Glenn is intended to deliver a pair of small NASA science satellites on a trajectory to reach Mars.