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Two spacewalkers experienced delays Aug. 18 that prevented them from completing work on the exterior of the International Space Station’s U.S. segment.

NASA has selected four companies to provide commercial payload processing services for agency mission launches from multiple sites where the capabilities were not available at the time of initial mission contract awards.

NASA will host an aerospace exposition at Kennedy Space Center Nov. 7-8.

Intuitive Machines projects the launch of its first lunar communications relay satellite in the first quarter of next year, having previously forecast a 2026 mission.

NASA and Katalyst Space report the LINK mission spacecraft has re-established attitude control following a software update.

Each SkyFall will be equipped with a flexible, fabric-based antenna that extends below the helicopters without interfering with landings or shattering upon impact.

The Canadian Space Agency has formalized its plan to pivot work on the Canadarm3 to exploration on the Moon.

A well-mapped Solar System and fusion-powered probes may be routine.

Northrop Grumman plans to repurpose technologies intended for the canceled Lunar Gateway space station for Moon Base technologies demonstrations.

NASA has issued a request for information for a Space Power and Reactor Capabilities contract to develop nuclear systems for use in space and on the Moon.

The U.S. is moving ahead with plans for a privately owned outpost to replace the International Space Station.

Rocketdyne, a storied rocket engine developer that has been bought, merged and spun off multiple times, officially unveiled itself as a new standalone company on Aug. 4.

NASA plans to move up the launch of four crewmembers to the International Space Station (ISS) to help hasten the crew rotation rate.

NASA plans an Aug. 6 spacewalk to prepare for the installation of power-augmenting Roll Out Solar Arrays on the International Space Station.

NASA is accelerating development of its Raven eVTOL research aircraft.

Interlune and Vermeer expanded their partnership to develop lunar construction equipment supporting future Moon base infrastructure.

Rocket Lab plans suborbital launches from Alaska under a new Space Force missile defense contract through 2028.

Katalyst's LINK servicing spacecraft suffered attitude-control problems, delaying NASA's planned Swift Observatory reboost mission.

Boeing reported another VC-25B charge but says broader defense programs are improving and reducing overall risk.

The specialist in space nuclear micropower is demontrating how cubesats could one day be powered with radioisotopes.

Russia’s Soyuz MS-28 crew capsule departed the International Space Station (ISS) for a safe parachute-assisted descent into remote Kazakhstan early July 26, ending an eight-month mission for two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut.

Blue Origin is shifting hot-fire testing of its New Glenn upper stage engines to NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

FAA's proposed supersonic rule could expand overland testing, benefiting Starfighters Space and future high-speed aircraft.

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

Most of NASA’s ambitious agenda for developing space exploration missions has not experienced cost overruns or schedule delays, an annual GAO report says.