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Spacewalking astronauts closed in on the final installation of the International Space Station’s eight solar-power-augmenting Roll-Out Solar Arrays on Oct. 29 with a 7-hr. excursion.

NASA has boosted funding to Northrop Grumman to support the agency’s SkyRange program and extend the use of the RQ-4A Global Hawk given strong demand.

Aerospace Veteran Stephen Cash Takes Reins At NASA Marshall

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is approaching Jupiter, where it will carry out the first close-up studies of the primitive Solar System Trojan asteroids.

Since a New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad, Blue Origin has rebuilt its launch complex at Cape Canaveral SFS and invested in manufacturing facilities.

NASA has awarded EarthDaily, a global Earth intelligence company, a $3 million task order to provide the space agency and U.S. Geological Survey with data and technical support.

Striving to establish a human deep space presence while maintaining a 26-year human presence in low Earth orbit after the ISS is deorbited, NASA is revising its science strategy to hasten the pursuits and improve affordability.

SpaceX completed a full-duration, 33-engine static fire of the Super Heavy booster slated to launch the upcoming Starship Flight Test 15, targeted for November.

In an Oct. 23 update of NASA’s effort to return astronauts to the Moon’s surface by the end of 2028, agency Administrator Jared Isaacman acknowledged a range of challenges.

DARPA is interested in “renewable” propulsion technologies, such as solar sails, that could enable station keeping and maneuvering of constellations of spacecraft in cislunar space.

A NASA panel on Oct. 22 expressed evolving concerns about the lunar Human Landing System and the establishment of commercial low-Earth-orbit successors to the International Space Station.

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

The U.S. Space Force’s acquisition arm is exploring the feasibility of standing up a new domestic spaceport by 2030 as demand for orbital access continues to surge.

Firefly Aerospace’s Elytra lunar orbiter has completed its preliminary design review under a $75 million NASA subcontract.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is urging NASA to conduct crewed exploration of four non-polar regions of the Moon that NASEM says have cross-disciplinary scientific value.

20 Twenties winner Jocelino Rodrigues helped open NASA’s mARC II plasma wind tunnel to SpaceX and Blue Origin, developed a draft ASTM standard and mentors future engineers.

A Japanese H3 rocket launches the MMX spacecraft on a pioneering mission to return the first samples from Mars’ moon Phobos.

NASA agrees to implement eight inspector general recommendations to improve its engagement with the National Academies on decadal surveys.

Stephen Cash, a veteran NASA engineer and aerospace executive, has been named director of Marshall Space Flight Center.

As the 15-country International Space Station prepares to mark 26 years of continuous occupancy, its latest returnees offered perspective about life onboard.

Amid transportation uncertainties, NASA offers to remain travel broker for aspiring space station operators.

A SpaceX Cargo Dragon docks at the ISS delivering more than 6,300 lb. of supplies, research and the final two rollout solar arrays for upcoming spacewalks.

Artemis II Astronaut Christina Koch Moves To NASA Management

NASA extended its proposal deadline to Nov. 16 for states wishing to host a civilian Space Academy, opening in 2028.

NASA's Moon Base plan, announced by Administrator Jared Isaacman in March, kicked off discussion at the two-day Lunar Surface Consortium Oct. 14 in Atlanta