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Efforts to expand U.S. commercial space have just touched down in a new destination—big box stores.

Crew-11's three astronauts and a cosmonaut were welcomed aboard the ISS by the Expedition 73 crew. NASA budget cuts could shorten their planned six-month mission.

A multinational, four-member crew lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Aug. 1 for a 15-hr. ride to the International Space Station.

Advocates for more scientific rigor in studying unidentified anomalous phenomena have renewed calls for wider data collection and proliferated sensor systems.

A NASA Inspector General’s audit is calling on the agency to close gaps in its Standing Review Board process for making recommendations to senior leadership.

An ill-timed sea breeze pushed a cumulus cloud too close to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on July 31.

Michigan’s air mobility testbed; simulating transonic wings; Europe prepares for eVTOLs; and first electric-aircraft propeller.

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million task orde for the delivery of two microrovers and three scientific payloads to the lunar south pole in 2029.

The first-ever NASA-India Space Research Organization joint Earth science mission successfully launched early July 30.

Crowdsourcer HeroX and NASA are holding an upcoming “Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge."

A U.S. court on July 21 denied a motion to dismiss a stockholder suit challenging Archer’s $1.7 billion 2021 merger with Atlas Crest Investments.

Satellite images of China’s vast wind-tunnel complex suggest the existence of a nearly complete cryogenic facility able to test large transonic transport aircraft while NASA is preparing to mothball several sites because of budget issues.

Editors share what they heard at AIAA's showcase events in Las Vegas and their concerns about what the NASA cuts could mean for U.S. competitiveness in commercial aviation and space.

Houston-based Barrios Technology, LLC has been awarded a $450 million contract to provide technical integration services for NASA’s human spaceflight programs.

NASA launched its Bard spacecraft mission on July 23 to demonstrate interoperability between gov-ernment and commercial satellite relay networks.

NASA is nearing the Oct. 1 start of fiscal 2026 with continuing uncertainty.

Thales Alenia Space says it has secured a contract from the Italian Space Agency to design a lunar outpost for launch in 2033.

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

AeroVironment Inc. (AV), co-developer of NASA’s pioneering Ingenuity Mars helicopter, has fostered a next-generation Mars helicopter concept called Skyfall.

The Asteroid Institute has initiated a service that allows users to calculate spacecraft trajectories and propulsion requirements between Solar System objects.

The U.S. may be losing ground in a global race to develop highly maneuverable spacecraft.

NASA’s Tracer twin-satellite mission launched successfully with a handful of other small spacecraft payloads on July 23.

As components decrease in size, more capability can be packed into small spacecraft.

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Director Makenzie Lystrup is leaving the agency on Aug. 1, NASA announced July 21.

A first-ever joint NASA-Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Earth science venture is set for a July 30 launch.