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Representatives of four commercial companies developing successors to the International Space Station have offered insights.

This week, Florida's Eastern Range hosts its 100th orbital launch of the year, with another 20-30 remaining on the 2025 flight manifest.

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold a second hearing for Jared Isaacman.

With patience and tenacity, Isaacman has won a second shot at leading NASA.

Intuitive Machines has entered an agreement for access to indoor simulated Moon and Mars landscapes.

European Space Agency member states convene later this month for their triennial summit to hammer out funding plans.

The Wolf amendment restricts but doesn’t totally prohibit NASA and the White House Office of Science and Technology from using federal funds to collaborate with China. But should it be repealed?

Ten months after its inaugural flight, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral SFS Nov. 13.

As the U.S. accelerates efforts to return humans to the Moon, Lockheed Martin is advancing softgoods technology to support the development of a lunar economy.

Firefly Aerospace intends to make a second attempt to launch the seventh mission of its Alpha rocket by early next calendar year.

Recent ground testing of Intuitive Machines’ (IM) Moon RACER Lunar Terrain vehicle with rechargeable batteries included a successful beamed power demonstration.

Launch of NASA’s twin Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers spacecraft has been delayed by geomagnetic storms.

Nations including the U.S. and China urgently need to agree on space traffic management, and opportunities abound to collaborate on lunar and planetary exploration.

Jim Head, a veteran of NASA's preparations for the Apollo Moon landings, shared his insights on how that experience can inform the Artemis and Mars missions.

Hybrid-electric Passport tests, revelations of a third-stream adaptive concept and positive supercomputer results mark key advances for the RISE program.

NASA’s acting chief has called to reopen the Human Landing System competition, raising SpaceX’s ire.

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

Blue Origin is targeting 2:45 p.m. EST Nov. 9 for the second launch of its New Glenn rocket, with an eye on repeating the booster’s successful debut in January.

NASA has identified critical space technology gaps. Now Aviation Week is helping identify solutions.

NLM Photonics’ analysis of its patented silicon organic hybrid electro-optic photonic chips in LEO orbit is underway aboard the International Space Station.

President Donald Trump is renominating technology entrepreneur and private astronaut Jared Isaacman to head the U.S. space agency.

Voyager Technologies expects to complete the critical design review (CDR) for the Starlab commercial space station soon.

Intuitive Machines Inc. will acquire Lanteris Space Systems, previously known as Maxar Space Systems, from Advent International LLC.

Vast has begun orbital operations of a technology demonstration satellite hosting subsystems and components for its planned Haven-1 crewed orbital outpost.

Astrobotic is conducting prelaunch testing to ensure a safe and precise landing of its Griffin-1 lander at the lunar south pole.