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Flown by NASA X-59 lead pilot Nils Larson, the much-anticipated first flight of the Lockheed Martin-built aircraft began at 8:14 a.m. PDT Oct. 28.

Astrobotic is progressing on multiple fronts in preparation for its Griffin-1 commercial lunar lander’s inaugural mission in 2026.

The U.S. Space Force has tapped Vantor to help it track high-interest objects on orbit using non-Earth imaging, the company announced Oct. 22.

Dream Chaser’s debut, originally targeted for 2021, has been repeatedly delayed.

An ex-NASA administrator has urged the U.S. to maintain a permanent human presence in low Earth orbit after the end of the International Space Station.

SpaceX's Starship Human Landing System development is behind schedule.

As NASA marches toward Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than a half century, the agency is on the verge of another historic milestone.

JAXA, Sierra Space and The Exploration Co. hope their craft will join the fleet of station cargo ships.

Starlink deployments and orbital fueling demos are on tap for the Starship Version 3 flights that SpaceX will begin in 2026.

The Trump administration is reconsidering its decision to dump Jared Isaacman as its nominee to head NASA.

Jonathan Cirtain has been appointed Axiom Space's chief executive officer (CEO), the Houston-based commercial space enterprise announced Oct. 15.

Two Texas senators have asked two other senators to stave off possible efforts to halt the relocation of NASA’s shuttle orbiter Discovery.

With a new facility online and $1 billion in valuation, the young startup says it is poised to build satellite buses for generations to come.

As Tom Mueller, founder and CEO of Impulse Space, sees it, the market for transporting cargo to the Moon has a missing middle.

The U.S. Space Force expects to launch the next Space Development Agency (SDA) mission on Oct. 14 from Vandenberg SFB, California, with six backup windows available, Space Launch Delta (SLD) 30 said Oct. 8.

NASA has contracted Momentus to use its Vigoride orbital service vehicle as a testbed to demonstrate a rotating detonation rocket engine in space in 2026.

The defense prime sees new business opportunities for NASA’s deep-space capsule.

NASA’s acting administrator, Sean Duffy, made his international space debut at a global gathering in Sydney.

Intuitive Machines, Inc. has been appraised at Capability Maturity Model Integration Institute Maturity Level 3 for software development.

The Planetary Society is opposing significant proposed cuts to NASA’s science budget.

Jeff Bezos, executive chairman of Amazon.com and founder of Blue Origin, foresees gigawatt data centers orbiting Earth in the coming decades.

NASA's upcoming Artemis II mission has down-to-earth themes: "crawl, walk, run" and "know as you go."

Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), crews already operate as if they live and work aboard two distinct stations.

NASA has awarded the Ad Astra Rocket Co. a $4 million, two-year contract for the continued development of the company's VASIMR concept.

Lockheed Martin is developing business plans and strategies to offer commercial flight services of the Orion deep-space capsule.