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Both NASA and Europe’s Clean Sky 2 program are racing to meet year-end deadlines for flight demonstrators.

Space startups raised a record-setting $550 million in private and public capital and grant funding during the first quarter of fiscal 2022.

The test confirmed that a 3D-printed engine could operate for long periods at full throttle with a rotating detonation approach to combustion.

The technology is intended to reduce the transit time for human expeditions and science missions to Mars and other deep space destinations.

The military satellite constellation was previously known as the “National Defense Space Architecture."

The spacecraft arrived at Russia’s Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan at the end of December.

Launched on July 24, 1992, on a four-year primary mission, Geotail was extended multiple times.

The array failed to deploy fully following the launch of the Lucy spacecraft on the first-ever mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.

Two astronauts conducted a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Jan. 20.

Austin, Texas-based CesiumAstro plans to use TXMission’s location in the UK to expand its business in Europe.

Eleven-blade propeller; Northrop studies uncrewed cargo; China’s aerostat drone; and wind tunnel tests for eVTOL concept.

A U.S. astronaut’s seat liner will be moved from the damaged Russian MS-22 capsule to the SpaceX Endurance Crew Dragon capsule in case of emergency.

The pact will see the U.S. and Japan work together on areas such as lunar exploration and transportation that could see a Japanese astronaut walk on the Moon.

Readers write about portable power stations, objectivity in space coverage, the F-35 and our B-21 and B-2 rollout covers.

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

The data was based on independently assessed trends gathered from sensors located on land masses and ocean surfaces across the globe.

ABL did not say how soon after liftoff the rocket failed.

The effort is intended to enhance already unique, mission-critical training.

The research agency wants to track all objects in real time in low Earth orbit.

The parachute-assisted splashdown occurred Jan. 11 at 5:19 a.m. EST in the Atlantic waters north of Cape Canaveral.

The U.S. Space Force wants terminals that will operate between two GEO spacecraft.

Each recipient is to assess the physical potential for their concepts, a road map for ongoing development and implementation, and potential limitations.

Splashdown is planned for 5:19 a.m. EST, following a deorbit burn at 4:35 a.m. EST.

NASA’s Earth Radiation Budget Satellite re-entered the atmosphere on Jan. 8.

Charania will serve as principal advisor to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson for technology policy and lead the agency’s technology innovation efforts.