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The resupply capsule contains materials for scientific investigations into the bio-manufacturing of human organs in space for human transplant on Earth, among other experiments.

The mission is set to deliver an 8,200-lb. cargo of scientific research and technology activities.

With the predicted approach of a tropical storm this weekend, NASA and SpaceX could be challenged to launch the 21st Cygnus resupply mission to the ISS.

The Crew Flight Test of the Boeing-built CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has marked its eighth week docked at the International Space Station.

NASA must document efforts to address the greater-than-planned mass of the first two modules for its lunar-orbiting human-tended Gateway, says GAO auditors.

The Aerospace Corp. plans to expand its TRL Bootcamp, a technology-accelerator program initially funded by the U.S. Space Force to include NASA.

Northrop Grumman’s 21st NASA contracted International Space Station (ISS) Cygnus resupply mission is planned for an Aug. 3 launch.

A decade after Congress began banning Russian rocket engines for U.S. missions, the final national security payload for an Atlas V has lifted off.

NASA and the ISS National Laboratory have selected five projects that will be funded to leverage the lab’s microgravity environment to address health threats.

This follows the FAA’s decision to permit Falcon 9 launches to resume after a July 11 second-stage launch failure.

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

EAA AirVenture ’24 was filled with aircraft debuts, technology advancements, flying and commemorating milestones.

Another round of thruster tests are set for this weekend, and an agency return readiness review is set for late next week.

NASA’s presence at EAA AirVenture 2024 drew a multitude of attendees to view its exhibits.

Many “emerging” technologies were thought of and first tried long ago.

The booster will be taken to the Vehicle Assembly Building for flight preparations for Artemis II.

Previously a British Army Air Corps officer and test pilot, Peake is a veteran of a Russian Soyuz-launched 186-day mission to the International Space Station.

NASA is proceeding with plans to set up a new global Lunar Exploration Ground Sites communications network to support upcoming Moon missions seeking to establish a sustained human presence there.

Safran will provide the electrical power generation system for the Boeing X-66A aircraft, which forms part of NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project.

The 100-day mission was designed to hunt for water ice near the lunar south pole.

NASA Test Pilot Nils Larson spoke to Aviation Week about the space agency's mission to develop a "quiet" supersonic aircraft.

"We are still taking a look at the cause of the water leak and what we want to do to recover," says Dana Weigel, NASA's ISS program manager.

Dates for the review and Starliner’s departure from the ISS are pending.

The termination of the cost-and-schedule-challenged Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover was announced by NASA on July 17.

Rising costs and technical challenges have prompted NASA to cancel a commercially partnered, groundbreaking Moon mission.