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NASA prepares to practice integrated flight operations with Blue Origin and SpaceX.

The number of satellites burning up in the stratosphere annually has grown since a 2023 study and is expected to continue to increase.

After nine months on the ground, United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket could return to flight within the next month.

Launch capacity scarcity is forcing space operators toward costly dedicated rockets as SpaceX indicates plans to wind down Falcon 9 rideshare flights after 2028.

Danish satellite maker GomSpace says it has deployed a satellite in partnership with Ukraine’s Himera as a test asset to provide Ukraine an independent communications network.

Super Heavy Tested For Flight 15

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SpaceX completed a full-duration, 33-engine static fire of the Super Heavy booster slated to launch the upcoming Starship Flight Test 15, targeted for November.

A NASA panel on Oct. 22 expressed evolving concerns about the lunar Human Landing System and the establishment of commercial low-Earth-orbit successors to the International Space Station.

ESA prepares for a December decision on a $11.2 billion human spaceflight program that would give Europe independent astronaut launch capability by 2036.

Is it a car? Is it a plane? Active aeropropulsion reinvents Tesla’s Roadster.

20 Twenties winner Jocelino Rodrigues helped open NASA’s mARC II plasma wind tunnel to SpaceX and Blue Origin, developed a draft ASTM standard and mentors future engineers.

SpaceX will attempt to land both the Super Heavy rocket and Starship upper stage as part of its next flight test, currently targeted to launch in November.

Recent restrictions on Ukraine's access to SpaceX's military-grade Starshield service risk undermining European confidence in U.S. aerospace and defense suppliers, as allies question their reliance on American-controlled military technologies.

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Tesla unveiled its Roadster supercar with SpaceX-developed cold-gas thrusters, demonstrating a thruster-powered launch, aerial roll and an upside-down ramp stunt during an Oct. 15 event.

Amid transportation uncertainties, NASA offers to remain travel broker for aspiring space station operators.

Ukraine says it destroyed four Su-34s at a Russian air base as Starlink speed limits imposed on its military are reversed.

A SpaceX Cargo Dragon docks at the ISS delivering more than 6,300 lb. of supplies, research and the final two rollout solar arrays for upcoming spacewalks.

SpaceX launches its 35th cargo mission to the International Space Station carrying final solar arrays, science experiments and crew supplies.

Skyband's M100 uses Iridium's PNT service and an inertial sensor to detect GPS jamming and spoofing, targeting business jets first.

NASA has outlined an ambitious scope of work for commercial entities interested in developing, building and flying a new station in low Earth orbit post-ISS.

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

The FCC has cleared SpaceX to operate a 15,000-member satellite constellation to provide direct-to-device services.

Royal Air Maroc will become Africa's first airline to offer Starlink internet onboard, rolling out the service across 41 aircraft starting in early 2027.