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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.

The Week Ahead In Aerospace & Defense

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.

Boeing is preparing its troubled space taxi for a fourth flight test.

NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Dragon mission undocked from the International Space Station on Oct. 7, prepared to return its four crewmembers to Earth.

Starship-Super Heavy operations are ramping up in Florida.

Linse Capital said Oct. 5 it was putting more attention on early-stage aerospace and defense companies.

Companies vying to win NASA funding to build a successor to the International Space Station cite schedule and budget uncertainties.

NASA and SpaceX have moved departure of the Crew-12 Dragon capsule from the International Space Station (ISS) from no earlier than Oct. 5 to early Oct. 7.

The Space Development Agency is ready to launch a third vendor’s satellites into low Earth orbit as early as Oct. 5.

After a decade in development, SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy transport reaches orbit for a test run.

SpaceX plans at least one more flight test of its Starship-Super Heavy launch system from Starbase, Texas, before the program launches from Kennedy Space Center.