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Space launch activity reached an all-time high in 2023, but public new-space company valuations remain pressured.

NASA is unlikely to return astronauts to the Moon’s surface by December 2025 with its Artemis III mission, a GAO audit says.

Major technical risks were retired by the performance of SpaceX’s Super Heavy rocket.

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

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk has been named the third crew member for the first operational mission of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner to the ISS.

GPS has become a household term over the last 50 years. Over the coming decades, it is likely to be subsumed into another three-letter term, PNT.

It was another agency milestone in efforts to significantly step up the pace of space communications.

The Midland, Texas-based startup still needs to raise more money to build out its constellation beyond the initial five satellites.

SpaceX is targeting launch of its second Starship-SuperHeavy vehicle on Nov. 17 from Boca Chica Beach, Texas.

The global space tourism market is forecast to grow briskly from $851.7 million in 2024 to $5.19 billion by 2034, a new report says.

Quantum Space plans to launch its Scout-1 demonstration spacecraft on the SpaceX Transporter mission as soon as March 2024.

Quantum Space plans to launch its Scout-1 demonstration spacecraft on the SpaceX Transporter mission as soon as March 2024.

Hon Hai Precision Manufacturing Co. is pivoting to the space economy in a bid to diversify its revenue sources.

The resupply vessel contains materials for—among other experiments—studies into female reproductive and bone health.

It is no surprise that Starship development is moving faster than the regulatory process.

The SLC-40 upgrade has been spurred by SpaceX’s plans to launch the Starship Super Heavy from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B, but NASA had concerns.

Frank Calvelli, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, spoke at Aviation Week’s A&D Programs conference on Nov. 7.

CVN 73 aims to shake off its reputation from prolonged maintenance and bring new capabilities to the Pacific.

SpaceX’s internet-beaming Starlink satellite division has reached cash flow breakeven, CEO Elon Musk says.

Draper Associates is an early-stage venture capital company led by investor Tim Draper that has funded companies including SpaceX and Tesla.

Venture capital firms invested $135.3 billion in 4,744 defense technology deals from 2016-2022 amid rising geopolitical tensions.

The Space Force has assigned 21 launches for fiscal 2024 under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 launch service procurement contract.

Two years after its public debut on a major stock index, additive manufacturing startup Velo3D is reportedly considering a sale or other fundraising options.

“We arrived at strategic business decisions regarding our spectrum allocation,” Michelle Parker, vice president, Boeing Space Mission Systems, wrote.

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