National Space Policy

Roscosmos prepares to launch the meteorological satellite Meteor-M 2-4 on a Soyuz 2.1b rocket on Wednesday, February 28 at 9:43 PST. Additionally, it will carry a total of 18 rideshare passengers hitching a ride with the main spacecraft. The launcher ...

The following is an X "tweet" threat reacting to the possibility of Russia fielding a space-based anti-satellite weapon that the White House has called “a violation of the Outer Space Treaty” from Dr. Laura Grego, senior scientist and research director ...

The Russian Progress cargo ship launched at 4:25 a.m. EST (0925 GMT).  (Image credit: NASA) BAIKONUR COSMODROME /Kazakhstan/, December 1. /TASS/. A Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-25 resupply ship blasted off from the Baikonur spaceport to the International ...

Soyuz 2.1a is starting its Progress MS-16 mission (Credit: ROSCOSMOS) Russia's Progress MS-25 is an uncrewed spacecraft that will deliver 1,535 kg of resource equipment and tools, experiment setups, clothing, and provisions for the ISS crew. Additionally Progress will carry ...

Dawn Aerospace's first rocket-powered spaceplane, the Mk-II Aurora. Dawn Aerospace, a space transportation company with operations in New Zealand, the Netherlands, and the United States, announced the successful completion of the first rocket-powered flight campaign of its spaceplane, the Mk-II ...

Neumann Space, a leader of in-space electric propulsion has successfully completed integrating its world leading propulsion system, called the Neumann Drive®, onto Skykraft’s Australian designed and manufactured satellite. This marks the first time the Neumann Drive®, whose unique propulsion technology ...

The ISS Station had to fire its thrusters for 5 minutes and 5 seconds to avoid debris from the Russian Cosmos 1408 satellites that was an integral part of a Russian ASAT (Anti-Satellite weapon) test that occurred on November 4, ...

Hughes Network Systems, LLC, (HUGHES) has started rolling out a new, low-latency, satellite internet offering to consumers in select U.S. markets — available as HughesNet® Fusion plans, the multipath offering seamlessly blends GEO satellite and wireless technologies into a fast ...

Infographic of the planned Turion Space constellation, courtesy of the company. Turion Space has secured U.S. regulatory approval to sell space situational awareness (SSA) services from their first satellite that is scheduled to lauch next year. SpaceX is slated to ...

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Firefly Aerospace have joined forces to provide an American-built, first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and a new, medium launch vehicle to serve commercial, civil and national security space launch markets.  Firefly’s propulsion technology ...

Smallsat manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies LLC ("BCT" or "Blue Canyon"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, has celebrated the grand opening of the company's new cubesat factory in Boulder, Colorado, with members of the Boulder Chamber ...

Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has delivered their second ViaSat-3 payload module to Boeing's El Segundo, California, facility, where it will be integrated with Boeing's 702 spacecraft bus platform and undergo rigorous spacecraft environmental testing in preparation for launch. The second ...

Sierra Space and Spaceport America have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that adds the New Mexico spaceport to Sierra Space’s portfolio of potential, global, landing sites for the company's Dream Chaser®, the world’s first and only winged commercial ...

GEM 63XL rocket engine static test. Photo is courtesy of the company. Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a multi-year contract valued at more than $2 billion from United Launch Alliance (ULA) for increased production of its 63-inch-diameter ...

NearSpace Launch, Inc. (NSL), a smallsats manufacturer, and NearSpace Education 501c3 (NSE), a STEM non-profit, have expanded their efforts by moving to a new location at 79 East Railroad Street in downtown Upland, Indiana. NSL and NSE will be celebrating ...

iNRCORE, LLC. has acquired Vanguard Electronics, a manufacturer of catalog and custom high reliability magnetics for the most demanding applications in the space, defense, aerospace, and medical industries. As the latest addition to iNRCORE’s exclusive Family of Brands, Vanguard Electronics ...

Spaceflight's Sherpa-AC OTV. Spaceflight Inc. has contacted its Sherpa-AC vehicle and confirmed the vehicle is operating nominally. This is the debut launch of Sherpa-AC, the latest variation in the company’s Sherpa orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) portfolio. The Transporter 5 rideshare ...

Omnispace and Thales Alenia Space successfully launched and delivered the Omnispace Spark-2™ satellite into orbit. This marks the completion of the deployment phase of the “Omnispace Spark™” program, the initial phase in the company’s development and delivery of the world’s ...

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has reported that the Hughes satellite internet service and equipment will be deployed by SDT Ingenieria to connect 670 schools in Colombia. SDT Ingenieria was awarded the project to help bridge the digital divide in ...

The Axiom Space astronauts include Commander Michael López-Alegría, Pilot Larry Connor, and Mission Specialists Eytan Stibbe and Mark Pathy. The Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) crew and the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft safely splashed down off the coast of Florida at 1:06 ...