UP Aerospace launched its 21st suborbital space flight from the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport — Spaceport America. One of Spaceport America’s foundational tenants, UP Aerospace partnered with NASA’s Flight […]
NASA Flight Opportunities Program
Virgin Galactic completes 12th spaceflight
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) has completed the company’s second spaceflight of 2024 and 12th mission to date, carrying one researcher and three private astronauts — the ‘Galactic 07’ […]
Astrobotic’s Xodiac preps for nighttime precision landing challenge
Astrobotic’s Propulsion and Test department flew Xodiac, a vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing (VTVL), reusable, terrestrial rocket for its first night flight. The tethered night test prepared Xodiac for the upcoming flight testing […]
NASA awards flight + payload integration servides contracts
NASA has selected 15 companies to provide flight and payload integration services to advance technologies and procedures for operating in space, including testing in high-altitude, reduced gravity, or other relevant […]
Astrobotic collaborates with NASA for TechRise Student Challenge
Astrobotic’s Propulsion and Test division (P&T), formerly Masten Space Systems, is collaborating with NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program to bring the 2023 TechRise Challenge to students in grades six through 12. […]