Agile Space Industries, the aerospace propulsion company enlisted by NASA, the Department of Defense, and defense contractors for more than a decade, appointed aerospace industry veteran Chris Pearson as Chief […]
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Rocket Lab selected by NASA to Launch the TROPICS mission
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has been selected by NASA to launch the Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mission, as part of […]
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s SLS propulsion systems successfully debut in Artemis I mission
Aerojet Rocketdyne played a central role in “enabling humanity’s next giant leap” with the successful launch of NASA’s super-heavy lift Space Launch System (SLS) exploration rocket. The company provided critical […]
Rocket Lab completes the final launch rehearsal prior to the 1st Electron mission from U.S. soil
With rocket and launch pad checkouts complete, Rocket Lab is ready for its first mission from U.S. soil at Launch Complex 2 in Virginia Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has completed […]
A new path for NASA’s future Artemis Moon missions is forged by CAPSTONE
NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft has completed final maneuvers to place it in its target orbit around the Moon, refining its path in the orbit it arrived to last week — the […]
ULA launches NASA’s third in a series polar-orbiting weather satellites for NOAA and re-entry tech demo
NASA successfully launched the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 1:49 a.m. PST Thursday, as well as an agency […]
LunIR launches and joins CAPSTONE as second lunar satellite this year
Terran Orbital Corporation a provider of satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced the successful launch of LunIR. The Moon-mapping satellite is the second Terran Orbital-developed lunar […]
Boeing-built space launch system core stage powers first NASA Artemis mission to Moon
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, powered by the Boeing-built core stage, lifted off at 1:47 a.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center. Eight and a half minutes into flight, the […]
NASA awards SpaceX with a billion$ 2nd contract option for Artemis Moon landing
NASA has awarded a contract modification to SpaceX to further develop the company’s Starship human landing system to meet agency requirements for long-term human exploration of the Moon under Artemis. […]
MMA Design’s HaWK solar arrays to empower NASA’s SunRISE Mission
The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) unveiled the first of a fleet of smallsats in Logan, Utah, earlier this year in support of NASA’s Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) mission […]