Regulatory uncertainty as commercial human spaceflight takes off Original Publication Date: 2023-07-05 09:00 Virgin Galactic conducted its first commercial flight of its SpaceShipTwo vehicle June 29. Blue Origin started flying paying customers on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle in 2021. Both ...

Falcon 9 launches ESA’s Euclid space telescope Original Publication Date: 2023-07-01 19:48 SpaceX Falcon 9 launches European space agency's Euclid mission. The 1.4-billion-euro ($1.5 billion) mission will spend six years in space. It will conduct a detailed survey of one third of the sky using ...

SpaceShipTwo to demonstrate research capabilities on first commercial flight Original Publication Date: 2023-06-29 00:52 Virgin Galactic set to conduct its first commercial SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceflight. The Galactic 01 mission will carry three Italian payload specialists to perform a set ...

Anduril acquires solid rocket motor manufacturer Adranos Original Publication Date: 2023-06-25 19:24 Anduril Industries acquired Adranos, a manufacturer of solid rocket motors. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Solid rocket motors is one sector of the defense industrial base where the ...

Second Orbiter transfer vehicle malfunctions Original Publication Date: 2023-06-23 22:55 Orbiter SN3 was part of a SpaceX rideshare mission that launched June 12. The vehicle caried several spacecraft intended to be deployed later. Controllers elected to immediately deploy all the smallsat ...

Boeing CEO says company still committed to Starliner Original Publication Date: 2023-06-20 09:26 Boeing CEO says company is not "shutting the door" On Starliner. The first crewed flight of the vehicle had been scheduled for late July. Recent reviews found issues with parts of the spacecraft’s ...

Rocket Lab launches first suborbital version of Electron Original Publication Date: 2023-06-18 13:37 Rocket Lab launches first suborbital variant of its Electron vehicle June 17. Rocket Lab declared the launch a success in a statement nearly an hour and a half after liftoff. Rocket Lab did not ...

Space Force extends Palantir’s data-as-a-service contracts Original Publication Date: 2023-06-17 12:31 The Space Systems Command has added one more year to Palantir’s existing contracts. Under these data-as-a-service contracts, the Space Force is transitioning legacy data stovepipes. Industry ...

UK Space Agency prioritizes sustainability Original Publication Date: 2023-06-16 22:38 UK Space Agency encourages space sustainability, both domestically and internationally. UK plans to send a satellite to repair, replenish or refuel a UK spacecraft in 2028. By the end of the decade, the UK ...

Technical problem postpones final Ariane 5 launch Original Publication Date: 2023-06-15 23:35 Arianespace postpones the 117 th and final launch of the Ariane 5. The launch had been scheduled for June 16 from Kourou, French Guiana. X-ray inspections raised doubts about three lines on the ...