Lockheed Martin offers to acquire Terran Orbital Original Publication Date: 2024-03-02 01:13 Lockheed Martin has proposed acquiring smallsat manufacturer Terran Orbital for more than $500 million. The company already owns a stake in and does business with Terran Orbital. Lockheed Martin is ...

SpaceX says propellant venting caused loss of second Starship Original Publication Date: 2024-01-14 02:22 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says a propellant dump caused the destruction of the Starship upper stage. Musk says the failure was linked to venting liquid oxygen propellant near the end of the ...

Spanish defense giant reportedly seeks Hispasat stake Original Publication Date: 2023-12-29 21:48 Indra, one of Spain's biggest defense contractors, is considering buying a stake in Hispasat. Hispasat is majority-owned by Spanish power company Red Eléctrica. Hispasat named Pedro Duque, a ...

AST SpaceMobile discloses further satellite delays and cost increases Original Publication Date: 2023-03-31 21:53 AST SpaceMobile had planned to launch the first five BlueBird satellites by the end of this year. The company's cellphone-compatible broadband constellation has slipped into 2024. ...

Congress asks for more transparency into New Shepard failure investigation Original Publication Date: 2022-09-16 09:17 Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Brian Babin (R-Texas) sought more details into the investigation. They wrote that their interest stems from the fact that New Shepard also carries ...

New launch vehicles inch towards the pad Original Publication Date: 2022-09-15 08:24 Executives of several launch providers say they are entering home stretch of development of next-generation vehicles. United Launch Alliance still preparing for a first launch of its Vulcan Centaur before the ...

Starship uncrewed lunar lander test a “skeleton” of crewed lander Original Publication Date: 2022-08-24 10:58 SpaceX Starship that will land on the moon an on uncrewed test flight may only be a "skeleton" Of the version of that will carry people on the Artemis 3 mission. That uncrewed landing, ...

NASA revises requirements for ISS private astronaut missions Original Publication Date: 2022-08-02 11:36 NASA announces changes in requirements for future solicitations for private astronaut missions. One of the biggest changes is a requirement that such missions have a former NASA astronaut. ...

Roman Space Telescope top challenge for new NASA astrophysics director Original Publication Date: 2022-07-24 14:59 Mark Clampin will take over as director of NASA’s astrophysics division. He succeeds Paul Hertz, who announced last year his intent to step down. Clampin is currently director of ...

New head of Space Force acquisitions looks to get back to basics Original Publication Date: 2022-06-24 22:03:52+00:00 Frank Calvelli is assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration. One of his first moves will be to impose discipline into acquisitions. Calvelli ...