Polaris Dawn crewed mission could suffer additional delays Original Publication Date: 2022-10-25 11:05 Polaris Program originally planned its first Crew Dragon mission to fly in the fourth quarter of this year. The four-person crew will perform the first spacewalk from a Crew Dragon spacecraft. ...

Apex raises seed round to mass produce smallsats Original Publication Date: 2022-10-24 13:00 Los Angeles-based Apex announced Oct. 24 it raised a $7.5 million seed round. Apex plans to enter the satellite manufacturing market with a bus called Aries. The bus is designed to support a range of ...

Space Force to award up to $50 million in contracts for Space Test Program experiments Original Publication Date: 2022-10-21 21:14 Space Force changing its approach to buying satellites for the Space Test Program. Instead of awarding separate contracts for STP missions, vendors will compete for ...

Ariane 6 first launch slips to late 2023 Original Publication Date: 2022-10-19 16:55 European Space Agency has again delayed the first flight of Europe's Ariane 6 launch vehicle. The new vehicle makes slow progress to the launch pad. The first flight of the rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, is ...

Falcon 9 leading candidate to launch European science mission Original Publication Date: 2022-10-18 07:55 Euclid was to launch on a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana in 2023. Plans changed after Russia invaded in Ukraine in February, leading to a series of sanctions. Russia halting Soyuz launches ...

NASA outlines case for making sole-source SLS award to Boeing-Northrop joint venture Original Publication Date: 2022-10-17 09:46 NASA published Oct. 12 a document formally known as the Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition. The document explains NASA’s rationale to sole-source ...

DoD eyeing options to provide satcom in Ukraine as it continues talks with SpaceX Original Publication Date: 2022-10-15 17:01 Pentagon says it is looking at options to provide satellite communications services for Ukraine. Deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh declined to comment on substance of ...

Artemis 1, ispace lander set November launch dates Original Publication Date: 2022-10-13 10:11 NASA's Artemis 1 mission and a Japanese lander are set to launch to the moon in November. The launch of the Artemis 1 mission is scheduled for Nov. 14 from the Kennedy Space Center. Japanese company ...

Space companies face difficult investment environment Original Publication Date: 2022-10-11 12:10 Rising interest rates are making it more difficult for space startups to raise money. Some companies are turning to special purpose acquisition corporations, or SPACs. Astra, a space launch company ...

Firefly says Alpha launch a success despite payload reentries Original Publication Date: 2022-10-10 11:26 Firefly Aerospace says its Alpha launch early this month was a success. But its payloads, placed in a lower orbit than planned, reentered within several days. That’s led to speculation that ...