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NASA conducted on March 22 a hot-fire test of the new-generation RS-25 engine, which will power the Space Launch System in future Artemis missions. The test, the 10th in a 12-part series,

Firefly Aerospace will analyze its rapid space launch and mission support capabilities as part of the Sinequone project, a Defense Innovation Unit-led initiative intended to advance future operations beyond geosynchronous orbit, or

Six senators have proposed a bipartisan bill that would direct the Federal Aviation Administration to solicit industry feedback and eliminate duplicative requirements to help streamline the application process for commercial space launches

The critical life support system of Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef space station reached certain milestones, completing four tests designed to assess the capability of the system’s several components in cleaning, storing and

Rocket Lab USA and the National Reconnaissance Office launched the fifth national security mission for the agency using an Electron launch vehicle, which lifted off from Wallops, Virginia on Thursday. The agency

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has awarded Airbus a contract to design and build the twin spacecraft for the GRACE-C mission. GRACE-C stands for Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Continuity and is a joint

Troy Meink, principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office, said the agency expects to see a decline in the cost of launch services to be procured under the third phase of

SpaceX commenced the third integrated flight test of the upper stage of its Starship human landing system, or HLS, and accompanying Super Heavy booster. The test advances NASA’s preparations for the Artemis

The U.S. Space Systems Command is leading the launch of the National Reconnaissance Office’s 70th mission, which will be flown aboard the Delta IV Heavy rocket, on March 28. The NROL-70 mission

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is calling on companies with existing space situational awareness, or SSA, capabilities to demonstrate their technology’s viability for the Traffic Coordination System for Space, or TraCSS,