Paragon Space Development will continue to build the life support system for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost – the first crew module of NASA’s Lunar Gateway space station – under a newly finalized contract worth more than $100 million with Northrop Grumman. The HALO Environment Control and Life Support System will help maintain air temperature […] More

NASA has rescheduled the launch of the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program 3 mission for Tuesday due to repair work on a faulty ground storage system at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Scrubbing the Monday liftoff of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket was intended to enable officials to verify fuel integrity […] More

BlackSky plans to add two new Spectra AI-powered satellites to its constellation in a future launch that will bring the company’s total number of satellites on orbit to ten. The company said Tuesday it will add the satellites through a scheduled rideshare launch with SpaceX, managed by Spaceflight Inc., to increase BlackSky’s geospatial capacity for data, […] More

COSM Advanced Manufacturing Systems and NASA’s Langley Research Center are working to build an autonomous system for 3D printing of metal components in space using an electron beam gun technology. The company received a new Small Business Innovation Research contract to manufacture and demonstrate the Electron Beam Freeform Fabrication tool with algorithms and sensors designed […] More

Advanced Space, in collaboration with NASA, completed a series of simulations for a technology demonstration mission aimed at testing the dynamics of a unique lunar orbit that have not been tested in spaceflight yet. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment team worked on the virtually simulated flights of a microwave-oven sized […] More

An official from NASA said the space agency is reviewing proposals on the establishment of private space stations in line with its plan to retire the International Space Station by possibly the end of the decade, CNBC reported Monday. Phil McAlister, director of commercial spaceflight at NASA, said the agency has obtained “roughly about a […] More

SpaceX conducted its 23rd Commercial Resupply Services mission with the Sunday launch of Dragon spacecraft that will bring to the International Space Station over 4,800 pounds of payload, including space equipment, crew supplies and science experiments on bone protection and astronaut optometry. The spacecraft lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Florida-based Kennedy […] More

A joint venture between KBR and Aerodyne has secured a potential $531 million Mechanical Integrated Services and Technology II contract from NASA to provide engineering services for spaceflight and ground systems, including the development and validation of new technologies for future space and science missions. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a five-year base period and […] More

HawkEye 360 announced that its Cluster 3 satellites designed to geolocate radio frequency signals and deliver RF geospatial intelligence data to government and commercial customers have arrived at the Cape Canaveral launch site in Florida in preparation for its upcoming launch aboard Spaceflight’s SXRS-5 mission. Cluster 3 consists of three satellites scheduled for liftoff as […] More

SpaceX has launched a Dragon resupply spacecraft with over 7,300 pounds of new solar arrays, research materials and various supplies en route to the International Space Station. The spacecraft, which marks NASA’s 22nd SpaceX resupply mission, carries the new ISS Roll-out Solar Arrays and scientific investigations on topics including microgravity, cotton production, ultrasounds and virtual […] More

Collins Aerospace will open a new facility in Houston as part of the company’s plans to expand operations of its mission systems unit and host the city’s first incubator for spaceflight technology projects. Houston Airports, which functions as a local aviation department, pledged $25.6 million in capital improvement funds to help the aerospace supplier build […] More

Axiom Space and NASA have signed an agreement to perform the first mission of private astronauts to the International Space Station. The Axiom Mission 1 spaceflight is expected to occur no earlier than January 2022 and will take off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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