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February 18, 2020

NG-13 Cygnus arrives at Station, quickest back-to-back Cygnus missions

After a two-and-a-half day cruise to the International Space Station,… Read More

February 13, 2020

VSS Unity Arrives at Spaceport America for Commercial Operations

Carried by her mothership VMS Eve, Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity… Read More

February 9, 2020

Antares and Cygnus 13th ISS resupply flight heads into second attempt

A Northrop Grumman Antares 230+ is scheduled to liftoff from the Mid-Atlantic… Read More

February 7, 2020

Boeing & NASA admit multiple anomalies on Starliner mission

After saying for weeks the spacecraft and systems performed “as designed”… Read More

February 4, 2020

More than Flags and Footprints – Spare Mars Rover robotic arm to fly to the Moon

Maxar Technologies has signed a contract with NASA to deliver a robotic… Read More

January 30, 2020

Rocket Lab ready to begin 2020 launch campaign with dedicated NRO mission

After successfully launching 6 missions and over 20 payloads to orbit… Read More

January 27, 2020

NASA selects Axiom Space to build commercial space station segment

NASA has announced that they have selected Axiom Space, an American… Read More

January 23, 2020

Iridium marks major milestone with maritime safety, breaks monopoly

A year after completing launch of their Iridium-NEXT constellation,… Read More

January 21, 2020

Rocket Lab announces NRO mission as agency diversifies launch providers

Rocket Lab has announced its first mission of 2020 – a dedicated… Read More

January 17, 2020

SpaceX readying for Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test

SpaceX is preparing a unique Falcon 9 rocket at LC-39A for the in-flight… Read More

January 16, 2020

Arianespace gears up for busy 2020 with dual-passenger Ariane 5 mission

Arianespace is set to open its 2020 launch campaign on Thursday with… Read More

January 14, 2020

Cygnus NG-12 unberths – heads into post-Station mission extension

Following NASA’s Johnson Space Center’s requested, and the… Read More

January 13, 2020

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Gears Up for a Busy and Historic Early 2020

For the first half of 2020, Antares will launch the Cygnus NG-13 mission… Read More

January 8, 2020

Bridenstine, NASA ASAP provide updates on Commercial Crew Program

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program has made significant progress in … Read More

January 4, 2020

Small Satellite Launchers Poised for Big 2020

In 2019, American companies reached crucial milestones on the path… Read More

December 21, 2019

OFT Starliner Makes Early Landing at White Sands

After a maiden flight that was shortened by an off-nominal orbit insertion,… Read More

December 20, 2019

Starliner suffers mission-shortening failure after successful launch

After a gorgeous and 100% successful launch atop the Atlas V rocket… Read More

December 19, 2019

Boeing, ULA ready for momentous launch of Starliner on uncrewed test flight

It’s a moment nearly ten years in the making. After receiving a formal… Read More