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• ULA set to launch GOES-T weather satellite for NOAA

  Theresa CrossFebruary 28th, 2022

  United Launch Alliance is preparing to fly an Atlas V rocket to send the GOES-T satellite into space for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

• Boeing tests all-composite cryogenic propellant tank

  Theresa CrossFebruary 23rd, 2022

  At the end of 2021, Boeing completed a series of tests on a “large, fully-composite, linerless cryogenic tank” at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Alabama.

• NG-17 Cygnus lofted into orbit, beginning 40-hour ISS chase

  Theresa CrossFebruary 19th, 2022

  Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket had a spectacular liftoff from Virginia to send the NG-17 Cygnus cargo spacecraft toward the International Space Station.

• NG-17 Cygnus sending new science to International Space Station

  Theresa CrossFebruary 18th, 2022

  Northrop Grumman and NASA are set to launch the NG-17 Cygnus cargo resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station.

• Lockheed Martin to build a rocket to return Mars samples

  Theresa CrossFebruary 15th, 2022

  NASA awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to build a rocket to return Mars rock samples currently being collected by the agency’s Perseverance rover.

• Billionaire plans more trips to space under the Polaris Program

  Theresa CrossFebruary 14th, 2022

  Jared Isaacman is going back to space, securing three future missions with SpaceX designated as the Polaris Program, which is named after the North Star.

• SpaceX lofts classified payload from California launch pad

  Theresa CrossFebruary 3rd, 2022

  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sent a classified payload into orbit for the United States government in the company’s second launch in less than 48 hours.

• SpaceX Falcon 9 sends Italian satellite into space on 5th try

  Theresa CrossJanuary 31st, 2022

  After four days of delays, SpaceX was finally able to get its Falcon 9 rocket off the ground to send an Italian satellite into space.

• NASA marks anniversary of Apollo and space shuttle tragedies

  Derek RichardsonJanuary 27th, 2022

  Each year in late January, NASA honors those who gave their lives in the quest to explore space, including those from Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia.

• ‘Big Slider’ Atlas V launches the USSF-8 mission

  Theresa CrossJanuary 21st, 2022

  United Launch Alliance flew its first and only “Big Slider” Atlas V rocket to send two satellites into space for the United States Space Force.

• Falcon 9 Transporter-3 rideshare orbits 100+ satellites

  Theresa CrossJanuary 13th, 2022

  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched over a hundred satellites into space on a dedicated rideshare mission called Transporter-3.

• Crypto pioneer Justin Sun to fly to space on New Shepard

  Theresa CrossDecember 23rd, 2021

  It has been revealed that Justin Sun won the winning bid for what was originally to be the first seat aboard Blue Origin’s inaugural New Shepard rocket with a human crew.

• CRS-24 Dragon mission to ISS closes out record year for SpaceX

  Theresa CrossDecember 21st, 2021

  SpaceX found a gap in the rainy Florida weather to launch the CRS-24 Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station.

• SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Turksat 5B communications satellite

  Theresa CrossDecember 19th, 2021

  SpaceX launched a satellite called Turksat 5B into orbit for a Turkish communications company. This was the second Falcon 9 mission in less than a day.

• Starliner service module for Orbital Flight Test-2 being replaced

  Theresa CrossDecember 14th, 2021

  Boeing has decided to replace the troubled service module meant to be used for the second uncrewed test flight of the company’s Starliner spacecraft.

• Blue Origin launches six people on suborbital trip to space

  Theresa CrossDecember 12th, 2021

  Blue Origin launched its New Shepard rocket, taking "Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan on the company's third crewed suborbital spaceflight.

• SpaceX launches X-ray observatory called IXPE for NASA

  Theresa CrossDecember 9th, 2021

  The IXPE spacecraft, with three identical space telescopes, left Earth atop a Falcon 9 on a mission to discover extraordinary astronomical objects.

• ULA’s Atlas V rocket lofts STP-3 mission for US Space Force

  Theresa CrossDecember 7th, 2021

  A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket took to the skies from Florida to launch the STP-3 mission for the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command.

• Interstellar probe could be successor to the Voyager missions

  Laurel KornfeldNovember 14th, 2021

  With Voyagers 1 and 2 set to run out of power in approximately a decade, NASA is considering a follow up interstellar probe that could last 50 to 100 years.

• Blue Origin lunar lander lawsuit dismissed by federal judge

  Derek RichardsonNovember 4th, 2021

  A United States Court of Federal Claims judge dismissed a lawsuit by Blue Origin versus NASA over the agency’s decision to award the Human Landing System contract solely to SpaceX.