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New Glenn pathfinder

Blue Origin, SpaceX, ULA to compete for $5.6 billion in Pentagon launch contracts

Blue Origin scores first major national security launch deal

by Sandra Erwin June 13, 2024June 14, 2024

House Appropriations Committee pares back Space Force budget request

by Sandra Erwin June 13, 2024June 13, 2024

U.S. to rely on commercial satellites to image spacecraft in orbit

by Sandra Erwin June 13, 2024June 13, 2024

LeoLabs wins AFWERX contract to develop next-generation radar

by Debra Werner June 13, 2024June 13, 2024

Liftoff of the Long March 2F carrying Shenzhou-12 at 9:22 p.m. Eastern, June 16, 2021.

China’s secretive spaceplane conducts proximity operations with small spacecraft

by Andrew Jones June 13, 2024June 13, 2024

Anduril gets $19 million contract to develop solid rocket motors for U.S. Navy

by Sandra Erwin June 12, 2024June 11, 2024

Pentagon embracing SpaceX’s Starshield for future military satcom

by Sandra Erwin June 11, 2024June 11, 2024

An image from Tianhe panoramic camera A during the first Shenzhou-13 spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station in November 2021.

Civil

China selects new batch of astronauts with an eye on the moon

by Andrew Jones June 11, 2024June 11, 2024

New direct-to-cell satellite tech could disrupt billion-dollar military satcom programs

by Sandra Erwin June 10, 2024June 10, 2024

Space Development Agency calls on satellite builders to diversify suppliers

by Sandra Erwin June 9, 2024June 9, 2024