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Sierra Space says Merck is its first commercial rideshare partner for the inaugural flight of the Dream Chaser spaceplane on a NASA mission later this year.

“It is time to begin preparations for deorbiting the @Space_Station,” Musk wrote on his social media site X on Feb. 20.

New spins on NASA-developed heat shield technologies paved the way for an era of reusable space vehicles.

The award follows the completion of tests of the fully integrated VR35K-A propulsion system.

President Trump’s first administration launched the Artemis program to send humans back to the Moon. His second term may pivot the focus to Mars.

Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane has completed a series of payload integration tests at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida which keep it on track for a planned mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) later this year.

The awards are part of the Artemis program’s objectives of establishing a sustainable human presence at the Moon to prepare for human expeditions to Mars.

Sierra Space says it can predict—with higher accuracy than conventional methods—the locations of space debris, using “physics-informed neural networks.”

The TPS comprises a composite material that combines the strength of carbon fiber with the high-temperature stability of ceramics.

The Louisville, Colorado-based company is a prime contractor for the agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

The Sierra Space trash compaction and processing system uses a catalytic oxidation technique to process volatile organic compounds and other gaseous byproducts.

With a second successful flight, United Launch Alliance’s new rocket is ready to take on military and commercial missions.

McIntosh will replace Bridget Lauderdale, who is retiring as vice president and general manager of the F-35 after 38 years at Lockheed.

Sierra Space will study a scaled-up version of its Ghost logistics supply spacecraft concept.

The company is jointly opening two new facilities in Colorado called “Victory Works.”

The Space Development Agency is about to put the first operational satellites in its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture on orbit.

The Pentagon is exploring using commercial launch vehicles for point-to-point delivery by the 2030s.

The newly expanded consortium will also explore opportunities for the Dream Chaser in Japan and across the Asian continent.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket being prepared to fly a dual-purpose mission this fall arrived at Cape Canaveral on June 24 ahead of a planned September launch.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The company has requested an early September launch for Tenacity aboard ULA’s second Vulcan rocket.

Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser lifting body spaceplane "Tenacity" and its Shooting Star cargo module are being readied for shipment to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

The FAA gave Varda Space permission to launch in June 2023 without a reentry license, and the regulator does not want to repeat the situation.

Targeting a wider role in low Earth orbit and beyond, the company has rolled out a novel, deployable decelerator system, among other fast-tracked projects.