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The U.S. plans to operate the International Space Station (ISS) for another five years, but risks to the orbital outpost are a growing concern.

The U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office successfully launched the intelligence agency’s NROL-145 mission on April 20.

The U.S. Space Force’s Commercial Space Office is planning a launch-based version of its Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve effort.

The U.S. Space Force awarded seven of nine missions in its next series of high-priority national security missions to SpaceX.

SpaceX is taking the lion’s share of the first missions assigned under the U.S. Space Force’s National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contract.

Given price competition from SpaceX, ULA expected to emerge from the Space Force’s NSSL Phase 3 competition with a smaller mission percentage, the CEO says.

SpaceX, United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin will provide launch services for the most critical national security missions beginning in 2028.

Rocket Lab and Stoke Space have been added to the U.S. Space Force's list of launch providers eligible for lower-risk National Security Space Launch missions.

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Bezos’ fiancee, Lauren Sanchez, 55, a helicopter pilot and founder of aerial film production company Black Ops Aviation, organized the flight.

Dynamic Aerostructures estimated assets of $10-50 million but debts of $50-100 million.

The service is investing billions to revamp its launch infrastructure as the demand for rides to space continues to balloon.

“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 awards were made under the commission’s Space Exploration and Aeronautics Research Fund (SEARF) grant program initiative.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans the fifth mission for the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H3 rocket on Feb. 1.

A date for a second launch attempt was not set as the scrub was called at 12:54 a.m. EST.

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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.

“It’s time to be able to move through space at will and to be able to defend ourselves when we are attacked,” ULA CEO Tory Bruno says.

The world is headed for a period of launcher abundance as the New Glenn expands rocket choice in the heavy-lift segment.

“We are at an inflection point,” says Kelli Kedis Ogborn, vice president of Space Commerce and Entrepreneurship at the Space Foundation.

Blue Origin has achieved its goal of becoming an orbital launch player, even as it failed to recover its first-stage booster in the ambitious inaugural flight of its New Glenn rocket.

An undisclosed vehicle subsystem issue on the New Glenn heavy-lift rocket prompted Blue Origin to scrub the launch shortly after 3 a.m. EST.

The revised plan shaves billions from projected program costs.