Astroscale’s Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan approached to within 15 m of an orbiting derelict Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA upper-stage body.
Evidence that new, more efficient shapes are being treated realistically comes most recently from NASA's updated subsonic transport metrics for future sustainable airliners.
JAXA's Epsilon S program continues to face issues after a fire broke out during a ground test of the rocket's second-stage engine at Tanegashima Space Center.
NASA plans to add uncrewed missions to both SpaceX and Blue Origin’s Human Landing System service contracts to deliver a lunar rover and a habitat to the Moon.
Contrails from hydrogen-fueled aircraft may form more readily and be more widespread than those from jet-fueled aircraft but have less of a climate impact.
NASA must document efforts to address the greater-than-planned mass of the first two modules for its lunar-orbiting human-tended Gateway, says GAO auditors.
