NASA Announces Intent to Procure a Future Short Duration Spaceflight Opportunity 27 November 2019 | 2:09 pm NASA has released a synopsis with the intent to purchase a seat on a private astronaut mission for a short duration single flight opportunity to the International Space Station to meet both human research and low-Earth orbit commercialization needs....

Boeing CST-100 Starliner Mated With United Launch Alliance Rocket For First Flight 21 November 2019 | 9:36 pm The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft that will launch to the International Space Station on the company's uncrewed Orbital Flight Test for NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) has taken a significant step toward launch....

Boeing Starliner Pad Abort Test Completed Despite Parachute Failure 4 November 2019 | 10:37 am The pad abort test of Boeing Starliner was technically a success today. The system quickly removed the capsule from the danger zone and landed exactly as planned but one of the three mian parachutes did not deploy....

Virgin Galactic Partners with Under Armour to Unveil the World's First Exclusive Spacewear System 16 October 2019 | 5:57 pm In January 2019, Virgin Galactic Founder Sir Richard Branson and Under Armour CEO and Founder Kevin Plank announced a collaboration which saw Under Armour become Virgin Galactic's Technical Spacewear Partner....

Testing The New SpaceX Spacesuits 15 October 2019 | 12:26 am NASA and SpaceX conducted a formal verification of the company's emergency escape system on Sept. 18, 2019, at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A in Florida....

SpaceX In-Flight Abort Test Falcon 9 Arrives In Florida 8 October 2019 | 11:19 pm The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will be used for the company's In-Flight Abort Test arrives at SpaceX's hangar at Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida....

NASA Awards Lockheed Martin Contract for Six Orion Spacecraft 23 September 2019 | 5:14 pm NASA and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) have finalized a contract for the production and operations of six Orion spacecraft missions and the ability to order up to 12 in total....

ESA Spacecraft Dodges Large Constellation 3 September 2019 | 11:07 pm For the first time, ESA has performed a 'collision avoidance manoeuvre' to protect one of its spacecraft from colliding with a satellite in a large constellation....

i-Space Launches SQX-1 Rocket 9 August 2019 | 12:11 am When talking about private space programs, most people will think of the visionary American entrepreneur Elon Musk and his Space X. He founded the company aiming to send humans to Mars. Recently, a Chinese private aerospace company, i-Space, successfully launched...

Lockheed Martin Completes Orion Spacecraft For Artemis 1 21 July 2019 | 8:46 pm The goal of humans again walking on the Moon is one giant leap closer. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed building the capsule for NASA's Orion spacecraft....

NASA Releases Study On Commercial Space Economy 29 May 2019 | 1:18 am New insights from companies in the growing space economy are helping NASA chart a course for the future of commercial human spaceflight in low-Earth orbit....

NASA and Virgin Orbit 3D Print, Test Rocket Combustion Chamber 24 May 2019 | 10:41 pm At the heart of future rocket engines lifting off to the Moon or Mars could be a 3D printed combustion chamber. Multiple NASA centers partnered with Virgin Orbit to develop and test a uniquely manufactured rocket part....

Orion Forward Bay Cover Jettison Test at Lockheed Martin 24 May 2019 | 10:35 pm Lockheed Martin recently tested a critical event on NASA's Orion spaceship - the jettison of the forward bay cover on the program's structural test article....

Blue Origin Reveals Its Lunar Lander 10 May 2019 | 12:02 am Note: Blue Origin held an event in Washington DC today SpaceRef Interactive and numbe rof othe rnews organizations were denied attendance. The company also decided not to livestream the event. It is difficult to understand why Blue Origin acts this...

Rocket Lab Launches Three Satellites for the U.S. Air Force 5 May 2019 | 12:41 pm A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula at 06:00 UTC, Sunday 5 May 2019 (18:00 NZST)....