Virgin Galactic Partners with Under Armour to Unveil the World's First Exclusive Spacewear System 16 October 2019 | 4:57 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 14 October 2019 | 11:26 pm 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 | 10:19 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 | 4:14 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 | 10:07 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 8 August 2019 | 11:11 pm 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 | 7:46 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 | 12:18 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 | 9:41 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 | 9:35 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 9 May 2019 | 11:02 pm 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 | 11:41 am 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)....

New Shepard Takes 38 Payloads to Space on NS-11 4 May 2019 | 12:35 pm New Shepard had a great mission on May 2, 2019. This particular rocket has flown to space and back 5 times....

SpaceX Dragon Heads to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo 4 May 2019 | 12:28 pm After launching at 2:48 a.m. EDT Saturday, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station with approximately 5,500 pounds of NASA cargo and science investigations that include research into Earth's carbon cycle and the...

Northrop Grumman Launches 11th Cargo Delivery Mission to the International Space Station for NASA 17 April 2019 | 10:22 pm Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully launched its AntaresTM rocket carrying a CygnusTM spacecraft today at 4:46 p.m. EDT from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A on Wallops Island, Virginia, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility....