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....

Scaled Composites Flies World's Largest Wingspan Aircraft 14 April 2019 | 11:00 am Scaled Composites, LLC made aviation history today with the flight of the largest wingspan aircraft. During this initial flight, the team tested out specific handling qualities to validate the design....

Delta IV Launches Tenth Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite for the Air Force 16 March 2019 | 3:16 pm A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the tenth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on March 15 at 8:26 p.m. EDT. ULA has been the exclusive launch...

SpaceShipTwo Returns To Space With Crew Of Three 22 February 2019 | 2:25 pm Today, Virgin Galactic conducted its fifth powered test flight and second space flight of its commercial SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity. Please find reporting materials below for news coverage and multimedia reporting....

National Air and Space Museum Receives SpaceShipTwo Rocket Motor From Virgin Galactic 7 February 2019 | 7:27 pm The National Air and Space Museum received RocketMotorTwo, the hybrid engine that powered Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, called VSS Unity, into space for the first time Dec. 13, 2018....

NASA, SpaceX, and Being Update Commercial Crew Launch Dates 6 February 2019 | 7:31 pm NASA and its Commercial Crew Program providers Boeing and SpaceX have agreed to move the target launch dates for the upcoming inaugural test flights of their next generation American spacecraft and rockets that will launch astronauts to the International Space...

SpaceX Crew Access Arm 31 January 2019 | 11:23 pm At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A, the crew access arm has been extended to the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on Jan. 3, 2019....

Why Is CASIS Making Itself Disappear? 29 January 2019 | 8:42 pm According to a press release the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory will host its annual Public Board of Directors Meeting in Washington, D.C....

New Shepard Successfully Flies 8 NASA Research And Technology Payloads to Space 23 January 2019 | 10:29 pm Blue Origin demonstrated the versatility of the New Shepard system by taking 8 NASA-sponsored research and technology payloads into space today....

United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NROL-71 21 January 2019 | 3:14 pm A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a critical payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) denoted NROL-71 lifted off from Space Launch Complex-6 on Jan. 19 at 11:10 a.m. PST. The mission is in support of...

NanoRacks Announces First Customer Contract for India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) 19 December 2018 | 10:26 pm NanoRacks is excited to announce that the Company has signed its first customer contract for a small satellite rideshare on the India Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)....