Space Industry News: Headlines from Across the Industry

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Benchmark works with Space Forge to develop reusable engines SpaceNews · 24 May 2022 Benchmark Space Systems announced plans May 24 to produce engines in the United Kingdom and to work with U.K. startup Space Forge to develop reusable chemical propulsion systems.
Starliner spacecraft cleared for undocking and re-entry Spaceflight Now · 24 May 2022 Astronauts on the International Space Station closed the hatch to Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft Tuesday, and ground teams used the lab’s robotic arm to inspect the capsule’s heat shield to clear the vehicle for undocking...
Nanoracks experiment poised to demonstrate metal cutting in orbit Spaceflight Now · 24 May 2022 Nanoracks will fly an experiment with a small articulating robot arm on SpaceX’s Transporter 5 rideshare mission this week to demonstrate metal cutting in orbit, a test lasting just minutes that could advance in-space ma...
Experimental payload with robotic arm to attempt metal cutting on orbit SpaceNews · 23 May 2022 Nanoracks, will launch a NASA-funded experiment to demonstrate on-orbit metal cutting using a robotic arm.
Launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission delayed to late September Spaceflight Now · 23 May 2022 The launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission, which was set for Aug. 1 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, has been delayed to no earlier than Sept. 20 after ground teams discovered an issue during software testing on the s...
Lockheed Martin, Filecoin Foundation plan demonstration of decentralized data storage in space SpaceNews · 23 May 2022 Lockheed Martin is working with the Filecoin Foundation to demonstrate an open-source blockchain network in space.
Russian spy satellite launched by Soyuz rocket Spaceflight Now · 23 May 2022 A classified mapping satellite rode a Soyuz rocket into space Thursday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, the fifth space mission of the year to deploy a Russian military payload into orbit.
President Biden: NASA to Welcome Japanese Astronaut Aboard Gateway NASA · 23 May 2022 President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met in Tokyo Monday where they announced progress on collaboration for human and robotic lunar missions.
Biden vows to expand space cooperation with South Korea, Japan SpaceNews · 23 May 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden promised to expand space cooperation with Japan and South Korea during back-to-back summits with the leaders of two East Asian allies.
Coverage Set for NASA’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 Return to Earth NASA · 23 May 2022 NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2). As part of the uncrewed flight test, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will depart from the Int...
China launches three communications test satellites Spaceflight Now · 23 May 2022 A two-stage Chinese Long March 2C rocket launched Friday and delivered three communications test satellites into an orbit about 550 miles above Earth.
NASA Announces Armstrong Flight Research Center Director to Retire NASA · 23 May 2022 David McBride, director of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, announced plans to retire on June 30 after 35 years of service to the agency. He began his career at NASA as an intern.
How NASA finally melted its giant “self-licking ice cream cone” Ars Technica · 23 May 2022 "Government should be about getting the taxpayer the best value."
Industry pushes for NASA reauthorization SpaceNews · 23 May 2022 As House and Senate conferees begin work to reconcile competitiveness bills, industry groups are pushing Congress to either include a NASA authorization bill in that legislation or pass a standalone bill.
Boeing Starliner joins SpaceX’s Crew Dragon at the International Space Station Teslarati · 23 May 2022 Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule has successfully rendezvoused, approached, and docked with the International Space Station for the first time, marking major several...
SpaceX valuation to grow by 27% as Starship, Starlink programs seek more funding Teslarati · 23 May 2022 CNBC reports that SpaceX is seeking to raise at least $1.725 billion in its first funding round of 2022, potentially boosting the...
Military looking for new ways to acquire and use commercial satellite data SpaceNews · 23 May 2022 Space Systems Command is trying to figure out how to exploit traditional and new types of commercial space data
NASA plans to make Starliner crew assignments this summer SpaceNews · 23 May 2022 As Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner prepares to return from its brief trip to the International Space Station, NASA officials say they’ll wait until this summer to determine the schedule for the vehicle’s first crewed flight a...
Starliner launches to remain on Atlas 5 SpaceNews · 22 May 2022
NASA plans early June rollout of SLS for next countdown test SpaceNews · 21 May 2022 NASA is gearing up to perform another practice countdown of the Space Launch System in mid-June as it completes repairs to the vehicle from previous tests.
Boeing’s Starliner capsule completes first “nail-biting” docking at space station Spaceflight Now · 21 May 2022 Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule finally reached the International Space Station Friday night with a “nail-biting” rendezvous and docking, overcoming several technical glitches to accomplish a long-awaited objective for t...
Space station astronauts check out Starliner crew capsule Spaceflight Now · 21 May 2022 Astronauts on the International Space Station floated into Boeing’s Starliner capsule Saturday, becoming the first people to enter the spacecraft in orbit less than a day after it docked at the orbiting research complex...
Starliner makes first docking with ISS on OFT-2 mission NASASpaceflight · 21 May 2022 A day into its OFT-2 mission, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station for the first time. Starliner’s docking, which marks a major milestone in Boeing’s demonstration flight for N...
Space Perspective raises $17 million SpaceNews · 20 May 2022 Space Perspective has raised an additional $17 million to further development of its stratospheric passenger balloon system that simulates one aspect of spaceflight.
Rocket Report: Starliner soars into orbit; about those Raptor RUDs in Texas Ars Technica · 20 May 2022 "From the outside, it might look like an ordinary rocket."
Boeing successfully launches Starliner spacecraft to orbit in do-over test flight The Verge · 20 May 2022 Nearly two and a half years after its first launch didn’t go to plan, Boeing’s new passenger spacecraft, the CST-100 Starliner, successfully launched to space this afternoon, reaching the right orbit it needed to achieve...
Chinese launch startup Orienspace raises $59.9 million in Series A round SpaceNews · 20 May 2022 Chinese launch vehicle developer Orienspace has raised $59.9 million in a Series A funding round, which the company says it will use for a first rocket launch and new engine development.
Starliner docks with ISS for the first time SpaceNews · 20 May 2022 Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station May 20, a little more than 24 hours after its launch.
Starliner Launches to Space Station on Uncrewed Flight Test for NASA NASA · 19 May 2022 Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is in orbit, heading for the International Space Station following launch Thursday of the next-generation spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket on a mission designed to te...
Atlas 5 launches Starliner on second uncrewed test flight SpaceNews · 19 May 2022 Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is on its way to the International Space Station on a critical, long-delayed uncrewed test flight of the commercial crew vehicle.
Telesat tests LEO broadband prototype in India SpaceNews · 19 May 2022 Telesat said May 18 it demonstrated high-speed connectivity in India last month using a four-year-old prototype satellite
Inmarsat uses ships as stepping stones in mesh network trial SpaceNews · 19 May 2022 Inmarsat said May 19 it has successfully tested a mesh network that enables ships to switch from satellite to terrestrial connectivity by using other vessels as stepping stones to land-based signal towers.
NASA seeks input on human exploration objectives SpaceNews · 19 May 2022 NASA is seeking informal public input on a set of 50 objectives for its exploration efforts that agency leadership says will go into a broader effort to guide its activities for the next two decades.
Ice giants and icy moons: The planetary science decadal survey looks beyond Mars to the outer solar system SpaceNews · 19 May 2022 What the latest decadal survey portends for NASA's planetary science program.
NASA, Partners to Host CAPSTONE Prelaunch Media Teleconference NASA · 19 May 2022 NASA will host a media teleconference with partners Advanced Space and Rocket Lab at 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 25, in advance of the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment...
U.S. Space Force to step up protection of satellite ground systems in the wake of Russia’s cyber attacks SpaceNews · 19 May 2022 Lt. Gen. Saltzman said one lesson from the cyber attacks in Ukraine is that the main targets are not the satellites but the ground systems and user equipment
Starliner OFT-2 launch makes it to orbit, heading to ISS NASASpaceflight · 19 May 2022 Nine months after valve issues caused its previous launch attempt to be scrubbed, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has launched on its Orbital Flight Test 2 mission atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Thursday. OFT...
Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule takes off on long-awaited test flight Spaceflight Now · 19 May 2022 Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft thundered into orbit Thursday from Cape Canaveral aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, aiming to dock at the International Space Station on a years-late test flight to prove the c...
NASA, Partners Offer Global View of Environmental Changes NASA · 19 May 2022 Continuing the collaboration that produced the COVID-19 Earth Observing Dashboard in 2020, NASA and its international partners in Europe and Japan have combined the collective scientific power of their Earth-observing sa...
Starliner successfully launches, reaches a stable orbit [Updated] Ars Technica · 19 May 2022 "The teams are ready. Boeing is ready. ULA is ready."

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