NASA awarded contracts Jan. 26 to a dozen companies, ranging from industry stalwarts to startups yet to launch their first rocket, to provide low-cost launches of agency smallsats.

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In January 2021, the FAA quietly released a new set of supersonic flight test regulations to facilitate the next generation of Concorde successors. Here, Australian Aviation lists the industry big-hitters fighting to be the first to market with smaller, quieter and more environmentally friendly aircraft likely to turn the business jet market on its head

Former RAAF pilot Alexander Robinson is the co-founder of Airly, a start-up that allows customers to book business jet flights via an app. Here, he predicts what this year has in store for the industry after it welcomed a new generation of customers in 2020 COVID-19’s savaging of the aviation industry will continue to be

A SpaceX cargo ship splashed down under parachutes in the Gulf of Mexico this week, returning from the International Space Station after a 34-day mission with a spacesuit used for spacewalks, and research specimens for distribution to scientists around the world.

A Russian cosmonaut has received a visa to come to the United States for routine space station training after initially having his application rejected, an incident that’s raised questions about how increased tensions over Ukraine might affect space.

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NASA will announce later this year the four astronauts who will slingshot around the far side of the moon on the Artemis lunar program's first crew mission, currently scheduled for launch in 2024, the head of the agency's human space exploration division recently said. The crew is expected to include three U.S. fliers and one Canadian astronaut.

Blue Origin is buying Honeybee Robotics, a company that develops robotic systems for space and other extreme environments.

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NASA continues to face difficulties in sending some of its payloads to orbit as hosted payloads on commercial satellites.

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Engineers have identified the likely reason one of two solar arrays on NASA’s Lucy asteroid mission failed to latch in place after launch, but NASA is still studying whether to fix the problem.

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Space Micro, a defense and NASA contractor recently acquired by Voyager Space, won a contract to design a laser communications terminal to connect military aircraft with geostationary satellites in orbit. 

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The Chinese Room’s newest title gets a wider release If you’re a fan of narrative games, Dear Esther is known as...

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