Space Forge Ships Tech to the US for In-Space Advanced Manufacturing

In preparation for an upcoming In-Space Advanced Manufacturing (ISAM) mission, UK-based startup Space Forge has officially shipped its ForgeStar-1 satellite to the US. The work aims to harness space’s extreme conditions to create materials unavailable here on the blue planet.

Multi-Billion Contracts To Develop Advanced Hypersonic Capabilities

The U.S. Air Force and the UK’s Ministry of Defense have both selected Rocket Lab USA to participate in bidding on contracts to provide hypersonic test launch capabilities with its HASTE launch system, engineering, and other services under programs that run through 2031.

NASA SBIR Grant Supported Research Into Nozzle Design And Test

Venus Aerospace, a Houston, Texas-based startup, announced the successful design and testing of a new nozzle for its hypersonic engine system. The nozzle research was supported through a NASA Small Business Innovation Research award.

Deal For Four Docking Mechanisms For ESA’s I-Hab Lunar Gateway Module

Redwire Space, provider of space infrastructure for the emerging space economy, announced that its Belgian subsidiary, Redwire Space NV, has been awarded a contract from Thales Alenia Space to furnish four docking mechanisms for the European Space Agency’s Lunar I-Hab habitation module for the Lunar Gateway station that will orbit the Moon.

All-Female Crew Of 6 Makes Total 58 Taken To Space

Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster rocket successfully completed its 31st mission to space, lifting a crew of six female space tourists on a suborbital flight that was its 11th human spaceflight. The program has so far taken a total of 58 people on the brief flight above the Karman Line that many consider the edge of space.