German launch vehicle company Isar Aerospace has completed tests of its first Spectrum rocket and is ready to launch, pending a license. The post Isar Aerospace completes testing of first Spectrum rocket appeared first on SpaceNews.
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The company will offer deployable missile defense and hypersonic test solutions The post ABL Space renamed Long Wall as it shifts focus to defense market appeared first on SpaceNews.
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SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said that NASA should deorbit the International Space Station “as soon as possible,” preferably in the next two years. The post Musk calls for deorbiting ISS “as soon as possible” appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Airbus is taking an additional 300 million euros in charges on its space projects as it continues talks with two other European companies about combining their satellite businesses. The post Airbus takes another 300 million euros in space program charges appeared first on SpaceNews.
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CoRe Flow Controls combine legacy expertise with high volume production to support launch vehicle applications in commercial space sector. MONTVILLE, N.J. — February 19, 2025 — Marotta Controls, a rapidly […] The post Marotta Controls Delivers 50,000th CoRe Valve to Rocket Lab appeared first on SpaceNews.
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HELSINKI — The spacecraft for China’s Tianwen-2 combined near-Earth asteroid sample return and comet rendezvous mission has arrived at Xichang spaceport for launch preparations. The Tianwen-2 spacecraft arrived at Xichang […] The post China readies Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return spacecraft for launch appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Building space policy is hard enough. It’s harder when trying to make a future-focused policy decision based on abstract concepts. That’s really the problem with the space critical infrastructure conversation, […] The post Companies are planning to build space critical infrastructure. Can space policy keep up? appeared first on SpaceNews.
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NASA’s associate administrator will leave the agency at the end of the week as uncertainty continues about the timing and scope of potential job cuts. The post Jim Free, NASA associate administrator, to retire appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has initiated a review to identify offsets from the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal. The post Trump orders $50 billion cut from 2026 defense budget, shields ‘Iron Dome’ initiative appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Confusion lingers over the roles of the U.S. Space Force, U.S. Space Command and intelligence agencies The post Defense executives demand clarity on space agencies’ missions appeared first on SpaceNews.
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