Lockheed Martin announced that NASA’s Orion spacecraft has launched aboard the Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center, marking the start of the Artemis II mission.
Airbus has confirmed that the European Service Module (ESM-2), built on behalf of the European Space Agency, is fully integrated, fuelled and ready for the Artemis II mission.
NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft completed its second test flight on Friday, marking the start of an expanded flight test campaign in 2026.
NASA said it is moving to advance hypersonic flight research by issuing two new awards to study vehicle concepts capable of flying at least five times the speed of sound.
Northrop Grumman five-segment solid rocket boosters will power the first crewed flight of NASA’s Space Launch System as part of the Artemis II mission, launching from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center as early as February 6, 2026.
According to a press release from NASA, two retired U.S. Air Force F-15 aircraft have joined the flight research fleet at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
A Saturn-200 minisatellite developed by Blue Canyon Technologies, a small satellite manufacturer owned by RTX, has successfully launched in support of NASA’s Pandora mission.
The long-standing link between the Air Force Test Pilot School and the United States space programme continues with the appointment of Maj. Ross Elder to lead a NASA Mars mission.
NASA and L3Harris Technologies have successfully test-fired the second RS-25 engine for the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which will support NASA’s Artemis V mission.
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, in partnership with NASA, has successfully completed the first flight of the X-59, a supersonic aircraft designed to demonstrate reduced sonic boom levels.
BAE Systems has confirmed the successful launch of two spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, supporting NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
NASA’s IMAP spacecraft, equipped with thrusters from L3Harris, is scheduled to launch on 24 September 2025 to study the heliosphere and its interaction with interstellar material.
