SpaceX launched Starship on its 13th suborbital test flight July 24, correcting some of the issues seen on the previous flight while deploying functioning satellites for the first time.

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United Launch Alliance’s corporate parents have guaranteed a loan to the company as it addresses “financial challenges” caused by the grounding of its Vulcan Centaur rocket.

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The Commerce Department is moving ahead with plans to implement a voluntary mission authorization system for novel space activities that are not regulated by other agencies.

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More than two dozen major NASA projects say they have been affected by the loss of a fifth of NASA’s civil servant workforce in the last year.

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Airbus executives say the turnaround in the company’s space business came just in time to tap growing demand, particularly from Europe, for space capabilities as it pursues a joint venture.

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Commercial space station and spacecraft developer Vast has established a new division intended to support work in national security space.

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Relativity Space struck a deal with Space Florida to build manufacturing and test facilities for its Terran R rocket on Florida’s Space Coast.

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The pilot of Artemis 2 says NASA’s return to the moon should start with human landings in less challenging equatorial regions rather than go directly to the south pole.

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Northrop Grumman took another charge for the solid rocket boosters it provides for the Vulcan Centaur and suggested updated motors might not be ready until the end of the year.

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The island nation of Mauritius signed the Artemis Accords July 17, becoming the 70th nation to do so in less than six years.

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Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 rocket successfully lifted off on its inaugural flight July 18, becoming the first commercial Indian rocket to reach orbit.

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NASA and Draper have terminated plans for a lunar lander mission after significant delays in development of the spacecraft.

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Serbia is the latest nation to sign the Artemis Accords, joining the U.S.-led effort more than two years after signing on to China’s lunar base project.

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SpaceX aborted the launch of its latest Starship test flight July 16 when some of the vehicle’s engines failed to ignite.

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The Office of Space Commerce defended its proposal for a mission authorization scheme for novel space activities, arguing it would provide certainty for companies while limiting regulatory burdens.

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The Japanese government wants to sharply increase the number of launches despite struggles with both current and new launch vehicles.

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A new crew arrived at the International Space Station on July 14 on a launch witnessed in person by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.

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The British government is preparing to release a new space strategy that will provide a “whole-of-government” approach for space in the country.

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Reditus Space, a startup developing recoverable and reusable spacecraft, has completed its first vehicle for launch later this year.

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Voyager Technologies has completed its acquisition of lunar infrastructure company Astrobotic Technology, weeks after Astrobotic won two NASA lunar lander missions.

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