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Axiom 4: Perfect Pacific Ocean Splashdown By Manish Kumar Jha
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Stories from recent issue
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Sunita Williams, Starliner, and the State of Human Spaceflight
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News
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September 30, 2025
Boeing Delivers Second ViaSat 3 Satellite to ViasatBoeing has delivered ViaSat 3 F2, the second spacecraft in Viasat's next generation, ultra high capacity constellation.
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September 28, 2025
Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking Technology with Starlab Commercial Space Station(PHOTO RELEASE) Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully performed a rendezvous, proximity operations and docking demonstration with Starlab Space Stations and Voyager Technologies, marking the latest milestone in developing this fully autonomous capability for Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft.
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September 10, 2025
Boeing Sets Rapid Pace with 3D-Printed Solar Array SubstratesBoeing unveiled a 3D printed solar array substrate approach that compresses composite build times by up to six months on a typical solar array wing program from print to final assembly.
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August 22, 2025
Boeing-Built X-37B Spaceplane Launches, Beginning Eighth MissionThe Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle launched today on its eighth mission, lifting off at 11:50PM ET aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The vehicle is healthy on orbit and proceeding with standard checkout.
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August 7, 2025
Boeing Delivers Nusantara Lima (SNL) Satellite to PSN, Advancing Connectivity Across Indonesia, Southeast AsiaBoeing has delivered the Satelit Nusantara Lima (SNL) communications satellite to PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), paving the way for reliable, high-capacity connectivity for PSN users across Indonesia's over 17,000 islands and neighboring nations.
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July 28, 2025
Boeing-Built X-37B Spaceplane Set for Eighth MissionThe Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) is preparing to launch its eighth mission (OTV-8) from Florida's Space Coast, with liftoff scheduled no earlier than August 21.
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July 22, 2025
Two Boeing-Built O3b mPOWER Satellites Successfully Launch, Enhancing SES ConstellationBoeing engineers have confirmed the 9th and 10th O3b mPOWER satellites, built for leading space solutions company SES, have successfully launched and are transmitting signals from space after lifting off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 5:12 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
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July 9, 2025
Northrop Grumman Completes Key Test for Exoplanetary Ascent PropulsionNorthrop Grumman has achieved a significant milestone in space exploration technology with a successful testing of an advanced second-stage motor for ascent propulsion from another planet.
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July 3, 2025
Boeing Secures $2.8B Contract to Enhance US Strategic SATCOM CapabilitiesBoeing has been awarded a $2.8B contract for the Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications (ESS) program, the space-based component of the US nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) architecture.
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July 2, 2025
Boeing Delivers Next-Generation O3b mPOWER Satellites to SESBoeing has successfully delivered the 9th and 10th O3b mPOWER satellites to content and network provider SES, advancing the company's effort to provide global connectivity from space.
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June 26, 2023
Northrop Grumman Tests Most Powerful Segmented Solid Rocket Booster Ever BuiltNorthrop Grumman Corporation conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA's Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket booster.
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June 23, 2025
Northrop Grumman Expands Colorado Footprint to Bolster Production of Space Ground SystemsNorthrop Grumman Corporation opened a new 100,000 square foot integration facility to scale the delivery of ground system capabilities that deliver mission-critical data to American and allied warfighters.
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June 5, 2025
Northrop Grumman Successfully Integrates Spacecraft for Next-Generation Space Robotic Servicing SystemNorthrop Grumman Corporation's SpaceLogistics LLC has integrated a robotics payload onto its Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) spacecraft bus, achieving another milestone for its MRV and the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program.
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May 29, 2025
Northrop Grumman Invests $50 Million in Firefly Aerospace to Advance Eclipse™ Medium Launch VehicleNorthrop Grumman Corporation has invested $50 million into Firefly Aerospace to further advance production of the companies' co-developed medium launch vehicle, now known as Eclipse™.
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April 9, 2025
Northrop Grumman Achieves First-Ever Undocking Between Two Commercial Spacecraft in Geosynchronous OrbitA Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation's Space Logistics LLC has successfully undocked with Intelsat's IS-901 satellite, completing its life extension service.
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March 20, 2025
Shiv Nadar University, Delhi – NCR Signs MoU with ISRO's NRSC to Advance Space Research and InnovationThe collaboration will boost research in remote sensing, disaster management, advanced farming, environmental studies, and space technology
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March 20, 2025
Paras Defence & Space Technologies secures ₹142.31 Crore Contract from DRDO to Develop India's most advanced anti-drone laser domeParas Defence & Space Technologies Ltd., a prominent Indian defence engineering firm, has secured a ₹142.31 crores (including taxes) contract from Centre for High Energy Systems & Sciences (CHESS), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to develop a high-powered laser system, an indigenous air defence system inspired to make India's most-advanced anti-drone laser dome.
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