The launch of NASA's Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket, already delayed once to 4 November, is now due to take place on 9 November, from Vandenberg AFB, California with a 7min launch window open.
Source: Flight International
Orbital launch pioneer SpaceX is being contracted by the American space agency NASA to develop a so-called “US Deorbit Vehicle” that can safely return the International Space Station to Earth via controlled re-entry.
BAE Systems has completed its acquisition of Ball Aerospace, with the move further strengthening its US business presence.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has retired its Mars helicopter Ingenuity after the craft suffered damage upon landing.
