The Indian Space Research Organisation says that it will launch a mission to the moon in 2007. The flight, launched on a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, would feature either a 140kg (310kg) orbiter or a 275kg craft making a lunar fly-by.
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.
