The crew of International Space Station expedition 12, NASA astronaut William McArthur and Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev, launched from Baikonour to the space station on 30 September aboard a Soyuz rocket with US space tourist Greg Olsen.
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.
