Orbital Sciences has won the $37 million contract from John Hopkins University to build the NASA Far Ultra-violet Spectrograph Explorer (FUSE). The FUSE will be launched, in 1998 by a yet to be assigned, Med-Lite programme booster.
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.
