Airbus revealed Thursday that it has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Skynet 6A project. The project now has permission to move into the next phase, which leads to the Critical Design Review (CDR). Airbus was awarded the Skynet 6A contract in July 2020. The contract signed with the U.K. Ministry of…

The U.S. Air Force has picked Redstone Arsenal, Alabama as the “preferred location” for U.S. Space Command’s headquarters, pending a final decision in 2023 after the completion of an environmental impact assessment. Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey said that Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations Bob Moriarty called her on the morning…

NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have signed an MOU to support commercial space activities. Under the MOU signed Jan. 8, the FAA and NASA have agreed to collaborate on a stable launch and reentry industry framework between the agencies’ regulations to avoid conflicting requirements and multiple sets of standards.  The two agencies have…

European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Jan Woerner has decided to step down from his position at the end of February, a few months before the end of his term, to let successor Josef Aschbacher take the helm.  Woerner, who has served as director general since 2015, first announced in February 2020 that he would…