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SpaceX’s Starship successfully completed its fourth flight test, making it one step closer to becoming useful for NASA’s Artemis program, while Boeing’s Starliner reached the International Space Station despite suffering multiple helium leaks.

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner finally launched to space on June 5, 2024 after almost a decade of delays and malfunctions.

Boeing makes another attempt to launch its its Starliner spacecraft en route to the International Space Station, carrying two NASA astronauts and a crucial replacement for the ISS’s urine processor pump aboard.

Boeing scrubbed its attempt to launch its Starliner capsule named ‘Calypso’ on May 6, which was supposed to be a break for Boeing’s issues in its passenger jet operations.

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc reportedly made a $2 billion offer to United Launch Alliance, the prime spacecraft launch service provider of Pentagon jointly owned by Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp.

An unmanned Delta 4 rocket blasted off from Florida on Wednesday to deliver the ninth of 12 next-generation Global Positioning System satellites into orbit.

For months, a powerful U.S. senator has been pushing for details of a murky deal under which a Russian manufacturer supplies the rocket engines used to launch America’s spy satellites into space.

The U.S. drive to end its reliance on Russian rocket motors got a boost this week when Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos unveiled a new engine project, but officials and industry insiders say it will take years and hundreds of millions of dollars to develop a locally built alternative.

After announcing via press conference that its Falcon 9 rocket has successfully made a soft landing in the ocean, Elon Musk expressed his desire for Space X and other private companies to join the bidding for military rocket launch contracts.