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SpaceX · NASA · Cape Canaveral
SpaceX's 35th resupply mission docked on October 15 with more than 6,300 pounds of cargo, including the last of eight upgraded solar arrays for the station.
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SpaceX · U.S. Space Force · Vandenberg Space Force Base
SpaceX launched the classified USSF-481 mission from Vandenberg on October 15, and the booster landed on its 28th flight.
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NASA JPL · Voyager Technologies · Pasadena
The Griffin-1 lunar lander finished nearly three months of environmental testing at JPL in late September, including shake and acoustic tests and a run in the lab's historic 25-Foot Space Simulator. It has gone back to Voyager for final assembly ahead of a Falcon Heavy launch later this year under NASA's CLPS program.
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Blue Origin · Cape Canaveral
The company says it has spent more than $3 billion on its Florida plant, has a $330 million expansion due in summer 2027 for the larger New Glenn 9x4, and plans more launch and landing pads. New Glenn has been grounded since a pad explosion in May.
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NASA JPL · Pasadena
The JPL-run rover passed 28.10 miles on October 11, edging out the 28.06 miles Opportunity drove from 2004 to 2018.
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Varda Space Industries · El Segundo
With W-8 and W-9 in orbit since October 1, Varda says another vehicle will launch within days, and it plans seven more flights next year.
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Raytheon · U.S. Space Force · Woburn, Mass.
Under the Ground-Based Radar Digitization program, Raytheon will modernize the radar sites that watch for missile launches and track objects in space, delivering prototypes first.
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Space Systems Command · BAE Systems · Los Angeles Air Force Base
The contract covers designing and demonstrating very small radio-frequency terminals for a space-based data layer.
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NASA JPL · Caltech IPAC · Pasadena
The JPL-managed infrared telescope found water, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane in nearby brown dwarfs, and its all-sky survey is turning up thousands more.
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California Science Center · Los Angeles
Members can book timed entry to the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center from 9:30 a.m. on October 19, and the public from 9:30 a.m. on October 21. Entry is free with a $4 reservation fee. The center opens November 13.