Tory Bruno at EFT-1 // Photo Credit: NASA Tory Bruno leaves United Launch Alliance after nearly 12 years as President and CEO, a tenure that reshaped the company during one of the most turbulent periods in the launch industry. When Bruno took over ULA in 2014, the company was at an inflection point. Built around the Atlas V and Delta IV families, ULA was technically dominant but facing a rapidly changing competitive landscape, rising costs, and growing political pressure to

First rollout of SLS for Artemis I // Photo: Ryan Bale NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have completed a major pre-launch milestone, participating in a Launch Day Demonstration designed to rehearse crew and ground operations ahead of the agency’s first crewed lunar mission of the Artemis era. The test was conducted at Kennedy Space Center, with flight hardware located inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, where the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft are currently stacked. T

Long Beach, California Rocket Lab HQ // Photo: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab has secured its largest single contract to date: an $816 million prime award from the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) to design and manufacture 18 satellites for the agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 3 (TRKT3) program, a core element of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA). The award consists of an $806 million base contract with up to $10.45 million in options and further cements Rocket L

Jared Issacman official portrait // Photo Credit: NASA / Bill Ingalls In a landmark moment for America’s space program, Jared Isaacman was officially sworn in as the 15th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on December 18, 2025 after a contentious and high-profile confirmation process. Isaacman assumes leadership of NASA at a pivotal juncture in human space exploration, with the Artemis lunar program gearing up for critical missions and the long