ATK
ATK Demonstrates Network-Centric USAF Weather Satellite Follow-On Architecture 
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ATK announced today that it successfully completed the last major technical milestone in its contract from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Defense Weather Systems Directorate.
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Orbital Sciences
Orbital Prepares Antares and Cygnus for Upcoming Mission to the ISS
Today, Orbital Sciences Corporation continues to prepare for next week's launch at the Horizontal Integration Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia.
Commercial Space
Chinese Rocket Malfunction Dooms Brazilian Satellite
A satellite jointly developed by Brazil and China has failed to enter orbit because the rocket carrying it malfunctioned after launch from China's northern Shanxi province.
ILS
ILS Proton Successfully Launches Inmarsat-5 F1
An International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Breeze M successfully placed the Inmarsat-5 F1 (I-5 F1) satellite into a super-synchronous (geo-stationary) transfer orbit (SSTO) today.
Ball Aerospace
Ball Aerospace Demonstrates Ultra-Lightweight Telescope Tech for DARPA's MOIRE 
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has demonstrated unprecedented telescope technologies using ultra-lightweight polymer membrane optics.
United Launch Alliance
ULA Atlas V Rocket Successfully Launches Payload for the National Reconnaissance Office
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 on Dec. 5 at 11:14 p.m. PST.
Moon Express
Moon Express Unveils Breakthrough "MX-1" Commercial Lunar Lander
Moon Express, Inc., a privately funded lunar resources company, unveiled its "MX-1" lunar lander spacecraft today as a breakthrough robotic space vehicle capable of a multitude of applications including delivering scientific and commercial payloads to the Moon at a fraction of the cost of conventional approaches.
ESA
Space Technology Contributes to New Artificial Heart
An artificial heart containing miniaturised space technology will soon beat inside a person, having now been approved for human trials in France.
SpaceX
SpaceX Launches SES-8
SpaceX launched the SES-8 satellite this evening on a Falcon 9.1 rocket. Launch occured as the window opened at 5:41 pm ET. Second stage reignition and burn was a success. The SES-8 spacecraft is now in a nominal GEO transfer orbit. So far it seems that the flight was completely nominal.
Blue Origin
Blue Origin Debuts the American-made BE-3 Liquid Hydrogen Rocket Engine
Blue Origin reached a key milestone in the development of the liquid-fueled BE-3 engine successfully demonstrating deep throttle, full power, long-duration and reliable restart all in a single-test sequence.
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Orbital Sciences
Orbital Prepares Antares and Cygnus for Upcoming Mission to the ISS
Today, Orbital Sciences Corporation continues to prepare for next week's launch at the Horizontal Integration Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia.
SpaceX
SpaceX Launches SES-8
SpaceX launched the SES-8 satellite this evening on a Falcon 9.1 rocket. Launch occured as the window opened at 5:41 pm ET. Second stage reignition and burn was a success. The SES-8 spacecraft is now in a nominal GEO transfer orbit. So far it seems that the flight was completely nominal.
NASA
NASA Launches Technology Transfer 'Super Tool'
Businesses and individuals interested in using NASA research to develop new technologies and products now have access to an online tool to make the process of licensing easier.
Center for the Advancement of Science in Space
CASIS Reviews NASA Experiments for Commercialization Potential
The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization managing research on the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory, has organized a group of world-class scientists to review experiments flown in space by NASA over the last 10 years. The goal is to identify findings or areas of further study that could lead to breakthrough technologies and products for people on earth.
ATK
ATK Demonstrates Network-Centric USAF Weather Satellite Follow-On Architecture
ATK announced today that it successfully completed the last major technical milestone in its contract from the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Defense Weather Systems Directorate.
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Request for Grant Proposals for the Space Transportation Infrastructure Matching Grants Program
SUMMARY: This notice solicits Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 grant proposals to continue the development of a Commercial Space Transportation infrastructure system that supports the National Space Policy and Congressional intent. Begun in 2010, the program supports the Commercial Space Transportation industry by identification, prioritization, and funding for Commercial Space Transportation infrastructure projects. This program has been previously referred to as the Commercial Space Transportation Grants Program.
Boeing
First Boeing-built Inmarsat-5 Satellite on Track for 2013 Launch
The first of three Inmarsat-5 Global Xpress (GX) satellites being built by Boeing [NYSE: BA] has successfully completed a key system life test, paving the way for it to launch later this year. The satellite performed as expected during the spacecraft thermal vacuum test, which simulated the cold, airless vacuum of space.
United Launch Alliance
ULA Atlas V Rocket Successfully Launches Payload for the National Reconnaissance Office
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 on Dec. 5 at 11:14 p.m. PST.
Ball Aerospace
Ball Aerospace Demonstrates Ultra-Lightweight Telescope Tech for DARPA's MOIRE
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has demonstrated unprecedented telescope technologies using ultra-lightweight polymer membrane optics.
NanoRacks
SpaceX-2 Carries Multiple NanoRacks' Payloads
It's been a difficult but worthwhile week for Mike Johnson and the NanoRacks team working payloads.
Blue Origin
Photos and Video: Blue Origin Suborbital Crew Capsule Escape System Test
Blue Origin conducted a successful Pad Escape test last week at its West Texas launch site, firing its pusher escape motor and launching a full-scale suborbital Crew Capsule from a launch vehicle simulator. The Crew Capsule traveled to an altitude of 2,307 feet under active thrust vector control before descending safely by parachute to a soft landing 1,630 feet downrange.
Arianespace
Arianespace Gaia Flight Update 10 October 2013
Payload preparations for Arianespace's next Soyuz launch are progressing well at the Spaceport in French Guiana, where the Gaia billion-star surveyor is receiving its sunshield for in-orbit telescope protection as well as power generation.
Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic Celebrates 600th Customer
Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group and Virgin Galactic, today announced that the company's 600th future astronaut is Marsha Waters, the owner of an accounting services company based in Blackpool, United Kingdom.