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Max Q: Testing, testing

August 15, 2022 Aria Alamalhodaei 261 Viewsbenchmark space systems, Capella Space, Firefly Aerospace, inmarsat, Lockheed Martin Ventures, muon space, nanoavionics, NASA, northrop grumman, OneWeb, SpaceX, starlink, Virgin Orbit 4 min read

In this issue: Northrop Grumman and Firefly Aerospace want to make the Antares rocket all-American; how Muon Space is locking in customers; news from SpaceX, OneWeb and more

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Northrop Grumman taps Firefly Aerospace to upgrade its Antares rocket to American-built engines

August 8, 2022August 10, 2022 Stefanie Waldek 264 ViewsFirefly Aerospace, northrop grumman, rockets, Space, spaceflight 2 min read

Chalk one up for the American broomsticks. Northrop Grumman has announced that it will partner with startup Firefly Aerospace to build an all-American version of its workhorse Antares rocket, which currently flies with Russian-built RD-181 engines. Due to the continuing war in Ukraine, Russia halted all sales of its rocket engines to the United States […]

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Max Q: Alien encounters

June 13, 2022August 10, 2022 Aria Alamalhodaei 226 ViewsArianespace, bellatrix aerospace, cargo dragon, ion-x, james webb space telescope, Max Q, NASA, northrop grumman, Relativity Space, Rocket Lab, SpaceX, stratolaunch, United Launch Alliance 5 min read

Hello and welcome back to Max Q. In this issue: A micrometeoroid ping heard around the galaxy; SpaceX cargo resupply delay; News from Rocket Lab, United Launch Alliance, and more