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The global space tourism market is forecast to grow briskly from $851.7 million in 2024 to $5.19 billion by 2034, a new report says.

Frank Calvelli, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, spoke at Aviation Week’s A&D Programs conference on Nov. 7.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The company is developing a large spacecraft to transport, host, refuel and provide data and other services for multiple payloads.

Blue Origin's Blue Ring can host and/or deploy 1,100-lb.-class satellites on a dozen generic ESPA and ESPA Grande ports.

The company plans to develop a fully autonomous docking system for the Cygnus.

Amazon becomes a satellite operator.

The 196-ft. Atlas V lifted off at 2:06 p.m. EDT on a dedicated ride for a pair of small satellites known as Kuipersat-1 and -2.

Congress has authorized ISS operations through 2030.

The FAA also called for organizational changes following the Sept. 12, 2022, uncrewed New Shepard-23 mission.

Team wants data on S4 dynamics in simulated lunar space.

Progress has been slow on Blue Origin's New Glenn orbital launch system under Bob Smith’s watch, with an expected 2024 debut coming four years behind schedule.

With three expected bidders and three planned awards, everyone wins at whatever the price.

The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) within the Commerce Department is set to implement a three-phase plan to assume control of space situational awareness.

The mission date is to be announced at a later date, and the name of the astronaut awaits approval by NASA and the other ISS partners.

Europe’s Airbus Defense and Space is upping its stake in the Voyager Space-led Starlab project.

Axiom, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have all flown privately paying passengers into orbital and suborbital space from the U.S.

The road to launch detoured back to the rocket factory for an upper-stage modification.

NASA has selected 11 U.S. companies to develop advanced technologies for long-term exploration of the Moon and space.

Moratorium on space passenger safety regulations is poised to end Oct. 1.

The CJS portion of the 2024 spending legislation that includes NASA and which was marked up by the full committee passed by a bipartisan 28-1 vote.

George Nield, who led the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation, talks about managing the risks of private space travel without harming innovation.

United Launch Alliance plans to modify the Centaur V upper stage of its new Vulcan rocket, likely delaying the booster’s debut flight to late this year.

Ultimately, heritage hardware, not new technology, is the cause.

United Launch Alliance has completed a 6-sec. hot fire of the methane-burning BE-4 engines that power the first stage of its new Vulcan rocket.