Posted: Sat, Oct 31 10:49 AM ET (1449 GMT)
Two astronauts successfully deployed a solar array on an International Space Station spacewalk Thursday. NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk spent 7 hours and 11 minutes outside the station, installing the next-to-last IROSA solar array. The array successfully rolled out, joining six others installed over the last few years. Menon and Kutryk finished their work ahead of schedule and used the extra time to perform get-ahead tasks for another spacewalk next week where the two astronauts will install the final IROSA array. Those arrays will augment the station's power systems though its anticipated retirement in 2030.

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Posted: Sat, Oct 31 10:43 AM ET (1443 GMT)
United Launch Alliance will resume Vulcan launches next month. The company announced Wednesday that its next Vulcan launch, carrying 40 Amazon Leo satellites, is scheduled for no earlier than Nov. 13. The launch will be the first for Vulcan since mid-February, when a solid rocket booster suffered a "significant performance anomaly" on a Space Force mission. ULA said it has made improvements to the nozzle of the solid rocket booster to address several potential causes of the anomaly, and will use this launch to test that design while performing other analysis. The launch will be the first of 38 Amazon Leo missions for Vulcan.

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New Virgin Galactic spaceplane arrives at Spaceport America
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 10:38 AM ET (1438 GMT)
Virgin Galactic's newest spaceplane has arrived at the company's spaceport for flight tests. The first Delta-class suborbital spaceplane, named Apeiron, arrived at...

FCC approves Amazon acquisition of Globalstar
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 10:36 AM ET (1436 GMT)
The FCC has approved Amazon's planned acquisition of Globalstar. The FCC gave its ok Tuesday to the $11.5 billion acquisition announced in April,...

Pentagon to fund new Stoke Space launch pad
Posted: Sat, Oct 31 10:34 AM ET (1434 GMT)
The Pentagon is providing a $150 million loan guarantee to Stoke Space for a second launch pad. The financing, announced Monday by the Defense Department'...