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{{short description|Family of SpaceX spacecraft}} ...developed and produced by American private space transportation company [[SpaceX]]. ...

| launch_contractor = [[SpaceX]] | destroyed = <!-- when craft was destroyed (if other than by re-entry) --> ...

| Operator = [[NASA]] | '''[[US Orbital Segment|USOS]]:''' [[NASA]] ...

...tomers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-11-23 |title=Astrotech Wins Contract for NASA Mission |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna40332417 |access-date=2024-09-2 ...vided space habitat microgravity experimentation equipment and services to NASA during the [[Space Shuttle]] era.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 29, 2014 |title ...

| operator = [[NASA]]{{\}}[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]] | launch_contractor = [[SpaceX]] ...

...o create a new company called [[Orbital ATK]], which in turn was purchased by [[Northrop Grumman]] in 2018. ...orthrop-grumman|title=Orbital ATK Shareholders Vote to Approve Acquisition by Northrop Grumman|publisher=Northrop Grumman|date=November 29, 2017|access-d ...

...adquarters_offices/ast/faq/ |url-status=live }}</ref> <!--Future trends--> By the year 2035, the space economy is projected to have grown to $1.8 trillio ...and China. Investment in [[reusable launch vehicle]]s by companies like [[SpaceX]] and [[Blue Origin]] is driving innovation in this sector. In 2022, 74 FAA ...

{{short description|Rocket engine in SpaceX Falcon launch vehicles}} {{About|the line of rocket engines developed by SpaceX|the line of airplane engines also named Merlin|Rolls-Royce Merlin}} ...

...5|thumb|ISRU [[Water-gas shift reaction|reverse water gas shift]] testbed (NASA KSC)]] ...C-20220728-PH-FMX01 0134).jpeg|upright=1.25|thumb|ISRU Pilot Excavator – A NASA project]] ...

...its [[launch cost]] significantly. However, these benefits are diminished by the cost of recovery and refurbishment. ...th [[heat shield]]s, [[grid fin]]s, and other [[flight control surfaces]]. By modifying their shape, [[spaceplane]]s can leverage [[aviation]] mechanics ...

...ech.com/reports/report-documents/Bryce_Smallsats_2020.pdf |title=Smallsats by the Numbers |date=January 1, 2020 |website=brycetech.com }}</ref> While all By mid-2015, many more launch options had become available for smallsats, and ...

| image_alt = Sierra Space Dream Chaser at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in 2024 | image_caption = Dream Chaser [[Dream Chaser Tenacity|''Tenacity'']] at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in 2024 ...

...rking on the [[Blue Moon (spacecraft)|Blue Moon]] human lunar lander for [[NASA]]'s [[Artemis program]], the [[Blue Ring]] spacecraft platform, and the [[O ...criticism for its perceived slow progress, particularly when compared to [[SpaceX]]. Addressing these challenges, the company underwent a leadership change i ...

{{Short description|Cancelled 2005–2010 NASA human spaceflight program}} | alt = A red arrow-like shape resembling an element of the NASA logo, printed on top of three crescents ...

...[[ICBM]] used for launching [[artificial satellites]] into orbit, operated by launch service provider [[ISC Kosmotras]]. The first launch, on April 21, ...h}}called the ''SS-18 Satan'' by NATO{{spaced ndash}}designed in the 1970s by the [[Yuzhnoe Design Bureau]] in [[Dnepropetrovsk]], [[Ukrainian SSR]]. amo ...

...[[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] (DoD) and [[NASA]], but it also serves commercial clients. ...l=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125075021/http://fortune.com/2017/06/17/spacex-launch-cost-competition/ |archive-date=25 January 2019 |access-date=17 Apri ...

{{About|the rocket and spacecraft manufacturer|the British art gallery|Spacex (art gallery)}} | logo = [[File:SpaceX logo black.svg|frameless|upright=1.25|class=skin-invert]] ...

...merger''] Advanced Television 29 May 2025. Accessed 1 June 2025</ref> and by the [[European Commission]] in June 2025.<ref name=EC-clearance/> ...published in 2010 to mark the company's 25th Anniversary, and was followed by ''Even Higher'' in 2012 and ''Beyond Frontiers'' in 2016. ...

...used to launch payloads for the [[United States Department of Defense]], [[NASA]], and commercial customers, Atlas V is the longest-serving active rocket i ...of two main stages. The [[First stage (rocketry)|first stage]] is powered by a single Russian-made [[RD-180]] engine that burns [[kerosene]] and [[liqui ...

...ly of [[armed force|military]] [[communications satellite]]s, now operated by [[Babcock International]] on behalf of the United Kingdom's [[Ministry of D ....<ref name=rafmuseum-20170630/> It was subsequently operated with Skynet 5 by [[Paradigm Secure Communications]] until October 2012, when the organisatio ...