NASA updated the SpaceX Crew-13 schedule to no earlier than September 12, 2026, for a Falcon 9 and Dragon ISS crew-rotation mission.
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Joby specified that its September Dallas-Fort Worth eIPP campaign will be a week of piloted vertical takeoff and landing flights with only the pilot aboard.
NASA completed Roman’s hydrazine fueling and now targets a 7:26 a.m. EDT Falcon Heavy launch from Kennedy Space Center on August 30, 2026.
BETA is scheduled to release second-quarter 2026 financial and operating results before market open and host a webcast at 8:30 a.m. ET.
AST SpaceMobile said BlueBirds 14, 15 and 16 were ready to ship shortly following the August 5 launch of BlueBirds 11, 12 and 13.
AST SpaceMobile released its second-quarter 2026 results, reporting $31.5 million of revenue and reaffirming its $150 million to $200 million full-year revenue guidance.
Archer disclosed that Midnight completed piloted round-trip flights between Salinas Municipal Airport and Monterey Regional Airport in July as preparation for eIPP operations later in 2026.
Archer reported Q2 2026 revenue of $5.0 million, a $263.2 million net loss and adjusted EBITDA loss of $177.1 million, while guiding Q3 adjusted EBITDA loss to $170 million-$200 million.
Rocket Lab reported record second-quarter 2026 revenue of $234.1 million and record backlog of $2.36 billion, while guiding third-quarter revenue to $250 million-$265 million.
Rocket Lab announced a dedicated Neutron mission for Kepler Communications from Launch Complex 3 no earlier than 2028 to deploy multiple low-Earth-orbit satellites.
Archer signed a definitive agreement to acquire Boeing's Wisk Aero, Insitu and SkyGrid subsidiaries in exchange for a 19.75% pre-closing equity stake for Boeing plus two performance-priced warrants.
SpaceX said recovery of the Starship Flight 13 upper stage from the Indian Ocean was threatened by rough seas, and Elon Musk said recovery was not looking good.
Joby signed a lease and opened a 45,000-square-foot operational hub at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport to support future Dallas-Fort Worth air-taxi operations and planned Texas eIPP flights.
Rocket Lab successfully launched iQPS's QPS-SAR-13 (Mikura-I) satellite on its 92nd Electron mission.
South Korea’s Danuri orbiter returned before-and-after imagery of the Falcon 9 upper-stage impact site, while SpaceX said it is working with NASA to avoid future unintended lunar impacts.
Joby reported second-quarter 2026 results, raised full-year revenue guidance to $115 million-$125 million, and ended the quarter with $2.3 billion in cash and short-term investments.
Joby reported that its FAA type-certification work had reached 20% completion by the company and 10% by the FAA in Stage 5 as of July 31, with five aircraft flying and 12 in production.
Archer announced that its ZEE aviation AI model demonstrated real-time prediction of airport-surface aircraft trajectories minutes ahead and had begun testing at Hawthorne Airport.
Honeywell Aerospace reported its first standalone second-quarter results, lowered 2026 organic-sales and pro forma standalone adjusted-EBIT guidance, initiated pro forma standalone adjusted-EPS guidance, and maintained second-half free-cash-flow guidance.
Joby clarified that its Atoms partnership will develop and finance multimodal air-taxi hubs initially in Florida, New York, Texas and California.
BETA and the Export-Import Bank of the United States announced an intention to expand their financing relationship to up to $1 billion, including approximately $830 million of incremental capital.
Lockheed Martin and NioCorp signed a non-binding MOU under which Lockheed could purchase up to 15 tonnes per year of scandium oxide or aluminum-scandium alloy for 10 years.
Rocket Lab received a $397 million U.S. Space Force contract to develop, launch, and operate multiple Flatellite spacecraft for the SB-AMTI program.
SpaceX’s August 4 Form 10-Q confirmed Q2 2026 revenue of $7.814 billion and a $541 million net loss, while resolving the pending filing verification.