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Blue Origin plans to launch its first human spaceflight mission in nearly two years on Sunday. SpaceX fully stacked the Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage for the mega-rocket's next test flight. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a bill that dissolved the Camden County Spaceport Authority.
Polaris Spaceplanes says it is progressing with construction of its MIRA II and MIRA III spaceplane prototypes. Boeing is taking a few extra days to resolve a small helium leak on the Starliner spacecraft slated to ferry two NASA astronauts on a test flight to the International Space Station.
India has hot-fired a rocket engine with 3D-printed parts for eventual use on the country's workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The PS4 engine, which burns a hypergolic mix of nitrogen tetroxide and monomethyl hydrazine, fired for a duration of 665 seconds.
The Pentagon's contract with ULA for two launches on the Vulcan rocket can't take place until the Space Force certifies the rocket for national security missions. The first national security launch on Vulcan is currently scheduled for October after a delay from January. The Defense Department official said the Space force could certify the Vulcan with a second flight carrying a second payload instead of a real spacecraft.
