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A United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Perseverance rover lifted off Thursday from a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as part of the Mars 2020 mission.

Twenty-eight representatives from the government, private and academic sectors have been appointed to serve for a term of up to two years on the user’s advisory group of the National Space Council.

Amy Gowder, a more than two-decade aerospace and technology market veteran, has been appointed chief operating officer of Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) with responsibility over its Centers of Excellence operations.

Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) has been awarded a nine-year, $1.79B follow-on contract to produce 18 more RS-25 cryogenic engines to power Space Launch System rockets NASA intends to use on Artemis exploration missions.

NASA is looking for potential sources of a new main engine for the Orion spacecraft’s European service module, which serves as its main power and propulsion element for maneuvers in lunar orbit, SpaceNews reported Friday.

Aerojet Rocketdyne will develop a propulsion technology for an anti-submarine warfare weapon under a $63.2M other transaction agreement with the U.S. Navy.

Andrea Wagner, who previously held human resources leadership roles at TE Connectivity and Bombardier, will formally join Aerojet Rocketdyne as chief HR officer on March 2.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has notified the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of its intent to end its work on a DARPA program to develop an unmanned reusable launch vehicle that can be used to send small satellites into low-Earth orbit, Spaceflight Now reported Wednesday.

Aerojet Rocketdyne has agreed to design and produce a rocket engine assembly for NASA through additive manufacturing approaches as part of a Space Act Agreement with the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center.

Tyler Evans, a more than 25-year aerospace and defense industry veteran, has been promoted to senior vice president of the defense business unit at Aerojet Rocketdyne.