Commercial Space
Aug 30, 2021
Modeling decarbonization; Suborbital spaceplane flies; Satellite captures debris; Measuring Arctic methane; Navy VTOL delivery drone.
Aug 27, 2021
NASA stops work on lunar lander a second time after losing bidder files federal lawsuit.
Aug 27, 2021
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aug 26, 2021
NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion are big-government programs trying to keep pace in a marketplace increasingly dominated by commercial industry, meanwhile, the U.S. military is looking to build bridges to international partners, that same commercial industry and to the intelligence community.
Aug 25, 2021
SpaceX seeks LOX; Missile warning force design; The start of Space Command; and A question of UAPs.
Mar 02, 2023
Bosses at a Welsh startup whose satellite was lost in the failed Virgin Orbit launch from the UK have criticized the country’s approach to sat licensing.
Feb 28, 2023
Ferrying VMS Eve to Spaceport America clears the way for initial glide and powered tests of the refurbished SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity over the coming months.
Feb 27, 2023
Astroscale has raised a $76 million Series G round of capital and plans to jointly develop satellite buses with Mitsubishi Electric.
Feb 27, 2023
SpaceX scrubbed launch of the NASA-backed Crew-6 mission with 2 min. 14 sec. left on the clock.
Feb 24, 2023
Smartphone manufacturer Samsung is joining the race to provide cellular services from space.
Feb 24, 2023
More analysis of a Blue Origin BE-4 qualification engine for ULA’s Vulcan rocket program is pushing the booster’s debut flight to no earlier than May 4.
Feb 24, 2023
Momentus on Feb. 23 announced a preliminary settlement of a class-action lawsuit against the turbulent space tug startup.
Feb 23, 2023
Earth observation satellite builder Axelspace, in collaboration with Tokyo Institute of Technology, has designed a novel Ka-band radio for microsatellites.