Commercial Space
May 29, 2020
As this new decade begins, 2020 is shaping up to be a groundbreaking year for the burgeoning space tourism industry. A report issued by UBS, the…
May 27, 2020
With preparations for SpaceX’s first human spaceflight drawing to a close, the company's President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell talks with Aviation Week & Space Technology space editor Irene Klotz about lessons learned for Starship and plans for the rollout of Starlink.
May 27, 2020
Musk talks to Aviation Week & Space Technology Space Editor Irene Klotz about finally getting to human spaceflight and what’s ahead.
May 27, 2020
While its space taxi won’t be first to fly astronauts, Boeing commits to the long game.
May 27, 2020
Launch of NASA astronauts on the flight test comes nine years after the last U.S. human orbital spaceflight.
Sep 14, 2022
Sierra Space recently conducted a burst test of a subscale version of its Large Inflatable Flexible Environment habitat.
Sep 13, 2022
Avio, the prime contractor in Europe’s Vega light launcher program, is working on an experimental launch vehicle using only a liquid oxygen-methane propellant.
Sep 12, 2022
Against a backdrop of tough geopolitical and economic issues, Director General Josef Aschbacher has to convince the agency’s 22 member states that those difficulties are precisely why they need to invest more into space.
Sep 12, 2022
Virgin Galactic is reviewing initial responses to RFPs for structural and systems components for the company’s planned new Delta-class spaceplanes as it looks ahead to serial production.
Sep 08, 2022
Airbus is testing a pair of UK defense cubesats in readiness for the first orbital launch from the UK.
Sep 07, 2022
Rocket Lab has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with U.S. Transportation Command to explore using the company’s Neutron and Electron launch vehicles to transport cargo around the world.
Sep 07, 2022
Albedo, a startup developing very-low-Earth-orbit imagery satellites, has raised a $48 million Series A round.
Sep 05, 2022
Placing Eutelsat's Konnect VHTS into orbit signals the beginning of the end for Europe’s Ariane 5 workhorse.