Space Industry Analysis
Jul 09, 2019
Since the mid-2000s, the Kremlin has rekindled the Soviet-era idea of putting humans on the lunar surface—a goal that is still beyond reach.
Jul 09, 2019
Leaders such as President John F. Kennedy inspire by pointing out that humans push for exploration not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”
Jul 09, 2019
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine discusses how the U.S. can reach the Moon and Mars and the need for a more international mindset when it comes to environmental concerns.
Jul 09, 2019
For those watching NASA and private industry wrestle with plans to revisit the Moon, the questions remain: Can we do it again, and why haven’t we?
Jul 08, 2019
A fourth phase has been added to the China Lunar Exploration Program, to survey polar sites for a 2030s research station.
Jul 08, 2019
A lot has changed in the U.S. space industry since the Apollo program 50 years ago, but not everything has.
Nov 30, 2022
NASA has awarded ICON of Austin, Texas, a $57.2 million contract to develop a 3D printer for building lunar infrastructures such as landing pads, roads and habi
Nov 29, 2022
Pleased with the progress of the Artemis I mission Orion/Space Launch System at its midpoint, mission managers have decided to add seven new test objectives focused on learning more about the spacecraft’s response to the deep-space thermal environment and propulsion system performance.
Nov 29, 2022
The rocket carrying astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu blasted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 11:08 p.m. local time on Nov. 29.
Nov 29, 2022
Oberon will form part of a wider ISR constellation called Istari, the UK’s planned billion-pound eye in low Earth orbit.
Nov 29, 2022
President Yoon Suk Yeol has announced space exploration targets with an ambition to reach the Moon by 2032 and Mars by 2045.
Nov 28, 2022
China is also welcoming astronauts from other countries to enter its Tiangong space station and conduct experiments there.
Nov 28, 2022
SpaceX’s 26th NASA-contracted Dragon cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station autonomously docked with the seven-person orbital laboratory’s U.S. segment Harmony module at 7:39 a.m. EST on Nov. 27.
Nov 26, 2022
NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft successfully executed a second major maneuver using propulsion from the capsule’s European Space Agency-provided service module on Nov. 25.