Space Industry Analysis
Apr 09, 2019
Brazil’s hopes for self-sufficiency in space ride on Visiona’s nanosat.
Apr 08, 2019
Westcott facility for Reaction Engines core testing takes British high-speed rocket propulsion research back to its post-war roots.
Apr 07, 2019
High-temperature, Mach 3.3 test paves the way for a hypersonic run for Reaction Engines pre-cooler.
Apr 04, 2019
Flying the SpaceX Falcon Heavy with ULA upper stage is an option for lunar missions beyond 2022.
Apr 04, 2019
Steppingstones are in place to fast-track revived U.S. lunar exploration initiative, but some key items are missing.
Apr 04, 2019
The U.S. is responding to increased Chinese and Russian space threats by building a space force and planning to spend $14 billion in fiscal 2020. Is it enough?
Nov 03, 2022
Plans by NASA and Boeing to launch the crewed test flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station will move from early February to April of 2023 as the agency works to deconflict visiting crew and resupply missions to the seven-person orbital laboratory as well as continue the verification of critical Starliner flight systems.
Nov 03, 2022
Gen. B. Chance Saltzman takes over command from retiring Gen. Jay Raymond, who has led the Space Force since its December 2019 inception.
Nov 02, 2022
A modified Sikorsky S-92 helicopter will attempt to snare the returning booster by its parachute line.
Nov 02, 2022
NASA has issued a draft request for proposals (RFP) from industry for a Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) for exploring the Moon’s south pole as part of…
Nov 02, 2022
Bell will supply the vehicle’s feathering system and flight control surfaces while Texas-based structures specialist Qarbon Aerospace will produce the fuselage and wing.
Nov 01, 2022
As NASA presses ahead to transition International Space Station operations to multiple commercial free-flying platforms, the agency is also working to retain its international and U.S. National Laboratory partners, according to two days of testimony provided to the NASA Advisory Council’s Human Exploration and Operations Committee.
Nov 01, 2022
Spire Global has won a contract from DARPA to design a satellite that would carry sensors to very low Earth orbit to study the ionosphere.
Nov 01, 2022
A triple-core Falcon Heavy, currently the most powerful rocket operating today, lifted off from a fog-shrouded Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 1 on a challenging and classified mission for the U.S. Space Force.