Space Industry Analysis
Feb 18, 2019
Perhaps the gods of capitalism demanded one real sacrifice on the altar of total shareholder return. If so, let us hope Arconic satiates them.
Feb 13, 2019
Space has become one of the most dynamic sectors of the aerospace industry in recent years as upstarts challenge paradigms and traditional launch providers.
Feb 13, 2019
This Anglo-Danish startup describes how production, architecture and propellant are working together to drive efficiency.
Feb 12, 2019
The Long March 3A-series program, busier than ever, has probably never performed so well. Replacement is planned, however.
Feb 08, 2019
Methane and liquid oxygen engine hits 60% of maximum thrust during 2-sec. debut.
Feb 08, 2019
This year’s winners will be recognized March 14 at a black-tie gala in Washington, when the Grand Laureates and Lifetime Achievement awards also will be presented.
Oct 20, 2022
Back on Earth from a 170-day mission to the International Space Station, NASA’s Crew-4 quartet of U.S. and European astronauts have some recommendations for developers of the commercial low-Earth-orbit successors to the ISS that is now in its final decade of planned operations.
Oct 20, 2022
Airbus has signed a cooperation agreement with Norway’s Andoya Space to make use of its ranges for live-fire exercises.
Oct 20, 2022
A six-member team—all from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland—will review SpaceX’s unsolicited proposal to send a Dragon capsule to the Hubble Space Telescope to boost its orbit, among possible other services.
Oct 19, 2022
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Ascent cubesat has completed all its mission objectives about 10 months after its launch.
Oct 19, 2022
The first flight of Europe’s new workhorse launch vehicle has slipped again.
Oct 18, 2022
NASA is looking to mid-November for the resumption of planned spacewalks outside the International Space Station (ISS) following the unexpected appearance of moisture on the helmet visor of European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer at the conclusion of a March 23 excursion.
Oct 18, 2022
The nonprofit Space Center Houston and NASA’s Johnson Space Center have unveiled a Facilities Master Plan to help hasten a global and commercial rush to take part in the agency’s blueprint to establish a permanent human presence at the Moon in preparation for human expeditions to Mars.
Oct 18, 2022
Recovering from its second launch hiatus, OneWeb Satellites is poised to begin adding to its global broadband constellation in low Earth orbit, this time with launch services provided by the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization.