Space Industry Analysis
Oct 26, 2018
The Long March 8 was originally supposed to be a cheap expendable launcher. Somewhere in the Chinese space launch sector, that was not considered good enough.
Oct 26, 2018
Defense Department officials continue to lay the framework for a U.S. Space Force and will submit a proposal to the White House in early December.
Oct 22, 2018
Russia is aiming to return venerable Soyuz rocket to flight as early as Oct. 25.
Oct 19, 2018
Here is a look at some of the more than two dozen public and private organizations that have unveiled lunar exploration and development programs.
Oct 19, 2018
More than 25 public and private organizations are working on lunar exploration and development programs, and NASA is now front and center among them. Here is a look at some of the projects staking a future on the Moon.
Oct 19, 2018
Check out these photos of front-line fighters, soaring rockets and more. If you've taken photos that measure up, there's still time to enter.
Sep 21, 2022
Dawn Aerospace plans to start test flights of its rocket-powered spaceplane technology demonstrator before year-end.
Sep 21, 2022
Russia’s Soyuz MS-22 soared into a two-orbit launch to docking with the International Space Station on Sept. 21.
Sep 20, 2022
The European Commission has chosen Thales Alenia Space to lead the next phase of the European Robotic Orbital Support Services program, slated to culminate with an in-orbit demonstration in 2026 and potentially follow on with commercial missions.
Sep 20, 2022
SpinLaunch, a startup looking to commercialize a centrifuge-based mass accelerator for space access, said Sept. 20 it has closed $71 million in a Series B round of venture-capital funding.
Sep 20, 2022
Europe and the U.S. are pursuing a powerful pair of infrared telescopes that, taken together, could help provide rapid warning of an asteroid hitting the planet.
Sep 20, 2022
NASA has released an updated exploration framework to guide the budding Artemis lunar program toward human missions to Mars and beyond.
Sep 20, 2022
Using a cadre of advanced technologies, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission is closing in on executing the world’s first-ever attempt at demonstrating whether a spacecraft can slam into an asteroid with enough force to prevent it from destructively colliding with the Earth given adequate warning.
Sep 20, 2022
Brian Binnie, who clinched the $10 million Ansari XPrize for the Paul Allen-Scaled Composites team that built the SpaceShipOne reusable suborbital spacecraft, has died, his family announced on Sept. 18.