Space Industry Analysis
Jun 14, 2017
The imbalance of male-female U.S. astronauts dates to President Dwight Eisenhower’s belief that military pilots were best qualified to fly in space.
Jun 13, 2017
There is a lot of intriguing activity in the aerospace industry than is not be apparent at first look.
Jun 09, 2017
The Stratolaunch satellite launching aircraft is set to begin fuel-system testing, on track for its first launch demonstration in 2019.
Jun 09, 2017
While SpaceX focuses on reuseable launchers, Arianespace looks to compete by drastically lowering the costs of its expendable ones.
Jun 09, 2017
U.S. military equipment continues to top the “must-buy" list for many countries. But Europe is pushing to meet more of its own defense needs, particularly unmanned aircraft. Including new entrants into the space market, we profile the key programs worth tracking closely.
Jun 09, 2017
Digital twins and digital threads will help head off production issues in advance.
May 08, 2022
NASA’s Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket will head back to its Kennedy Space Center launchpad in June for a second run at a Wet Dress Rehearsal as the agency strives to get the system’s first lunar test flight, Artemis I, underway by summer’s end.
May 08, 2022
Maritime Launch Services, which aims to establish Canada’s first indigenous space launch from Nova Scotia, and rocket manufacturing startup Reaction Dynamics of Quebec are partnering for a 2023 debut.
May 06, 2022
Virgin Galactic is slipping its forecasted start of revenue-generating commercial operations to the first quarter of 2023 instead of this year, executives announced May 5 while revealing the space tourism provider’s latest quarterly loss.
May 06, 2022
The CEO of Avio does not see any problem in the medium term regarding supply of the RD-843 engines that power its upgraded Vega C light launcher, despite their Ukrainian origin.
May 06, 2022
NASA’s Crew-3 SpaceX Dragon capsule splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida peninsula early May 6.
May 05, 2022
The U.S. military is testing the use of OneWeb and SpaceX’s Starlink to provide communications from remote outposts in the Arctic where resilient connections in austere locations is a problem that U.S. Northern Command needs to address.
May 05, 2022
DARPA has released a presolicitation for phase 2 and 3 of its Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations program, an effort to develop a nuclear thermal rocket engine. DARPA is interested in developing such an engine to speed up the time it takes to move spacecraft through the vast distances of cislunar space.
May 05, 2022
Norway is investing in a mini-constellation of maritime reconnaissance satellites to support surveillance in the High North.