Space Industry Analysis
Mar 24, 2017
In this week’s Washington Outlook: Deterring plausibly deniable attacks in space may involve actions on the ground.
Mar 22, 2017
Trump administration’s views on climate change may curtail NASA Earth-observation satellite missions.
Mar 21, 2017
Most of the toughest engineering challenges have been tackled, 80% of structural element designs are finished, and Lockheed investments in facilities, labs and personnel certifications can help speed readiness for complex deep-space missions.
Mar 20, 2017
Launch service operators and satellite manufacturers stand to benefit from electric-propulsion satellites.
Mar 18, 2017
Charles F. Bolden, a U.S. Marine Corps aviator, NASA astronaut and the 12th administrator of the U.S. space agency, is the 2017 recipient of the Philip J. Klass Lifetime Achievement Award.
Mar 17, 2017
Republicans want more dollars for the military. Democrats are unlikely to lift budget caps for defense.
Apr 18, 2022
NASA plans to suspend additional tanking tests of the Space Launch System and return the Moon rocket to Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs, the space agency said.
Apr 15, 2022
Space tug startup TransAstra and small satellite startup ReOrbit have signed multiple contracts to study joint development projects.
Apr 15, 2022
Technicians on April 15 were preparing to access the tail service mast unit of the Space Launch System mobile launcher in an effort to stem a liquid hydrogen leak that prompted the launch team to scrub a tanking test of the Moon-class rocket on April 14.
Apr 15, 2022
As their nearly six-month mission to the International Space Station draws to a close, four NASA SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts praised their experience with Axiom-1, the first U.S. all-private astronaut mission to the ISS, and predicted there will be more missions to come.
Apr 14, 2022
Capella Space has unveiled new software features that automate analysis of images captured by its synthetic aperture radar satellite constellation.
Apr 14, 2022
A hydrogen leak halted NASA’s third attempt to fuel the first Space Launch System rocket at the launchpad on April 14.
Apr 14, 2022
Russia has agreed to send a Belarusian citizen to space, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko announced after a meeting with Russia President Vladimir Putin at Vostochny Cosmodrome on April 12.
Apr 13, 2022
The Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully completed testing of a prototype 1-newton thruster using its Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-toxic propellant in a vacuum chamber.