Space Industry Analysis
Dec 22, 2016
The Spaceflight sector was hopping this year including China's continuing advances. New probes on Mars and Jupiter will keep U.S. and European scientists busy into the coming year and beyond.
Dec 22, 2016
Pentagon faces decisions on critical and complex military space systems as the commercial satellite communications market continues to evolve.
Dec 21, 2016
Even on the ground, launch vehicles inspire a sense of awe in the observer, letting one feel the power that will be unleashed when their engines light.
Dec 21, 2016
Few things made by man release so much power so quickly as a rocket carrying its payload into space. The results inspire awe in people who witness these launches.
Dec 21, 2016
Private sector space initiatives are expected to continue and perhaps be bolstered under Trump administration.
Dec 19, 2016
The first American to orbit Earth and the oldest person to ever fly in space was both a straight arrow and a self-promoter.
Apr 01, 2022
Despite global tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, NASA and Roscosmos continue to weigh a seat exchange agreement that would ensure every launch to the International Space Station by either agency has at least one astronaut and one cosmonaut on board.
Apr 01, 2022
As it awaits its seventh mission via a Falcon 9 launch imminently, Ion Satellite Carrier provider D-Orbit–which is going public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)–expects to have 20 space tugs operational by 2023, a top executive says.
Mar 31, 2022
Blue Origin conducted its fourth crewed flight on March 31, sending five paying passengers and employee Gary Lai—the lead architect for the New Shepard transportation system—into suborbital space.
Mar 30, 2022
Ad Astra Rocket Co., Costa Rica SRL, and Mesoamerica, a Latin American asset manager, are forming a joint venture, ProNova Energy, to develop green hydrogen energy strategies for a global customer base and Latin American prospects
Mar 30, 2022
Aphelion Aerospace, a five-year-old startup targeting nanosatellite launches with its proposed environmentally friendly fueled rocket, is launching a crowdsourcing funding effort.
Mar 30, 2022
Russia’s Soyuz MS-19 descended under parachute to a safe landing in remote Kazakhstan after departing the International Space Station early March 30 with two cosmonauts and NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, whose stay set a new record of 355 days for the longest U.S. human spaceflight.
Mar 30, 2022
Eyeing fast-growing demand for small satellite constellations from both defense and commercial customers, Boeing subsidiary Millennium Space Systems is opening a new “high-throughput” small satellite production facility.
Mar 29, 2022
NASA is eager to kick off the next major milestone in preparation for the first launch of the Space Launch System and Orion crew capsule—its Wet Dress Rehearsal.