Space Industry Analysis
Oct 21, 2016
Although ExoMars mission's landing demonstration may have failed, the orbiter’s mission to search for life will continue.
Oct 21, 2016
Missions tend to fare better when countries share information and technology. That certainly appeared to be the case last week - from Russia's Soyuz launch , to China's Shenzou mission, Antares's return to flight, and a rocky landing on Mars.
Oct 19, 2016
First on the international space station, then in cislunar habitats, NASA is set to begin researching human survivability for travel to Mars.
Oct 19, 2016
NASA’s faltering commercial-spaceflight endeavor enjoys a spectacular return to flight of the Orbital ATK Antares launcher laden with supplies for the International Space Station (ISS).
Oct 19, 2016
Musk’s approach is flawed. If he truly believes that what is at stake is the long-term survival of humanity, then he should not expect to charge people $200,000 for the trip, opines Antoine Gelain.
Oct 18, 2016
The ExoMars—for “exobiology on Mars”—mission begins with a landing demonstration.
Mar 18, 2022
Aquarian Space raised $650,000 in seed capital to fund development of a lunar satellite communications relay network.
Mar 17, 2022
NASA’s strategy for transitioning its operations aboard the International Space Station to an assortment of commercial free flyers over the coming decade faces a number of opportunity-nurtured challenges, a panel of experts with a stake in the outcome says.
Mar 17, 2022
NASA’s debut Space Launch System rocket began an overnight ride from Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39B on March 17, a major milestone in a 10-year, $20 billion effort to develop a heavy-lift rocket capable of sending astronauts back to the Moon.
Mar 17, 2022
The European Space Agency has suspended the ExoMars 2022 program, a cooperative effort with Russian space agency Roscosmos to look for traces of life underneath the surface of Mars.
Mar 17, 2022
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command and Boeing recently finished a critical design review of the company’s Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype.
Mar 16, 2022
The 18 segments of the James Webb Space Telescope primary mirror are now fully aligned, working as a single, 21-ft.-dia. mirror, exactly as designed.
Mar 16, 2022
Driven by exponential growth in the number of proposed satellites in low Earth orbit and beyond this decade, investors and entrepreneurs are eyeing commercial-oriented space situational awareness (SSA) as a growth sector worthy of new investments, entrants and partnerships.
Mar 16, 2022
Satellite imagery appears to confirm that a Ukrainian attack on an airfield previously captured by Russian forces resulted in the destruction of several Russian helicopters.