Space Industry Analysis
Jul 20, 2016
Real-time analysis of human genetic response to the space environment may be coming, with enormous—and perhaps scary—implications.
Jul 20, 2016
Optical comms development for DARPA can boost commercial crosslinks as well.
Jul 20, 2016
The U.S. is trying to keep smallsat, cubesat and nanosat operators viable as they wait for domestic launch-service providers to field dedicated rides to space.
Jul 14, 2016
Currently, the FAA must clear large blocks of airspace around launch and recovery sites.
Jul 13, 2016
NASA looks for flexibility in its uses for solar-electric propulsion, in part to avoid political pitfalls.
Jul 13, 2016
JAXA has achieved long-term success for its JEM space lab on the ISS by sticking to its original plan as much as possible, regardless of short-term priorities.
Feb 17, 2022
Russia’s MS-19 Progress resupply capsule successfully docked with the seven-person International Space Station early Feb. 17, completing the delivery of a nearly 3-ton cargo, including food, water, propellant and other supplies and research equipment.
Feb 17, 2022
SpaceLink, of McLean, Virginia, has selected Houston-based commercial space station developer Axiom Space to demonstrate an end-to-end optical communications relay service for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, which manages the U.S. National Laboratory elements of the International Space Station.
Feb 17, 2022
Orbital Sidekick has validated an upgrade to its existing hyperspectral satellite sensors and is announcing an investment by national security startup seed funder In-Q-Tel.
Feb 16, 2022
Former NASA shuttle-era astronauts David Leestma, Sandra Magnus and Chris Ferguson will be formally inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on June 10, the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation says.
Feb 15, 2022
Virgin Galactic on Feb. 16 will reopen ticket sales to the general public for rides to space, the company said.
Feb 15, 2022
NASA is prepared to invest up to $200 million to work with commercial partners focused on advancing technologies for the Moon and near Earth space.
Feb 15, 2022
Russia’s Progress MS-19 resupply capsule was on course for a Feb. 17 automated docking with the International Space Station following launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying almost 3 tons of food, water, propellant and other supplies.
Feb 14, 2022
After a year’s hiatus, the Indian Space Research Organization returned its workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle into service, sending an Earth-observation satellite and two small satellite rideshares into low Earth orbit.