Space Industry Analysis
Jun 10, 2016
The idea that U.K. aerospace would somehow fare better if London no longer has a seat at the table in EU negotiations is ludicrous.
Jun 10, 2016
Will the candidate’s rhetoric evolve?; associations prod House leaders to pass FAA bill; Elon Musk goes to the Pentagon.
Jun 09, 2016
With its selection as a third cargo carrier in NASA’s second-round Commercial Resupply Services competition, Sierra Nevada Corp. is pushing Dream Chaser into the international marketplace.
Jun 08, 2016
Smith shepherded the rise of the U.S. commercial spaceflight industry, drafting licensing and safety regulations while providing freedom to innovate.
Jun 08, 2016
Astronauts are installing sensors that will watch how the pod responds to temperature, radiation and orbital debris.
Jun 08, 2016
Progress in reusable suborbital space flight hastens the day when researchers can study the transition zone from gravity to its absence.
Feb 02, 2022
NASA is retargeting the rollout of its first Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule for a tanking test at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B to mid-March, a month later than planned.
Feb 02, 2022
A month after announcing the Biden administration’s support to extend International Space Station operations from 2024 to 2030, NASA has provided a congressionally required update of its transition strategy.
Feb 02, 2022
Russia’s Glavkosmos, the commercial arm of space agency Roscosmos, signed an agreement with Bangladesh Satellite Co. Ltd. on Feb. 2 to build and launch Bangladesh’s first Earth observation system.
Feb 02, 2022
Funds will be used to accelerate the first phase of the ADRAS-J active debris removal project with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Feb 01, 2022
Isotropic Systems simultaneously connected a multilink satellite terminal to satellites in medium Earth orbit (MEO) and geostationary orbit during trials at the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland.
Feb 01, 2022
The National Reconnaissance Office and SpaceX on Feb. 2 plan to launch the first Falcon 9 carrying an NRO payload procured under the National Security Space Launch program, and the first time a booster will be reused for another NRO mission.
Feb 01, 2022
The UK has outlined plans to spend nearly £1 billion ($1.35 billion) to develop an on-orbit intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability.
Feb 01, 2022
After waiting out poor weather and a wayward cruise ship in Florida, SpaceX on Jan. 31 launched the newest member of Italy’s synthetic aperture radar Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation network, completing the fourth of 52 missions SpaceX plans this year.