Space Industry Analysis
May 11, 2016
The company must complete a rigorous series of tests this year and next to begin collecting fares in 2018 under its five-year, $4.2 billion NASA Commercial Crew Transportation Capability deal.
May 11, 2016
A challenging timetable has SpaceX running at top speed on preparations for upcoming flights to the International Space Station with the Crew Dragon, the human-rated version of the company’s cargo-carrying Dragon spacecraft.
May 10, 2016
The space agency is pleased with the progress of the post-space-shuttle commercial approach to developing the spacecraft that will allow it to begin flying astronauts from U.S. soil again.
May 10, 2016
The initial group of astronauts selected to fly on commercial missions to the International Space Station are providing input about human-factors engineering to Boeing and SpaceX.
May 09, 2016
One of Aviation Week's most popular and distinguishing features has been hands-on flight reports written by the magazine’s pilots and engineers.
May 09, 2016
NASA engineers will regularly brief U.S. companies on their progress in developing techniques for on-orbit satellite servicing, hoping to spin the technology off into the private sector as quickly as possible.
Jan 25, 2022
Engineers believe they have tracked the cause of a problem that prevented one of the two circular solar arrays on NASA’s Lucy asteroid probe from unfurling completely, according to mission Principal Investigator Hal Levison, with the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado.
Jan 25, 2022
U.S. authorities have refused to issue an entry visa for Russian cosmonaut Nikolay Chub, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin reported in his social media account on Jan 22.
Jan 25, 2022
The European Commission plans to establish a space investment fund to support startups.
Jan 24, 2022
Space 11 Corp., an aerospace company focused on the production of space-based entertainment, is partnering with Nanoracks, a commercial space station visionary, to develop an orbital free flyer intended to support space film and television production and serve as a live venue and soundscape.
Jan 24, 2022
A month after launching aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket, the James Webb Space Telescope on Jan. 24 reached its operational orbit about 940,000 mi. from Earth.
Jan 24, 2022
SpaceX’s 24th NASA-contracted cargo Dragon mission to the International Space Station conducted a parachute-assisted descent into the Gulf of Mexico waters off Panama City, Florida, on Jan. 24. Dragon returned a more than 4,900-lb. payload of scientific and medical research, technology hardware and other equipment for recovery.
Jan 24, 2022
ArianeGroup is studying a dual-use second stage for launches of both satellite and crew that will support the European Space Agency’s fledgling reusability strategy.
Jan 24, 2022
After a two-day weather delay, SpaceX’s 24th NASA-contracted Cargo Dragon capsule departed the International Space Station (ISS) on Jan. 23 for a parachute-assisted descent, splashdown and recovery in the waters off Florida’s upper gulf coast.