Space Industry Analysis

Nov 18, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Nov 11, 2022
A slew of new-space companies are unveiling strategic changes or acknowledging setbacks. Is it the end or the beginning?
Nov 11, 2022
Startups need small business funds, reprogrammed government dollars and skillful lobbying. Nothing can go wrong.
Nov 09, 2022
HyImpulse, Isar Aerospace, Latitude, Maia Space, Orbex, PLD Space, RFA and Skyrora are forming a new ecosystem in space launchers.
Nov 04, 2022
Last month Ed Stone retired as Voyager project scientist. The mission still needed a successor.
Nov 04, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Oct 03, 2023
Russia’s attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon in August failed due to a mistimed thruster burn.
Oct 03, 2023
The FCC for the first time has imposed a fine on a satellite operator for failing to properly deorbit a satellite.
Oct 03, 2023
Signatories of the Artemis Accords plan to share data to avoid potential lunar mission interference.
Oct 03, 2023
The next mission, Chang’e 6, which is intended to return the first samples from the lunar far side, is expected to launch in May.
Oct 02, 2023
Astroscale Japan has received an $80 million grant from the Japanese government to “image and diagnose” a large, defunct satellite.
Oct 02, 2023
Congress has authorized ISS operations through 2030.
Oct 02, 2023
Financing issues are delaying development of a new Russian space station in low Earth orbit.
Oct 02, 2023
NASA plans to extend its New Horizons mission, the first to conduct a close flyby of distant Pluto and its moons, until the end of the decade with a focus on gathering data on solar activity and its influences across the Solar System.