Space Industry Analysis
Mar 25, 2016
Aerospace titan puts “faith” in political process | Voters reject the F-35 | Inspector General investigates government contracts to ULA.
Mar 23, 2016
As it completes assembly of three Radarsats for Canada, Winnipeg-based Magellan looks to enter the commercial satellite market.
Mar 23, 2016
The new space plan provides 1.4 trillion rubles ($20.5 billion) through 2025—but largely guts earlier proposals to send humans to the Moon in the next decade and leaves in doubt timing of a joint mission to Mars with the European Space Agency.
Mar 18, 2016
For delivering on a 15-year promise to complete the initial reconnaissance of the known Solar System, the 2016 Space Laureate goes to the scientists and engineers who created and flew the New Horizons probe to Pluto, and beyond.
Mar 18, 2016
Tomorrow’s Leaders’ honors at Aviation Week 2016 Laureates Awards gives recognition to young U.S. service members already excelling in their fields.
Mar 18, 2016
JPL head Charles Elachi was awarded an Aviation Week Lifetime Achievement Laureate for “a lifetime dedicated to gaining a better understanding of the Solar System.
Dec 24, 2021
NASA and Roscosmos continue to pursue an astronaut/cosmonaut crew exchange agreement for Soyuz and NASA Commercial Crew launches to the International Space Station.
Dec 23, 2021
A new Inmarsat I-6 F1 satellite was successfully put into orbit by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on Dec 23.
Dec 23, 2021
An Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket carrying the flagship James Webb Space Telescope was rolled out to launchpad ELA-3 at Guiana Space Center in French Guiana on Dec. 23 in preparation for liftoff at 7:20 a.m. EST on Dec. 25.
Dec 23, 2021
A Russian Progress propulsion module and instrument compartment that delivered the Prichal docking module to the International Space Station’s Russian-segment Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module departed the seven-person orbital science laboratory late Dec. 22 for a destructive atmospheric re-entry over the south Pacific Ocean.
Dec 22, 2021
SpaceX’s 24th NASA-contracted Dragon resupply capsule autonomously rendezvoused with and docked to the International Space Station’s (ISS) U.S. segment early Dec. 22.
Dec 21, 2021
The flagship James Webb Space Telescope has been cleared for a launch attempt this week aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket.
Dec 21, 2021
DARPA has selected Germany-based Mynaric to create an architectural design for the experimental laser communication terminals called for by the agency’s Space-Based Adaptive Communications Node (Space BACN) program.
Dec 21, 2021
SpaceX’s 24th NASA-contracted resupply mission is carrying a diverse array of research projects to the International Space Station.