Space Industry Analysis
Nov 03, 2022
Plans by NASA and Boeing to launch the crewed test flight of the company’s CST-100 Starliner to the International Space Station will move from early February to April of 2023 as the agency works to deconflict visiting crew and resupply missions to the seven-person orbital laboratory as well as continue the verification of critical Starliner flight systems.
Nov 03, 2022
After a three-year hiatus, SpaceX’s heavy lifter is back in business.
Oct 27, 2022
What does the talent pipeline look like and is training evolving to better train for competency? Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University President Barry Butler talks with Aviation Week.
Oct 27, 2022
Despite differences between nations, space exploration should remain a place for civil collaboration.
Oct 21, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Oct 20, 2022
NASA is assessing a private initiative to boost and service the flagship observatory.
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.
Oct 02, 2023
The need to redesign the Vega-C light- to medium-lift launcher’s second stage nozzle is causing another delay for the fledgling program.
Sep 29, 2023
Gitai’s 1.5-m-long autonomous dual robotic arm system (S2) has successfully passed all NASA safety reviews for its planned International Space Station external demonstration.
Sep 29, 2023
The parameters for thruster operations are being altered in response to warmer thermal predictions for their use, according to a NASA mission update.
Sep 28, 2023
Ispace technologies U.S. has unveiled a redesigned Series 2 lunar lander renamed the APEX 1.0.
Sep 28, 2023
The FAA also called for organizational changes following the Sept. 12, 2022, uncrewed New Shepard-23 mission.
Sep 27, 2023
Zero-trust architecture is an approach to information technology security that emphasizes constant reverification of device identity and integrity.