Space Industry Analysis
Oct 07, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Oct 06, 2022
The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum reopens on Oct. 14 with eight new galleries full of interactive exhibits, new artifacts and old ones…
Oct 05, 2022
As the European Commission and ESA rally to support reusability concepts, research and technology projects slip to the right.
Oct 05, 2022
A Mars architecture concept review is expected to be completed in January.
Oct 05, 2022
SLS debut launch is scuttled by an approaching hurricane.
Oct 05, 2022
Axiom aims to include two Saudis during next private mission to the ISS.
Sep 26, 2023
Advancements in commercial space tech helped the U.S. Space Force, Millennium Space Systems and Firefly Aerospace pull off the Victus Nox rapid launch demo.
Sep 26, 2023
A Japanese partnership of MUFG Bank, Kanematsu and Tokio Marine & Nichido led the Sierra Space funding round, which will fund space station development.
Sep 26, 2023
Lt. Gen. John Shaw, senior U.S. Space Force officer at Space Command, says challenges will grow as vehicles become more complex and operate further from Earth.
Sep 26, 2023
Progress has been slow on Blue Origin's New Glenn orbital launch system under Bob Smith’s watch, with an expected 2024 debut coming four years behind schedule.
Sep 25, 2023
The Osiris-Rex sample canister with material gathered from the surface of the asteroid Bennu was flown on Sept. 25 from its landing site in the Utah desert to NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Sep 24, 2023
The largest haul of extraterrestrial samples since Apollo 17 landed in Utah on Sept. 24 after being collected by the Osiris-REx spacecraft.
Sep 22, 2023
Satellite-based remote sensing startup Satellogic said Sept. 21 it will not launch any more satellites until at least the first quarter of 2024.
Sep 22, 2023
The current MSR mission cost estimate of $5.9 billion with a 2027 launch of the initial multiple mission elements will likely rise to $8-$11 billion.