Space Industry Analysis
May 06, 2015
Lockheed Martin, responding to market changes, is merging its military and commercial satellite manufacturing operations while upgrading the A2100 bus.
May 05, 2015
"Coffee: the finest organic suspension ever devised," according to European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.
May 01, 2015
China’s ASAT tests have forced the Pentagon to funnel billions of dollars into new satellite architectures and defensive measures.
Apr 29, 2015
Sierra Nevada is using its deep pockets to keep the Dream Chaser mini-space shuttle alive while it looks for paying customers.
Apr 29, 2015
Certainly there is a new space race underway, just as there was 50 years ago. This time the goal is profits—and the skilled workforces that can generate them—although national prestige remains important, too.
Apr 29, 2015
SpaceX is juggling a mix of commercial and government missions at a time when its cargo-resupply services are in growing demand.
Aug 13, 2021
Russia’s Roscosmos and Tunisian telecommunication company Telnet Holding signed a memorandum of understanding on Aug. 13 in Moscow calling for the preparation of Tunisia’s first person to travel into space, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said.
Aug 13, 2021
The Indian Space Research Organization said the mission failed when the cryogenic third stage failed to ignite.
Aug 12, 2021
As NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return mission speeds back to Earth to drop off materials gathered from the surface of Bennu, scientists have used data gathered during 30 months of close-up reconnaissance to determine the 500-meter-wide (1,640-ft.) object poses an extremely small impact threat to Earth.
Aug 12, 2021
Hanwha Systems has joined a growing list of investors in the OneWeb low Earth orbit communications satellite constellation.
Aug 12, 2021
The Cygnus, named for the late NASA astronaut Ellison Onizuka, carries 8,210 lb. of crew supplies, ISS equipment, science experiments and technology demonstrations.
Aug 12, 2021
A second attempt at collecting a sample of the Martian surface is planned for September.
Aug 10, 2021
The Cygnus carries nearly 8,210 lb. of crew supplies, science experiments and technology development projects.
Aug 10, 2021
Intuitive Machines, one of NASA’s initial Commercial Lunar Payload Services providers, has selected the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for the first-quarter-2024 launch of its third mission to the Moon.