Space Industry Analysis
Mar 20, 2015
David W. Thompson and a pair of classmates from Harvard Business School launched Orbital Sciences Corp. in 1982 to, as they put it, ‘bring the benefits of space down to Earth.’ The company, with Thompson still at the helm, continues to innovate and expand its vision.
Mar 20, 2015
Seeing a potentially major new market, rocket and spacecraft builders are positioning themselves to appeal to designers of small satellite constellations.
Mar 19, 2015
"What's especially surprising about the aurora we saw is how deep in the atmosphere it occurs," said Arnaud Stiepen, a University of Colorado researcher.
Mar 18, 2015
Budget realities and better software may be thawing the U.S. government’s resistance to “non-traditional” space sensors to augment the high-priced systems it has developed and fielded over the years.
Mar 18, 2015
Technology for the James Webb Space Telescope may be applied to follow-on observatories with almost twice the aperture.
Mar 17, 2015
Modifications to the Falcon 9 v1.1 will lead to a new design for the SpaceX Falcon Heavy.
Jul 19, 2021
A Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was transported to its launchpad at Cape Canaveral and mounted on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in preparation for liftoff on July 30.
Jul 19, 2021
The Hubble Space Telescope, now 31 years old, resumed science operations over the weekend following a June 13 interruption eventually traced to the observatory’s Primary Payload Computer.
Jul 19, 2021
The UK is in negotiations with the U.S. Space Force about hosting an advanced deep space radar system.
Jul 19, 2021
Jeff Bezos and three other passengers are set to launch on the company’s first human mission on July 20.
Jul 19, 2021
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said the spacecraft blasted off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and landed “horizontally” in Inner Mongolia.
Jul 16, 2021
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has approved a $25.04 billion NASA budget for 2022.
Jul 15, 2021
An 18-year-old student on a gap year before college will join Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos and aviation pioneer Wally Funk on Blue Origin’s first human spaceflight, slated to launch on July 20, the company said on July 15.
Jul 15, 2021
In its latest defense white paper, the Japanese defense ministry names China as its main security threat and for the first time includes the stability of Taiwan in the annual report.