Space Industry Analysis
Mar 12, 2015
Europe's EDRS will use laser beam transmissions between low-Earth orbiting (LEO) spacecraft and commercial communications satellites in geostationary orbit to reduce the time it takes to get large quantities of remote-sensing data to the ground.
Mar 12, 2015
Lockheed Martin wants to use ISS as a commercial springboard to the Moon and beyond.
Mar 12, 2015
Like most missions with the two-seat Gemini capsules, Gemini 8 started out to be a first. As it turned out, there were two firsts in the mission depicted on the cover of March 28, 1966.
Mar 11, 2015
Three spacecraft will begin the unprecedented exploration of dwarf planets and a moon over an 8-month period in 2015.
Mar 11, 2015
NanoRacks is planning a commercial airlock on ISS to ease traffic crunch in Japanese module.
Mar 11, 2015
Established satellite service players have largely welcomed Silicon Valley’s sudden interest in the space sector—including some fleet operators who see the potential to collaborate with new LEO networks.
Jul 14, 2021
NASA is making progress in the development of a new spacesuit design to return human explorers to the Moon’s surface and outfit a wide range of male and female astronauts.
Jul 14, 2021
Russia’s Roscosmos is testing the elements of a single-orbit flightpath to the International Space Station.
Jul 14, 2021
Masten Space Systems will demonstrate a prototype of a GPS-like positioning, navigation and timing system on the Moon for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the Mojave, California-based company announced on July 13.
Jul 14, 2021
The newly formed U.S. Space Force has not done enough to realize the space force vision, which was founded in large part to fix lasting issues with acquisition, according to draft legislation passed by the House Appropriations Committee.
Jul 13, 2021
The FAA has approved a modification to Blue Origin’s launch license to fly passengers, clearing the way for company founder and financier Jeff Bezos and three crewmates to fly on the New Shepard suborbital launch system on July 20, pending weather and technical checks.
Jul 13, 2021
NASA and the Energy Department selected three reactor design concepts for space nuclear propulsion systems.
Jul 11, 2021
SpaceShipTwo Unity glided to a landing at 9:32 am on July 11 after successfully providing a six-member crew, including Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, a few minutes of weightlessness in space.
Jul 10, 2021
NASA and SpaceX reported late July 9 a successful splashdown of the company’s 22nd Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station.