Space Industry Analysis
Feb 25, 2015
Complex constellation of four spacecraft will characterize what happens when magnetospheres collide.
Feb 25, 2015
Long-delayed NASA James Webb Space Telescope to run tests of critical instruments this summer.
Feb 23, 2015
Why NASA needs an Asteroid Deflection Technology Development program, rather than an Asteroid Redirect Mission.
Feb 23, 2015
President Barack Obama has vowed that the U.S. would be “pushing out into the Solar System, not just to visit, but to stay.”
Feb 21, 2015
"I worked up a lather on that one," quipped NASA spacewalker Barry "Butch" Wilmore. "You guys have done just a superb job," noted Mission Control.
Feb 19, 2015
In the future, most astronauts will select themselves, largely on the basis of their ability to buy a ticket.
Jul 02, 2021
The docking of the Progress MS-17 cargo capsule to the Poisk module was a first, Progress freighters having previously docked at the Russian segment's Pirs module, which was disabled earlier this year.
Jul 02, 2021
If schedules hold, Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will fly nine days ahead of fellow billionaire entrepreneur and space buff Jeff Bezos, founder and funder of Blue Origin.
Jul 01, 2021
Arianespace and its Starsem affiliate launched 36 OneWeb satellites to orbit July 1 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia.
Jul 01, 2021
NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter will attempt to overfly a region of key interest to scientists on the rover Perseverance mission, pushing ongoing flight demonstrations into the realm of operational mission support.
Jul 01, 2021
Wally Funk, one of 13 women recruited as potential astronauts for NASA’s 1960s Mercury program but sidelined due to gender, will fly as a guest of Blue Origin on the company’s first crewed flight.
Jul 01, 2021
The aging NEOWISE space telescope, which seeks out asteroids and comets including the many undiscovered objects that could pose an impact threat to the Earth, has had its life extended for two more years.
Jun 30, 2021
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket one day after the mission was delayed because a helicopter was flying in restricted airspace.
Jun 30, 2021
This year’s International Asteroid Day, the annual June 30 observance instituted by the United Nations to promote global awareness of asteroid threats, arrives with NASA on the verge of launching a first-ever mission to demonstrate a potential defense.