Space Industry Analysis
Feb 18, 2015
NASA’s human-spaceflight chief urges the private sector to start preparing to replace the ISS with a commercial space station.
Feb 18, 2015
Because the platform is vulnerable to extreme conditions, SpaceX intends to equip the vessel with additional station-keeping capability.
Feb 17, 2015
"...both explanations defy our current understanding of Mars' upper atmosphere," says European led study team.
Feb 17, 2015
Russia's Progress 58, or M-26M, is carrying 3.1 tons of propellant, water, compressed oxygen, spare parts, research gear and other dry goods.
Feb 17, 2015
Hard-won data from 30 years of space shuttle missions can shape the design of next-generation human spacecraft in areas ranging from vehicle reuse to helping crewmembers survive an accident.
Feb 16, 2015
The success of Europe's experimental IXV technology demonstration could open the door for future development of reusable space transportation vehicles.
Jun 30, 2021
Virgin Orbit delivered seven satellites into orbit on June 30, including cubesats for the U.S. Defense Department’s Rapid Agile Launch Initiative (RALI), a Polish-based startup planning to sell optical imagery to agricultural and energy customers and the first military satellite for the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
Jun 30, 2021
Russia’s Progress MS-17 cargo capsule, filled with 3,600 lb. of food, crew supplies and propellant, was on course for an automated docking with the International Space Station late July 1 following a successful launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Jun 29, 2021
With sights on lunar and deep space missions, China has firmed up its road map to develop heavy-lift rockets based on the Long March 5 and the new Long March 9.
Jun 29, 2021
Northrop Grumman’s 15th Cygnus resupply mission spacecraft departed the International Space Station on June 29 filled with trash and prepared for an orbit-raising maneuver for five small satellite deployments prior to making a destructive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.
Jun 25, 2021
SpaceX has delayed its Transporter-2 mission to allow for more prelaunch checkouts, the company announced on Twitter.
Jun 25, 2021
Three spacewalks in nine days did the trick, as astronauts succeeded in installing the second of the first two of six planned Roll Out Solar Arrays on the International Space Station to provide more electricity for science and technology activities as the orbital science lab ages.
Jun 25, 2021
Northrop Grumman has delivered the spacecraft bus to support the 2023 launch of a satellites that will demonstrate a military-only alternative to the Global Positioning System, according to the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Jun 25, 2021
The FAA approval clears the way for Virgin Galactic to launch commercial operations using its SpaceShipTwo suborbital launch system.