Space Industry Analysis
Jan 07, 2015
After a disappointing 2013, Arianespace rebounds in 2014 and expects new opportunities in 2015.
Jan 07, 2015
Asteroid expert Donald K. Yeomans, retiring as supervisor of the Solar System Dynamics Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, discusses the threat to Earth of asteroids and comets.
Jan 06, 2015
India plans to carry out a test flight of its reusable rocket launcher in March in what could be a first step toward affordable access to space technology. The Winged Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD), fitted with solid strap-on thrusters, will fly at five times the speed of sound (Mach 3) to reach an altitude of more than 100 km (61 mi.) within barely 5 min.
Jan 06, 2015
"...Nature often surprises us, and we saw soemthing else that was really exciting," said lead researcher Daryl Haggard, of Amherst College.
Jan 06, 2015
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has slipped the launch of its fifth commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station to Jan. 9 at the earliest, following an issue with a thrust vector control actuator that stopped the countdown seconds before liftoff on Jan. 6 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral AFS.
Dec 31, 2014
Every day, astronauts on board the International Space Station are taking continuous trips around Earth.
Jun 05, 2021
Launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on June 3 at 1:29 p.m. EDT, the commercial freighter with 7,300 lb. of cargo docked to the space-facing port of the station's Harmony module at 5:09 a.m. EDT, for a monthlong stay.
Jun 04, 2021
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has selected the Rocket Cargo project—determining the viability of using large commercial rockets for military logistics—as the fourth vanguard program and believes SpaceX is not the sole provider of the new technology.
Jun 04, 2021
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is standing down from its planned June 23 launch of an Atlas V rocket with the U.S. Air Force’s Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) spacecraft to review a potential issue.
Jun 04, 2021
United Launch Alliance is standing down from its planned June 23 launch of an Atlas V rocket with the Air Force Test Payload-3 to review a potential issue with oscillations of the booster’s upper stage engine nozzle, the company said on June 4.
Jun 04, 2021
A joint effort underway by Vandenberg Space Force Base with state and central California government and educational agencies to add commercial launch capabilities forecasts a favorable economic impact as the challenges the partnership has identified with an unfolding master plan are met.
Jun 03, 2021
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on June 3, sending a Dragon Cargo ship on its way to the International Space Station with more than 7,300 lb. of equipment and supplies.
Jun 03, 2021
Space situational awareness startup LeoLabs is expected to accelerate the expansion of its ground-based radar sites and subscription services after securing $65 million in Series B funding.
Jun 02, 2021
NASA has selected two missions to Venus for its next Discovery-class planetary science expeditions: Davinci+, which will send a probe into the planet’s thick atmosphere, and Veritas, which will map the planet’s surface.