Space Industry Analysis
Sep 29, 2014
Intra-nation tensions related to Ukraine situation and other matters have left space partnerships relatively unscathed
Sep 29, 2014
Aviation Week looks at the laser technology that the European Data Relay System (EDRS) will use to transmit data via geostationary satellites. EDRS aims to provide nearly uninterrupted data links to low-Earth-orbiting spacecraft and allow ground stations that need it most to receive information in near-real time.
Sep 26, 2014
"We're monitoring the solar arrays, but the power seems to be fine." Mission Control Moscow informed Soyuz commander Alexander Samokytyaev, cosmonaut Elena Serova and NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore.
Sep 23, 2014
International Space Station astronaut Alexander Gerst, of the European Space Agency, captures SpaceX Dragon capsule.
Sep 22, 2014
Satellites enable everything from better weather forecasts to smartphones; we would literally be lost without them.
Sep 22, 2014
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko poses an unexpected challenge for Rosetta mission.
Apr 27, 2021
The U.S. Government Accountability Office expects to rule by Aug. 4 on a pair of protests filed over NASA’s $2.9 billion award to SpaceX for a human lunar lander flight demonstration.
Apr 27, 2021
NASA and Space X have announced that the planned splashdown of four Crew-1 Dragon astronauts returning from the International Space Station will now take place on May 1 rather than April 28.
Apr 26, 2021
Blue Origin and Dynetics filed separate protests on April 26 with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) over NASA’s $2.9 billion award to rival SpaceX for a human lunar landing system demonstration mission.
Apr 26, 2021
Keeping the International Space Station’s U.S. segment steadily staffed at five astronauts is continuing to significantly contribute to the research and technology demonstrations underway aboard the orbiting science laboratory, says NASA astronaut Shannon Walker.
Apr 26, 2021
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket lifted off from Vandenberg AFB in California on April 26 to put a classified payload into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Apr 26, 2021
Keeping the International Space Station’s U.S. segment steadily staffed at five astronauts is continuing to contribute significantly to the research and technology demonstrations underway aboard the orbiting science laboratory.
Apr 26, 2021
Arianespace launched the latest batch of 36 OneWeb satellites into low Earth orbit on April 25.
Apr 25, 2021
NASA’s Mars Ingenuity Helicopter conducted a third flight test on April 25, zipping downrange as far as 164 ft. and temporarily out of view of cameras on the Perseverance rover.