Space Industry Analysis
May 12, 2022
Mini-rover Moon landing planned for later this year to prove technology for pressurized JAXA-Toyota Lunar Cruiser.
May 12, 2022
Initial efforts for Istari will be focused on the development of a synthetic aperture radar, but additional capabilities will be added.
May 12, 2022
Russia blamed for Viasat attack; MQ-9B adds short-takeoff capability; U.S., Japan to study loyal wingman; and Black Hawk sustainment.
May 11, 2022
Lockheed Martin-General Motors lunar vehicle designed to transit moon autonomously for prepositioned rendezvous with incoming missions.
May 10, 2022
With its first launch in the offing, Vega C is to start a series of key and long-awaited evolutions in Arianespace’s offering.
May 09, 2022
Aviation Week flew aboard Stargazer—the last flying Lockheed L-1011 TriStar—to experience procedures involved in air-launching a rocket.
Aug 29, 2023
Advanced Space has won a new Space Debris Identification and Tracking (Sintra) contract.
Aug 28, 2023
LeoStella and Hera Systems have formed a strategic manufacturing partnership and put forward a proposal for the U.S. Space Development Agency.
Aug 27, 2023
The SpaceX Dragon Endurance docked to the space-facing port of the ISS U.S. segment's Harmony module at 9:16 a.m. EDT.
Aug 26, 2023
Endurance lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Aug. 26 at 3:27 a.m., EDT.
Aug 25, 2023
The 2.5-m-long Mira-Light demonstrator is intended to “fine-tune” the flight control systems for the follow-on, aerospike-powered Mira demonstrator.
Aug 25, 2023
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is asking for ideas to prototype and demonstrate a space system that can launch within 24 hr. of notice.
Aug 25, 2023
Designated Progress 85 by NASA, the Russian space freighter MS-24 linked to the aft port of the ISS Russian segment's Zvezda service module at 11:45 p.m. EDT.
Aug 25, 2023
The U.S. Justice Department claims SpaceX routinely denied jobs to non-U.S. citizens legally entitled to work in the country.