Space Industry Analysis
Jan 21, 2013
D. Brainerd Holmes, who led NASA's human spaceflight effort in the early 1960s, died Jan. 11 in Memphis, Tenn., of pneumonia. He was 91.
Jan 21, 2013
European technology key to early development of NASA crew vehicle
Jan 21, 2013
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center have test-fired a gas generator built from parts originally manufactured for the F-1 first-stage engine that sent men to the Moon on the Saturn V. One reason for the tests is to learn if the old technology can help the planned Space Launch System (SLS) heavy lifter get off the pad for missions beyond low Earth orbit. Some of the engineers on the test series had not been born when the 40-year-old hardware was machined by North American Aviation's Rocketdyne Div.
Jan 21, 2013
Contamination concerns could mean Curiosity rover operational impact
Jan 21, 2013
NASA will pay Bigelow Aerospace $17.8 million to test this subscale inflatable habitat module at the International Space Station, using instruments and station crewmembers to study whether the technology will allow the housing of astronauts and their gear on their way to Mars.
Jan 21, 2013
NASA and Roscosmos work toward goals for one-year space mission
Aug 18, 2020
The mission set a SpaceX record for reuse of a Falcon 9 first stage.
Aug 17, 2020
The board will assess the joint effort with the European Space Agency to retrieve and return to Earth samples of rock cores drilled and preserved by the Perseverance Mars 2020 rover.
Aug 17, 2020
Following their successful Demo-2 test flight, NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than Oct. 23 for the first operational commercial launch of astronauts to the International Space Station.
Aug 16, 2020
An Ariane 5 rocket carrying the second Northrop Grumman Mission Extension Vehicle along with U.S. and Japanese telecommunications satellites successfully lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, late Aug. 15.
Aug 14, 2020
Northrop Grumman on Aug. 13 conducted the first ground test of an extended-length solid rocket motor it is developing with United Launch Alliance for the Vulcan Centaur rocket at Northrop’s facility in Promontary, Utah.
Aug 14, 2020
An investigation into an incident that damaged the National Science Foundation (NSF) Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was continuing Aug.14, focusing on the cause and cost of repairs.
Aug 13, 2020
As the U.S. Space Force determines how to organize acquisition, the Space Rapid Capabilities Office must remain independent with a direct line to the chief to stay on the cutting edge, according to the office’s director.
Aug 13, 2020
NASA’s Osiris-Rex sample return mission spacecraft is on a path to execute a brief landing on the rocky surface of the asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20 following a successful second rehearsal of the steps necessary to execute the descent and ascent earlier this week, according to the mission team.