Space Industry Analysis
Nov 16, 2017
Made In Space the Silicon Valley 3D printing startup, is fashioning a metal fabrication capability for the in-space production of aluminum, stainless steel and titanium components.
Nov 13, 2017
The launch of U.S. astronauts on more "one-year" International Space Station missions are not planned until commercial crew operations are underway.
Nov 12, 2017
Sierra Nevada Corp. plans to conduct a series of progressively higher-altitude drop tests of its Dream Chaser spacecraft following the successful completion of the flight at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Edwards, California.
Nov 06, 2017
Orbital ATK’s eighth resupply mission to the ISS will carry a number of forward-looking scientific research and technology demonstrations to be staged aboard microsats.
Nov 03, 2017
The head of the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center forecasts a significant funding bump in the service’s fiscal 2019 space budget for more prototyping, demonstration and experimentation programs.
Nov 01, 2017
Thanks to nine Apollo missions that ferried 27 astronauts to the Moon and back, NASA knows a lot about what to expect from Orion, and particularly its heat shield.
Oct 30, 2017
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket placed a South Korean communications satellite in geosynchronous transfer orbit following a successful Oct. 30 liftoff.
Oct 16, 2017
The Apollo 11 command module, Columbia, has left its Smithsonian home for a new mission—a traveling exhibit commemorating the upcoming 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s touchdown on the Moon.