Space Industry Analysis
Apr 29, 2021
The new arrivals temporarily boosted station staffing to 11 people for the first time since 2010.
Apr 29, 2021
A look at Collins’ career as documented in the pages of Aviation Week & Space Technology.
Apr 27, 2021
A future involving military operations in near-lunar orbit may exploit new Draco reactor.
Apr 26, 2021
As new materials and fuel technology advance, NASA gets serious again about nuclear space propulsion for missions to Mars and beyond.
Apr 23, 2021
A glimpse of historic Mars missions since 1965 documented in the AW&ST digital archives.
Apr 23, 2021
“This is the first powered flight on another planet. Let that blow your mind for a minute.”
Jun 12, 2023
Hypersonix Launch Systems is prepping to begin tests of a scramjet made from high-temperature ceramic matrix composites, as part of a planned launch system.
Jun 09, 2023
NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg installed a fifth ISS Roll Out Solar Array on the International Space Station’s lengthy solar power truss.
Jun 09, 2023
OneWeb and Eutelsat demonstrate for NATO the ability to connect their respective low-Earth-orbit and geostationary-orbit satellites to a single mobile terminal.
Jun 09, 2023
Astronauts will be exploring the lunar south pole, which promises to yield discoveries about how the Solar System formed.
Jun 09, 2023
Safran CEO Olivier Andries stresses risk- and revenue-sharing as part of sector reorganization for future launches following Ariane 6 program delays.
Jun 08, 2023
United Launch Alliance has completed a 6-sec. hot fire of the methane-burning BE-4 engines that power the first stage of its new Vulcan rocket.
Jun 08, 2023
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX will split the dozen launch contracts under the National Space Security Launch (NSS) Phase Two program.
Jun 07, 2023
The one-year design effort could, if successful, lead to a follow-on contract to build three sensors for the Space Systems Command's next tracking satelllites.