Space Industry Analysis
Feb 18, 2021
Soyuz rockets may again begin launching civilians to the ISS.
Feb 18, 2021
UAE’s Hope and China’s Tianwen-1 open new chapters in Mars exploration.
Feb 12, 2021
Lockheed Martin envisages 2022 debut launch for UK Pathfinder satellite mission, but so does the competition.
Feb 10, 2021
Its ride-share program challenges current economics and boosts the need for in-space propulsion.
Feb 08, 2021
GKN’s electric Skybus; Europe looks to medical UAM; NASA’s water rocket; German e-fuels; and Slovenian unmanned team.
Feb 05, 2021
Company debuts dedicated ride-share service, undercutting pricing again.
May 23, 2023
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a contract to Ursa Major that will help it develop two key products.
May 22, 2023
ULA returned its first Vulcan rocket to the launchpad on May 22 in preparation for a static test firing of the booster’s dual BE-4 main engines.
May 19, 2023
SWISSto12 has received a contract to build three small geostationary communications satellites for Inmarsat.
May 19, 2023
Blue Origin has succeeded on its second try to win a NASA contract to ferry astronauts to and from lunar orbit and the Moon’s surface.
May 19, 2023
The NASA-funded Capstone has completed its six-month primary mission in orbit around the Moon with a successful autonomous navigation demonstration.
May 18, 2023
A hydrogen leak during qualification testing of a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket upper stage was not due to a problem with the test stand.
May 18, 2023
The MTH is a conceptual component of a lunar-orbiting, human-tended Gateway.
May 17, 2023
Cybersecurity startup Arqit Quantum said May 17 it will sell its satellite business once touted as a new-space partnership with now-bankrupt Virgin Orbit.