Space Industry Analysis
Dec 08, 2020
“The pandemic didn’t change plans, it simply fast-tracked what was already happening,” says a space industry executive.
Dec 08, 2020
These luminaries are among the space movers and shakers to watch in 2021.
Dec 04, 2020
Winners include silhouettes of aircraft in early morning, firefighting aid missions and snorkeling while planespotting. The Photo Contest in a Surreal Year We knew this year would be a challenging one for the Aviation Week Photo Contest because so many events at which photographers shoot were canceled or postponed and travel was so restricted. In order to make the Photo Contest successful during the COVID-19 pandemic, we: Accepted photos taken since 2000 so photographers could dig into their archives and offer great images that might not have been widely shared; Created a special category, The COVID-19 Challenge, for outstanding photojournalism that tells the story of the pandemic and its effect on the world’s airlines and aerospace industry.
Dec 03, 2020
The latest mission to return a sample from the lunar surface is part of China’s internally focused effort to put humans on the Moon.
Dec 03, 2020
T-7A simulator production begins; Greek F-35 interest confirmed; Russia’s reusable rocket engine, and Spain to convert airliner to tanker.
Dec 03, 2020
Space agency testing double-anonymous peer review to fund grant proposals.
May 08, 2023
China’s secretive “reusable test spacecraft” returned to Earth on May 8 after 276 days in orbit, state media Xinhua has reported.
May 06, 2023
The SpaceX Crew Dragon switched ISS docking ports May 6 to make room for Axiom Space’s second private astronaut mission and a later a SpaceX cargo mission.
May 05, 2023
Lockheed Martin Space will reorganize itself around 3 focus areas: commercial civil space, national security space and strategic and missile defense systems.
May 05, 2023
Test and development of smaller Bantam engines has been underway for around a decade.
May 05, 2023
Satellite launch startup Orbex has begun construction of its spaceport on the north coast of mainland Scotland.
May 05, 2023
The first all-new RS-25 built in over 15 years incorporates improvements Aerojet introduced into the refurbished former space shuttle RS-25s for SLS flights.
May 04, 2023
Europe’s space and telecommunication heavyweights have formed a consortium to bid for the European Union’s IRIS² satellite constellation.
May 04, 2023
Thai satellite service provider and operator Thaicom has entered a partnership with Japan’s Synspective to provide synthetic aperture radar satellite services.