Space Industry Analysis
Jul 23, 2020
Aviation Week editors provide their behind-the-scenes impressions from interviews with the CEOs of Airbus, Boeing, Lufthansa Technik and Raytheon Technologies.
Jul 22, 2020
A new crop of missions to explore the lunar surface is taking shape and due to launch in the coming years.
Jul 21, 2020
Early second-stage shutdown dooms ride-share mission.
Jul 17, 2020
Milestones for the T-7 trainer; what comes after the MQ-9; Sierra Nevada’s Shooting Star and a new name for Airbus operations in the U.S.
Jul 17, 2020
The founder of the small-launch company discusses a recent failure of the Electron rocket launch, the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, and Rocket Lab’s evolution from manufacturing rockets to building spacecraft.
Jul 13, 2020
As Europe strengthens its focus on the environment, ESA prepares for massive spending on new-generation Earth observation satellites.
Apr 15, 2023
The FAA has issued a vehicle operator license to SpaceX for the first orbital flight test of its Starship/Super Heavy launch system.
Apr 15, 2023
Small geostationary satellite provider Astranis on April 14 announced a $250 million Series C financing round.
Apr 14, 2023
The company expected to gain access to the test article on April 14 to recover the dome of the Centaur V test article for analysis.
Apr 14, 2023
The U.S. Space Force plans to award a sole-source contract to Blue Origin for early integration studies for upcoming NSSL missions.
Apr 14, 2023
The IRB is chaired by Orlando Figueroa, retired deputy center director for science and technology at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
Apr 14, 2023
An Ariane 5 launched the European Space Agency's JUICE mission which will explore three of Jupiter’s icy moons.
Apr 13, 2023
Boeing’s Protected Satcom Prototype payload is scheduled to fly on the 11th Wideband Global Satcom satellite, Boeing said April 13.
Apr 13, 2023
The blower mechanism was delivered in November aboard Northrop Grumman’s 18th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission to the ISS.