Space Industry Analysis
Jun 08, 2020
In partnership with SpaceX, NASA’s blueprint for next-generation space exploration leaps into public view.
May 31, 2020
The launch at Kennedy Space Center on May 30 sent SpaceX’s Dragon capsule on a 19-hr. journey to the International Space Station. Here is a look at…
May 29, 2020
U.S. Navy’s training system search; Finland seeks export OK for fighters; an Army SHORAD slowdown; and satellite sensor design advances.
May 29, 2020
The scene during the runup to NASA’s return to human spaceflight on U.S. soil after nine years. Get regular analysis and insights from Aviation Week…
May 29, 2020
Space company takes positives from failed first LauncherOne flight and targets speedy solution to engine probe as retest plans ramp up.
May 27, 2020
With preparations for SpaceX’s first human spaceflight drawing to a close, the company's President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell talks with Aviation Week & Space Technology space editor Irene Klotz about lessons learned for Starship and plans for the rollout of Starlink.
Apr 06, 2023
The relocation freed the Poisk module’s airlock for a series of upcoming spacewalks, while vacating the docking port for a Russian Progress resupply spacecraft.
Apr 05, 2023
SpaceWERX has awarded City Labs a $1.7 million contract to develop a nuclear battery.
Apr 05, 2023
TEMPO and the Intelsat 40E communications satellite are planned for launch from Cape Canaveral.
Apr 05, 2023
Sierra Space has completed a hot-fire test campaign of a new version of its Vortex hypergolic in-space rocket propulsion family.
Apr 04, 2023
The chief objective of NASA’s Artemis II mission is to do something that NASA’s Artemis I mission conducted late last year was not equipped to address.
Apr 04, 2023
Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart says the "Chapter 11 process represents the best path forward to identify and finalize an efficient and value-maximizing sale.”
Apr 03, 2023
Their names were unveiled by officials from NASA and the CSA in April 3 ceremonies at NASA Johnson Space Center facilities at nearby Ellington Airport here.
Apr 03, 2023
The Pentagon’s SDA model is to launch large numbers of small satellites to low Earth orbit at about 1,000-km altitude.