Space Industry Analysis
May 08, 2020
The facility needs a new launcher and a new manned spacecraft. Both flew on May 5.
May 01, 2020
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
May 01, 2020
Readers write about steadfast AW&ST subscribers, FARA contenders, rocket reusability and advanced propulsion.
Apr 30, 2020
This webinar took place April 30, 2020 As credit markets dry up and venture capital becomes scarce, how is investment being impacted in this era?…
Apr 30, 2020
The Federal Communications Commission green-lights a terrestrial 5G system opposed by many federal government agencies and aerospace companies.
Apr 27, 2020
As the space shuttle neared retirement, NASA turned to partnerships with commercial companies to provide crew ferry flights to and from the…
Mar 23, 2023
Sierra Space is moving on to tests of its inflatable habitat technology with hard structures inside the pressure shell.
Mar 23, 2023
The joint NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission will undergo another independent review board assessment later this year.
Mar 23, 2023
The two-stage, 110-ft.-tall rocket was produced using primarily 3D-printing.
Mar 22, 2023
NASA’s Apollo missions to the Moon a half century ago lacked the challenges that the agency’s Artemis program faces, says NASA official Bhavya Lal.
Mar 21, 2023
After a controlled burn lasting several minutes from its main propulsion system, ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander entered the Moon’s orbit on March 21.
Mar 21, 2023
The UK Space Agency has granted £2.9 million to Rolls-Royce for research into how micro nuclear reactor technology might be used to power a Moon base.
Mar 20, 2023
NASA’s JSC is in line to receive the largest share of the agency’s $27.2 billion fiscal 2024 budget request among NASA’s 10 field centers and Washington HQ.
Mar 16, 2023
IHI Corporation of Japan and Northrop Grumman have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop “highly maneuverable” small satellites.