Space Industry Analysis
Jul 25, 2019
Bulgarian F-16 deal vetoed; Colombia seeks fighter bids; Malaysia seeks navy helos and ULA delays milspace launches
Jul 25, 2019
Chris Kraft wrote the book on human spaceflight operations; few were better students than Bill Gerstenmaier.
Jul 23, 2019
Airbus UK’s Bird of Prey concept will never fly, but may inspire more unconventional approaches to future aircraft design.
Jul 22, 2019
The smallsat market could grow at a compound annual growth rate of 27% over the next decade, and Washington wants to make sure the sector remains U.S.-dominant.
Jul 22, 2019
The FAA is assessing how to regulate the nascent spaceport industry, including how to make it work with the current aviation traffic structure.
Jul 19, 2019
New leaders wanted to better plan, implement budgets and schedules for human space initiatives.
Dec 13, 2022
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) 747SP airborne telescope has been retired to the Pima Air & Space Museum in Arizona.
Dec 13, 2022
Quantum Space has raised $15 million to develop a network of “Scout” spacecraft throughout cislunar space.
Dec 13, 2022
Consulting giant Accenture’s venture capital arm has signed a strategic deal with space-based Earth data upstart Planet Labs.
Dec 12, 2022
Unprecedented high-altitude weather triggered a series of events which led to the loss of Airbus’ Zephyr high-altitude pseudo satellite.
Dec 12, 2022
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander into space on Dec. 11 from Cape Canaveral.
Dec 12, 2022
The 2020s will be the decade of the satellite, according to a new Euroconsult forecast.
Dec 12, 2022
With NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft back on Earth, the space agency can began to look ahead with a sharper focus to Artemis II.
Dec 11, 2022
The 25-day, uncrewed Artemis I mission ended exactly 50 years to the day after the Apollo 17 Moon landing.