Space

Chris Kraft wrote the book on human spaceflight operations; few were better students than Bill Gerstenmaier.

Bulgarian F-16 deal vetoed; Colombia seeks fighter bids; Malaysia seeks navy helos and ULA delays milspace launches

Airbus UK’s Bird of Prey concept will never fly, but may inspire more unconventional approaches to future aircraft design.

India has launched its historic second lunar exploration mission, Chandrayaan-2.

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.

The FAA is assessing how to regulate the nascent spaceport industry, including how to make it work with the current aviation traffic structure.

The Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft traveled to the ISS Russian segment Zvezda module July 20.

New leaders wanted to better plan, implement budgets and schedules for human space initiatives.

NASA is making dramatic moves in its human exploration directorate. Aviation Week Space Editor Irene Klotz discusses the changes and what they mean for the agency’s future.

Leak in Super Draco propellant pressurization system triggered explosion during test.

The UAE may have to rethink its Earth surveillance plan after Vega mission failure destroys country’s first high-performance observation satellite.

Repurposed, over budget Orion capsule, SLS rocket underpin Trump administration revamped Moon plan.

Too young to see Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the Moon, a new generation of engineers and scientists is nonetheless inspired by the Apollo program.

A look at what the astronauts did before, during and after the Apollo program.

Here is a look at the more than 105 robotic spacecraft that have been launched to explore the Moon as well as future planned missions.

Here is a look at the ingenuity and elegance in designing the systems and subsystems that enabled the U.S. to reach the Moon.

Do we have the vision, technology and tenacity to build commercial operations to use natural resources in the neighborhood beyond our planet?

Air Force scraps for missile-warning satellite funding; Fire Scout begins operations; Philippines to get Black Hawks in 2020; Germans use A400M for refueling.

Post-Apollo ‘technical consolidation’ is still underway, but Mars looms as the next goal, says Apollo 11 pilot Michael Collins.

A look at the rockets that have taken people above the atmosphere and the space stations that have housed them in orbit.

Global space industry never stronger, but deep-space human travel still out of reach.

Engineers inspired by Neil Armstrong’s moonwalk are devising ways to help humans survive in the future.

NASA issues price list and guidelines for station services in hopes of luring new businesses.

Astronaut Michael Collins speaks with Aviation Week Space Editor Irene Klotz about the meaning of his time on the Moon, his thoughts on the current space program, what he would like to see transpire 50 years from now and more.

Leaders such as President John F. Kennedy inspire by pointing out that humans push for exploration not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”