Space

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine discusses how the U.S. can reach the Moon and Mars and the need for a more international mindset when it comes to environmental concerns.

Since the mid-2000s, the Kremlin has rekindled the Soviet-era idea of putting humans on the lunar surface—a goal that is still beyond reach.

For those watching NASA and private industry wrestle with plans to revisit the Moon, the questions remain: Can we do it again, and why haven’t we?

A lot has changed in the U.S. space industry since the Apollo program 50 years ago, but not everything has.

A fourth phase has been added to the China Lunar Exploration Program, to survey polar sites for a 2030s research station.

The U.S. needs to unite around space exploration to achieve a goal worthy of being compared to the Apollo mission.

Today’s students will take humanity to the Moon and beyond, and we need to inspire them to succeed.

India plans to launch its second Moon mission this month and place humans in Earth orbit by the end of 2021.

Fifty years later, solar system science still shaped by results from Apollo missions.

A return to the lunar surface may require the work of multiple nations and companies with competing interests.

The lessons from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, shuttle and ISS wardrobes live on as NASA readies garments for Orion crews and astronauts assigned to low-Earth-orbit activities. And now NASA will have to outfit astronauts for Artemis.

NASA is prepared for a critical, heavily instrumented July 2 flight test of its automated Orion capsule Launch Abort System (LAS).

Boeing courts Cora; LeoLabs aids space regulator; H55’s electric trainer; Jet fuel from the Sun; Drone parachutes get nod; Looking into fighter pilot brains.

During its 2.5-year primary mission, the Dragonfly rotorcraft/lander will take off and fly, perhaps dozens of times, to cover a range of 100 to 120 mi. of Titan's surface.

While a SpaceX-led probe into the loss of an unoccupied Crew Dragon test capsule is still underway, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine remains confident astronauts will launch this year.

The stunning merger plan reinforces worries that both defense spending and the commercial aircraft order boom have peaked.

From lone GEO satellites to large LEO constellations, more companies see an emerging need for in-space robotic servicing.

If successful, Northrop’s Mission Extension Vehicle could seed a market for in-space servicing of satellites and open the door to manufacturing in space.

While NASA embarks on an accelerated return to the Moon’s surface in 2024, perspective partners hope to encourage a deeper search and perhaps even prospect for ice on the lunar surface.

A carefully planned orbital ballet will bring Northrop’s MEV-1 and Intelsat 901 together in geosynchronous orbit.

NASA is hunting for more partners for its Artemis program that aims to land humans on the Moon in 2024.

The effort draws on nearly two decades of hypersonic propulsion and missile development work between the two companies.

Let us know who is worthy of the more than 40 awards in defense, commercial aviation, space, business aviation and lifetime achievement.

From landers ready to roam the Moon to companies that can downlink data in the blink of an eye, here is a look at space enterprises that are winning support.

Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin, while still working on Zodiac integration, is also bracing for airframers taking design work away from system manufacturers.