Space

Allen’s death from non-Hodgkin lymphoma comes as one of his most cherished projects, the Stratolaunch air-launch system carrier aircraft, nears its long-delayed first flight.

Operational trial of oceanic surveillance system expected to begin next year in Caribbean region.

Awards tallying nearly $2.3 billion go to ULA, Northrop Grumman and Blue Origin.

NASA intends to conduct its own inquiry into the Oct. 11 Soyuz MS-10 launch abort.

The booster anomaly was identified shortly after liftoff on Oct. 11, triggering a ballistic re-entry of the capsule and subjecting the crew to higher-than-normal G forces.

Two LE-9 expander bleed engines have run, one for 1,000 sec. The H3 launcher project is on schedule.

Hayabusa2 is to depart Ryugu in late 2019 and parachute samples from the asteroid down to Earth in December 2020.

Five rules for portfolio-shaping.

NASA chief Jim Bridenstine aims to bridge partisan divide with political know-how.

Japan’s solid-propellant rocket is moving quickly from one version to the next. A new first stage will be the solid-propellant booster from H3.

Visiting near-Earth objects with multiple smallsats is to serve as a pilot run for a shared mission.

SpaceX completed a picture-perfect nighttime recovery of the first Falcon 9 booster stage on the U.S. West Coast after launching the SAOCOM 1A radar-imaging satellite for CONEA, Argentina’s national space agency, from Vandenberg AB, California on Oct. 7.

The spacecraft that will provide power, propulsion and life support for the Orion capsule is slated to leave Airbus’ factory in late October.

In its first version, Landspace’s main launcher will hurl 4 metric tons to LEO and fly in 2020. The maximum version will have a 32-metric-ton payload.

Northrop Grumman plans to wrap up its first round of ISS cargo delivery missions for NASA with a year-long demonstration of its Cygnus freighter’s abilities.

The new on-site assembly process at the Ariane 6 launchpad is intended to trim costs by 40%.

Leading providers of Ka-band satellite connectivity for aircraft cabins discuss their strategies at APEX Expo.

Airbus and partners aim to stimulate tech development for sustainable lunar exploration and development with a new international competition called The Moon Race.

The MiG-31 interceptor has taken on new tasks as the Kinzhal ground-strike system and as an aerospace missile system that can deliver small satellites to orbit or fight enemy satellites.

To be located in New Zealand, orbit-debris-mapping startup LeoLab’s latest ground radar will track objects down to 2 cm in size.

New Pentagon undersecretary of defense for research and engineering says the U.S.’s real work of developing hypervelocity weapons systems is just beginning.

The four-year competition to supply U.S. engine for new Vulcan rocket ends with Jeff Bezos-backed BE-4 toppling traditional supplier.

Spaceplane drives design of world’s largest additively made liquid rocket engine for Stratolaunch family of vehicles.

PGA-powered high-speed vehicle could double-up as stepping stone to Black Ice spaceplane as well as hypersonic flying testbed.

The mood at the AIAA Spaceplanes and Hypersonics conference was bullish amid growing investment in space infrastructure and hypersonic development. Listen in as our editors discuss their findings.