Space

By Mark Carreau
Astronauts will be exploring the lunar south pole, which promises to yield discoveries about how the Solar System formed.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Safran CEO Olivier Andries stresses risk- and revenue-sharing as part of sector reorganization for future launches following Ariane 6 program delays.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
Heavy state intervention could weigh down China’s plans to dominate commercial space.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
Safran’s CEO sees challenges and opportunities in aerospace manufacturing and space launch in the coming years.
Paris Air Show

By Irene Klotz
United Launch Alliance has completed a 6-sec. hot fire of the methane-burning BE-4 engines that power the first stage of its new Vulcan rocket.
Space

By Irene Klotz
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX will split the dozen launch contracts under the National Space Security Launch (NSS) Phase Two program.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A routine checkpoint review exposed two safety issues that were seeded long ago.
Commercial Space

By Steve Trimble
The one-year design effort could, if successful, lead to a follow-on contract to build three sensors for the Space Systems Command's next tracking satelllites.
Space

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX’s 28th NASA-contracted Cargo Dragon resupply mission to the ISS docked autonomously to the orbital lab’s U.S. segment Harmony module early June 6.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is progressing toward an October launch of Psyche, an approximately $1 billion science mission to orbit a metal-rich, main-belt asteroid.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Dragon capsule lifted off for a resupply run to the International Space Station on June 5, carrying more than 7,200 lb. of cargo.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Westinghouse Electric Company and Astrobotic have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore development of space nuclear technologies.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Boeing is standing down from preparations to launch the long-awaited Crew Flight Test (CFT) of its CST-100 Starliner.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with the Cargo Dragon capsule from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is planned for June 3 at 12:35 p.m. EDT.
Space

By Steve Trimble
A request for information published May 31 adds both technologies to a narrower, previous SDA description of the Tranche 2 experimental program.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Company’s newly refurbished spaceship and carrier jet return to flight.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
On its second private charter to the ISS, Axiom flies a pair of Saudi astronauts.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has managed to improve the cost performance of 16 major projects over the past year, a GAO report says.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Satellite chip startup SatixFy said Nir Barkan will be acting CEO effective June 1.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The four-person crew of Axiom Space’s second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico on May 30.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Russia’s Roscosmos has added radar observation capabilities to its Earth-monitoring constellation with a launch of the Kondor-FKA satellite.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space’s second four-person private astronaut mission (AX-2) to the International Space Station departed the orbital laboratory as planned on May 30.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is once more reaching out to the private sector for assistance with the Artemis program, this time to provide unpressurized lunar terrain vehicles.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
China's Shenzhou-16 mission has reportedly docked successfully at the Tiangong space station with a crew of three astronauts, including one civilian researcher.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Ispace believes that its Series 1 lunar lander crashed into the Moon because of an error in the spacecraft’s altitude measurement software.
Commercial Space