Space

India’s space agency is working with NASA to advance the launch of a satellite to monitor climate change and earthquake patterns.

The president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association plans to promote a set of steps the government can take to help the U.S. space industry compete on the international market.

Cornerstone of NASA's long running exo-planet search was discovered in emergency mode just as it was to begin a new search experiment

Resupply puts station on soundest footing since 2014

SpaceX's successful landing of a Falcon 9 first stage on a barge at sea marks another milestone in the company’s efforts to incorporate launcher reusability into its business plan.

The preliminary design review of a U.S.-European ocean-monitoring mission has been delayed by several months as part of a risk-reduction effort following the failure of a radar instrument aboard another climate-science mission.

Tehran’s ballistic missile tests alert Israel and its regional neighbors to the need for effective air defense.

NASA and space advocacy groups seek continuity in space policy from presidential candidates to keep plans on track and international partners on board.

An ISRO research center in western India is developing a rover and three major payloads for its Chandrayaan-2 quest to confirm the presence of lunar water.

Blue Origin achieved a milestone in reusable spacecraft April 2, launching and recovering a New Shepard suborbital spacecraft for the third time in a row after relatively minor refurbishment.

The 32nd Space Symposium is happening April 11 – 14th in Colorado Springs, and Aerospace Daily & Defense Report was on hand to bring you the latest developments from the show.

Here are the main-stage and upper-stage engines being developed by Aerojet Rocketdyne, Blue Origin, Orbital ATK, SpaceX and XCOR Aerospace.

Work, Dunford discuss improved intelligence analysis; Senate to ask TSA administrator about airport security; elements of NASA’s SLS face delays and cost growth.

Starburst Accelerator is a two-year-old global A&D and security technology incubator and investor matchmaker—the first dedicated to the aerospace sector.

The modern day space race for new U.S. engines is taking place at both ends of the rocket.

The Cold War era bigger-equals-better approach to space hardware is drawing to a close, and the trend extends into the power of rocket engines.

In past year, the total program cost of the Orbital Control System network has grown 16% to more than $4.1 billion, largely to software development issues.

More important than the political struggle over how many Russian RD-180 engines to allow for national security launches is the intense commercial competition to replace it altogether.

The team will seek an $80 million, multi-year extension of the decade-long mission that logged the first flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto in July 2015.

Pilot warns of dangers from drones | Need for artificial gravity on long space missions noted | Proponent of U.S. opposition to expansion of Gulf carriers’ U.S. routes

Curtiss-Wright’s commercial off-the-shelf hardware has made today’s bounty of space missions and research affordable.

Phase 1, completed in 2010, indicated a TTBW design could reduce fuel consumption by 5-10% over a conventional cantilevered wing. Now Phase 3 tackles transonic capabilities.

Aerospace titan puts “faith” in political process | Voters reject the F-35 | Inspector General investigates government contracts to ULA.

Support for a NASA Evolvable Mars Campaign strategy that would establish a single Exploration Zone on the Red Planet is growing, according to those within the agency nurturing the concept.

As it completes assembly of three Radarsats for Canada, Winnipeg-based Magellan looks to enter the commercial satellite market.