Space

For Canada’s space sector, a new government, especially one led by the Liberals, would boost the program.

The FAA’s new “best practices” manual draws on its 100 years of aviation safety lessons learned

Intra-nation tensions related to Ukraine situation and other matters have left space partnerships relatively unscathed

Aviation Week looks at the laser technology that the European Data Relay System (EDRS) will use to transmit data via geostationary satellites. EDRS aims to provide nearly uninterrupted data links to low-Earth-orbiting spacecraft and allow ground stations that need it most to receive information in near-real time.

Satellites enable everything from better weather forecasts to smartphones; we would literally be lost without them.

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko poses an unexpected challenge for Rosetta mission.

NASA Commercial Crew Contract Contenders Still Have Eyes On Prize

Blue Origin Tackles RD-180 Engine Replacement

SpaceX to continue with engine work whether or not it meets certification deadline

Major developments in Commercial Crew and rocket engines are the subject of this week’s podcast.

Watching our planet from the ISS

RD-180 prototype replacement could be ready to test in 2.5 years

Space industry sees little impact from U.S., European tensions with Moscow

Global space industry leaders say the effect of mounting tensions with Moscow has so far been minimal.

‘Goldilocks zones’ are a matter of time as well as space

After trailing Boeing in sales of new all-electric spacecraft, Airbus has been quick to catch up

AW&ST: What technical milestones are coming up at Orbital Sciences Corp. and Thales Alenia Space between now and the June 2015 launch of the first Iridium NEXT satellites?

Scientists and spacecraft operators are set for a unique comet flyby

Indian officials optimistic about first trip to Mars

An industry proposal made in June has apparently succeeded in toppling a next-generation rocket design that European governments approved in 2012 and had hoped to begin developing next year.

Two orbiters and a comet are all poised to add to the traffic in the skies of Mars

The Moon is the next world for humanity to explore and turn into a new home—even as we push out into the deeper ocean of space. -Forty-five years ago, a few of us wandered her surface, yet we turned away, not realizing the importance of what we had done—or what could be done. Now it is clearly time to return and, by learning how to live there, to prepare ourselves to plant the seeds of humanity on the red sands of Mars.

Push comes to pull in NASA space tech

SLS cleared for full development, but risk assessment may push first launch back to late 2018

How to flight-test a crew space capsule