Space

Navy ISS instrument finds new users, some commercial potential with NASA

The Rise and Fall of a Launch Monopoly?

Hubble may help New Horizons probe find a Kuiper Belt Object to study

NASA sharpens focus on using the materials at hand to live and get back to Earth at the end of a mission

Pressure builds on USAF to revisit its 36-core guarantee for ULA

Japan aims at a fundamentally reliable technology for primary space launch propulsion

Potential deal would diversify Orbital and position ATK A&D for growth

Mars may hold secrets to life’s origins on Earth

Private development and cheaper technology should reduce Japan’s space launch expenses

Escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine have the global space industry feeling the heat

Musk roils launch industry with EELV suit and reports of reusable-launcher success

With next-gen rocket in its sights, Japan improves H-IIA for commercial missions

JAXA may get ocean-surveillance job with its new space-law assignments

ISS utility is growing on its users

Controlled water landing marks a major stride toward SpaceX’s Falcon rapid-reusability goal

"The audacity of the concept and speed of the program’s progress make it an exemplar."

Japan may solar-sail to Jupiter

Reusable-launch work is changing the space solar power game

White House to rule on DigitalGlobe’s request to sell very-high-resolution imagery

TAMPA, Fla. — The U.S. Intelligence Community has “reached a consensus” on a recommendation to lift a restriction that forbids U.S. commercial satellite imagery manufacturers from releasing imagery with resolution of less than 0.5 meters. The proposal “bodes well for industry,” Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told an audience at the 10th annual Geoint conference here. Clapper says the intelligence community has forwarded the recommendations to an interagency group for review.

M ention aircraft broadband connectivity and the first thought is Wi-Fi access for passengers. But engineers are already looking beyond updating Facebook and streaming YouTube inflight

Lynn is the CEO of Finmeccanica North America and DRS Technologies and a former U.S. deputy secretary of defense.

The newly reconstituted French government will see Benoit Hamon replace outgoing National Education Minister Vincent Peillon and Minister of Higher Education and Research Genevieve Fioraso, whose agency oversees funding for French civil space programs. French President Francois Hollande approved the new government on April 2 after his ruling Socialist Party suffered losses in local elections.

Bombardier project to assemble Q400s in Russia is on hold