NASA

By Graham Warwick
The Center for High-Efficiency Electrical Technologies for Aircraft is developing and maturing technologies for a 180-seat airliner powered by liquid-hydrogen.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
NASA is assessing a private initiative to boost and service the flagship observatory.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA's probe slammed into a targeted asteroid on Sept. 26 to demonstrate a kinetic impact strategy as a potential means of shielding the Earth from a disastrous collision in future.
Space

By Mark Carreau, Irene Klotz
Stymied by a new liquid hydrogen leak, NASA called off its second attempt to launch the Artemis I flight test.
Space Focus

By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA managers on Sept. 3 cleared the Kennedy Space Center launch team to proceed with fueling the two-stage Space Launch System (SLS
Space Focus

By Mark Carreau, Irene Klotz
The weather forecast for a launch attempt on Sept. 3 is not ideal, with just a 40% chance conditions will be suitable for liftoff due to cloud cover and the chance of rain and lightning.
Space Focus

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
NASA had planned to launch the SLS, carrying an uncrewed Orion spacecraft, during a 2-hr. window that opened at 8:33 a.m. EDT. The next launch opportunity is at 12:48 p.m. EDT on Sept. 2.
Space Focus

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
CAPE CANAVERAL — The countdown for NASA’s first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket went into an unplanned hold at the T-minus-40 min. mark to allow the
Space Focus

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX CRS-25 autonomously docked to the International Space Station’s U.S. segment Harmony module on July 16, delivering more than 5,800 lbs. of crew supplies, science investigations, technology development projects and station hardware.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The flight marks the first time NASA has launched from a commercial spaceport outside of the United States.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Mission-1's (Ax-1) four private astronauts successfully docked to the International Space Station (ISS) April 9, to begin an eight-day visit filled with medical and scientific research and technology development activities.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The April 3 WDR was scrubbed in response to a loss of capability to sufficiently pressurize the Mobile Launch Platform (MLP), upon which the 322-ft. tall, 5.75 million-lb. rocket rests.
Space Symposium

Aviation Week Staff
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin has again threatened that Russia could withdraw from the International Space Station if Western countries don’t lift
Space Symposium

By Irene Klotz
The reconfiguration of the James Webb Space Telescope continued on Dec. 30 with the removal of covers that protected the observatory’s delicate sunshield for launch, setting the stage for the deployment of a five-layer, tennis court-sized structure needed to passively cool the telescope for its science program.
Space

By Irene Klotz
“There’s 344 things that now have to work perfectly,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a post-launch interview.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA and Roscosmos continue to pursue an astronaut/cosmonaut crew exchange agreement for Soyuz and NASA Commercial Crew launches to the International Space Station.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Launch is being delayed to no earlier than Dec. 24 due to a communications issue between the observatory and its Ariane 5 launch vehicle.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The SLS is a cornerstone of NASA efforts to return to the Moon with human explorers and prepare for human expeditions to Mars.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
The contracts mark kickoff of two-phase approach to moving from the government-owned ISS to a public-private outpost in low Earth orbit.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Initially planned for Nov. 30, the excursion was delayed two days so that NASA could assess a possible orbital debris concern.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA did not link the debris to a mid-November Russian anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA management disagrees with a conclusion reached by the agency’s inspector general (IG) in a report issued Nov. 30.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Efforts to determine the root cause of the problem have been underway since Nov. 22.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA-led anomaly investigation found cause of vibration throughout James Webb Space Telescope.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The Dragon’s autonomous docking occurred at 6:32 p.m. EST Nov. 11, just under 40 min. earlier than initially projected.
Space