Commercial Space
May 13, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
May 13, 2022
After 29 months, Boeing will again attempt to fly its commercial space taxi to the space station.
May 11, 2022
Lockheed Martin-General Motors lunar vehicle designed to transit moon autonomously for prepositioned rendezvous with incoming missions.
May 10, 2022
With its first launch in the offing, Vega C is to start a series of key and long-awaited evolutions in Arianespace’s offering.
May 05, 2022
Growing defense roles, including responsive launch and hypersonic tests, factor in Virgin Orbit near-term capability goals.
May 19, 2023
SWISSto12 has received a contract to build three small geostationary communications satellites for Inmarsat.
May 18, 2023
A hydrogen leak during qualification testing of a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket upper stage was not due to a problem with the test stand.
May 17, 2023
Cybersecurity startup Arqit Quantum said May 17 it will sell its satellite business once touted as a new-space partnership with now-bankrupt Virgin Orbit.
May 16, 2023
NASA plans to announce a second industry partner to provide astronaut ferry flights between lunar orbit and the Moon’s surface on Friday, May 19.
May 16, 2023
Viasat’s KA-SAT satellite in Europe is still under attack more than a year after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.
May 15, 2023
Space Forge has unveiled additional details about its unfolding, “origami” heat shield for its ForgeStar re-entry vehicle.
May 11, 2023
A ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket was rolled out to its launchpad on May 11 for a final series of tests ahead of its debut launch, targeted for this summer.
May 10, 2023
Vast and SpaceX plan to launch a commercial space station, named Haven-1, as soon as August 2025.