Commercial Space
May 29, 2020
As this new decade begins, 2020 is shaping up to be a groundbreaking year for the burgeoning space tourism industry. A report issued by UBS, the…
May 27, 2020
With preparations for SpaceX’s first human spaceflight drawing to a close, the company's President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell talks with Aviation Week & Space Technology space editor Irene Klotz about lessons learned for Starship and plans for the rollout of Starlink.
May 27, 2020
Musk talks to Aviation Week & Space Technology Space Editor Irene Klotz about finally getting to human spaceflight and what’s ahead.
May 27, 2020
While its space taxi won’t be first to fly astronauts, Boeing commits to the long game.
May 27, 2020
Launch of NASA astronauts on the flight test comes nine years after the last U.S. human orbital spaceflight.
Sep 08, 2022
Airbus is testing a pair of UK defense cubesats in readiness for the first orbital launch from the UK.
Sep 07, 2022
Rocket Lab has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with U.S. Transportation Command to explore using the company’s Neutron and Electron launch vehicles to transport cargo around the world.
Sep 07, 2022
Albedo, a startup developing very-low-Earth-orbit imagery satellites, has raised a $48 million Series A round.
Sep 05, 2022
Placing Eutelsat's Konnect VHTS into orbit signals the beginning of the end for Europe’s Ariane 5 workhorse.
Sep 02, 2022
A British think tank suggests the UK should leave Copernicus and develop its own Earth observation program with the European Space Agency.
Sep 01, 2022
Private equity investors CIC Partners and Juniper Capital Management have teamed to buy Applegate EDM and Icon Machine, both in the Dallas area, to create a new portfolio company called Precision Aerospace that focuses on exotic and precision metal work for defense and commercial space.
Sep 01, 2022
OQ Technology, a 5G Internet-of-Things satellite startup, has received a €13 million ($12.9 million) Series A investment led by Wa’ed Ventures, the venture capital arm of oil-and-gas company Saudi Aramco.
Aug 31, 2022
NASA has added five more missions to SpaceX’s crew transportation services contract, bringing the total value for 14 flights to $4.9 billion.