Space Industry Analysis
Nov 09, 2018
A launcher concept displayed at Airshow China has 21 YF-100 engines for liftoff. Meanwhile, another rocket is being developed from Long March 6.
Nov 08, 2018
Initial survey shows planets beyond the Solar System are more plentiful than stars.
Nov 07, 2018
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency looks to balance supporting the country’s aerospace industry with enabling new applications for aviation.
Nov 05, 2018
Baseline standards for avionics, communications, life-support, power, robotics, rendezvous operations and thermal systems expected this year.
Nov 05, 2018
The FAA is readying new rules and technologies to accommodate increasing launch and reentry operations by commercial space operators.
Nov 05, 2018
Wright advances electric plans; Ignite will test electric drives; RemoveDebris images orbital junk; SESAR launches UAS demos; Vanuatu eyes vaccine delivery by drone.
Sep 22, 2022
Russia has reassessed how long it plans to remain a partner on the International Space Station program and now is eyeing a 2028 departure.
Sep 22, 2022
NASA on Sept. 21 released a picture of distant Neptune, taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, that reveals a system of rings not seen since NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by in 1989.
Sep 22, 2022
Just as they did on Sept. 3, NASA’s Artemis I Launch Control Team members encountered hydrogen leaks while initiating a Space Launch System (SLS) propellant loading demonstration test on Sept. 21.
Sep 21, 2022
Dawn Aerospace plans to start test flights of its rocket-powered spaceplane technology demonstrator before year-end.
Sep 21, 2022
Russia’s Soyuz MS-22 soared into a two-orbit launch to docking with the International Space Station on Sept. 21.
Sep 20, 2022
The European Commission has chosen Thales Alenia Space to lead the next phase of the European Robotic Orbital Support Services program, slated to culminate with an in-orbit demonstration in 2026 and potentially follow on with commercial missions.
Sep 20, 2022
SpinLaunch, a startup looking to commercialize a centrifuge-based mass accelerator for space access, said Sept. 20 it has closed $71 million in a Series B round of venture-capital funding.
Sep 20, 2022
Europe and the U.S. are pursuing a powerful pair of infrared telescopes that, taken together, could help provide rapid warning of an asteroid hitting the planet.