Space Industry Analysis
Jun 26, 2018
After a single successful test flight, the SpaceX heavy-lift booster is certified for EELV-class missions.
Jun 26, 2018
Top space force advocate in Congress says one could be created within two years, but a former Air Force general says the military has work to do first.
Jun 25, 2018
After signing a third space policy directive and calling for a new branch of the military to oversee space, Trump turns to the executive-filled advisory panel for next steps.
Jun 22, 2018
A blend of reusable rockets and hypersonic-vehicle technologies is bringing the U.S. to a tipping point of commercial, military and political opportunities.
Jun 21, 2018
Listen in as House, Rep. Michael Rogers joins Aviation Week to explain how achieving the goal of a Space Force might unfold.
Jun 21, 2018
Global annual revenue for the satellite industry reached $269 billion in 2017 and launch cost fell on average 40% per pound to orbit.
Aug 18, 2022
NASA’s Artemis I initial test flight of the Space Launch System and Orion crew capsule will be carrying a rich array of secondary science and technology payloads intended to demonstrate new space technologies and pave the way for a permanent human presence at the Moon and subsequent human exploration of Mars.
Aug 18, 2022
Scotland-based satellite launch startup Skyrora has completed a static fire test of the second stage of its Skyrora XL satellite launcher.
Aug 17, 2022
A Russian spacewalk outside the International Space Station ended well ahead of schedule on Aug. 17 when Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev experienced a sudden voltage fluctuation in the internal battery that powered his spacesuit’s life support system.
Aug 17, 2022
The first Space Launch System rocket, topped with an Orion deep-space capsule, was rolled out to Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B on Aug. 17 in preparation for an Aug. 29 launch attempt.
Aug 16, 2022
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has selected Microchip Technology to develop a High-Performance Spaceflight Computing (HPSC) processor with “at least 100 times the computational capacity of current spaceflight computers.”
Aug 16, 2022
The U.S. Army on Aug. 15 transferred its satellite communications mission to the U.S. Space Force, putting control of all military satcom under one command.
Aug 15, 2022
The U.S. Space Council, in coordination with a variety of regulatory agencies, plans to start meeting with private space companies to discuss reforming space regulation to accommodate new technologies.
Aug 15, 2022
NASA’s uncrewed Artemis I initial test flight of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule will exercise the first of three flight trajectory strategies intended to kick off the return of human explorers to the lunar surface.