Space Industry Analysis
Apr 06, 2018
Commerce secretary pushes greater U.S. share of the global space economy.
Apr 06, 2018
ULA CEO Tony Bruno has bold claims for the company’s space propulsion module, which starts off as an upper stage on ULA’s planned Vulcan rocket.
Apr 04, 2018
U.S. Air Force mulls bids to ensure at least two commercially viable orbital space transport systems from 2022. Rockets with Russian engines need not apply.
Apr 02, 2018
Protecting against lightning; connecting IoT via space; supercapacitors for energy storage; Flexible ultrasonic sensor; drone concerns in New Zealand.
Mar 31, 2018
Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss the unveiling of the tailless UAV and SpaceX’s unique testing strategy.
Mar 30, 2018
World View’s multimonth stratospheric balloon could soon be carrying sensors for hunting rogue missiles rather than crispy chicken sandwiches.
Jul 28, 2022
President Joe Biden has nominated Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman to be the second chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force.
Jul 28, 2022
Boston Materials and Textron have agreed to jointly develop a new thermal protection system they say will enable a reusable rocket to be launched “again within hours of reentry into the atmosphere.”
Jul 27, 2022
NASA and the European Space Agency are dropping plans for a dedicated Mars rover to fetch rock and soil samples being collected by the ongoing Perseverance science rover.
Jul 27, 2022
Top NASA officials have offered assurances the agency is working to maintain International Space Station operations through 2030 and include access to its U.S. National Laboratory community.
Jul 27, 2022
As NASA looks to transition scientific research and development activities underway aboard the International Space Station to successor private-sector stations, it must identify and overcome the constraints, program officials warn.
Jul 27, 2022
The mission marked the entry of a new rocket manufacturer, CAS Space, into China's space sector.
Jul 27, 2022
Deep Space Transport, a new Boeing-Northrop Grumman joint venture, is set to receive the contract.
Jul 26, 2022
United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi has been named to lift off to the International Space Station aboard NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission planned for launch next spring.