Space Industry Analysis
Aug 28, 2017
Microsoft’s AI soars; Near Earth to land Vahana; designing for 24-hr. hover; space-hardened computers
Aug 23, 2017
Faced with a flood of Earth imagery, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is considering commercial partnerships that go well beyond traditional defense procurements.
Aug 23, 2017
The 21 launches will include the second test flight of India's heaviest rocket—the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle or GSLV Mk.3..
Aug 22, 2017
A kickstarter campaign has won pledges for the $5 million project from 15 countries as the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing nears.
Aug 16, 2017
Orbital ATK’s medium-lift booster to put space surveillance satellite into orbit for U.S. Air Force.
Aug 15, 2017
Generation Orbit Launch Services is preparing for a critical series of hot-fire and captive-carry flight tests of its hypersonic flying testbed.
May 25, 2022
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner departed the International Space Station’s U S. segment as scheduled, setting up its autonomous return to Earth under parachute at New Mexico’s White Sands Space Harbor late May 25 to end NASA’s six-day Commercial Crew Program Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2).
May 25, 2022
Axiom Space and Italy’s minister for Technological Innovation and Digital Transition have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance existing collaboration, the Houston-based firm announced May 25.
May 24, 2022
A NASA robotic spacecraft designed to investigate the metal asteroid Psyche will miss its August launch date due to a software issue.
May 24, 2022
Another lunar buggy contender is emerging, this time with an autonomous explorer angle: Lunar Outpost on May 24 unveiled a $12 million seed round, promising a new class of autonomous Moon rovers.
May 24, 2022
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station secured hatches between Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and the seven-person orbital laboratory May 24, preparing the uncrewed capsule for departure and a return to Earth at White Sands, New Mexico, weather permitting.
May 24, 2022
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office has awarded BlueHalo a $1.4 billion contract to increase the capacity of the Satellite Control Network as the service projects an increase in demand.
May 24, 2022
The Outpost Mars Demo-1 payload, an on-orbit metal cutting robotic arm, is being prepared to launch aboard SpaceX’s Transporter 5 rideshare flight on May 25.
May 23, 2022
Boeing’s automated Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) Starliner has delivered some NASA spacesuit water absorption pads to the International Space Station to help address a worrisome helmet leak experienced by European Space Agency astronaut Matthais Maurer at the conclusion of a March 23 spacewalk.