Space Industry Analysis
Jul 27, 2017
Buy a shot into space with Blue Origin and get priority on your next ride or on one in its planned orbital space capsule.
Jul 26, 2017
SpaceX is shelving plans for upcoming Dragon 2 crew and cargo retrorocket returns to Earth due to the difficulty of meeting certification requirements
Jul 24, 2017
What could be more inspiring at this year’s AirVenture than Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin reusable rocket and crew capsule, and Friday evening’s formal reunion of eight lunar mission Apollo astronauts, some 50 years after the tragic launch accident to Apollo 1 at the very beginning of the program.
Jul 21, 2017
One of the leading voices on military matters, the Arizona senator is pushing for more defense funding and assistance for Ukraine.
Jul 20, 2017
A series of images from the test shows the disparate systems that neutralized the target safely above the atmosphere.
Jul 20, 2017
After going out of business due to financial problems, reconstituted Firefly is developing a upgraded small-satellite launch vehicle.
May 18, 2022
The Space Development Agency has issued a draft solicitation for its Tranche 1 Demonstration and Experimentation System, outlining plans to use an Other Transaction Authority acquisition strategy to buy 12 space vehicles.
May 18, 2022
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying a Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft was rolled out to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 18 in preparation for a launch attempt at 6:54 p.m. EDT May 19.
May 18, 2022
SpaceX sent its 47th batch of Starlink satellites into orbit on May 18, marking the company’s third launch within five days.
May 18, 2022
Searching for an alternative to GPS-based timing, DARPA has launched its H6 program, an effort to develop ultra-small, low-power, fieldable clocks that can maintain their timing precision for one week.
May 17, 2022
Science operations aboard NASA’s Mars InSight lander are expected to stop by late summer rather than year-end due to an accumulation of dust on the lander’s two circular solar arrays.
May 17, 2022
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has granted contracts to two companies for development of two types of spacecraft nuclear propulsion: a compact fusion system and a next-generation radioisotope system.
May 17, 2022
The U.S. has entered a space race with China that rivals that of the Cold War era with the Soviet Union, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told House lawmakers May 17.
May 16, 2022
The space vehicle is schedule to launch into orbit in October via SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter 6 rideshare mission, the company said May 16.