Space Industry Analysis
May 12, 2017
An analysis from space industry boosters in Washington seems aimed at the future, but really it is a warning about not repeating the past.
May 12, 2017
A series of diamond shapes over the ocean—areas where there is no air traffic—signals room for improvement in cruise efficiency for airlines.
May 11, 2017
Nuclear-powered probe on track to get closest look yet at Kuiper Belt Object.
May 10, 2017
Whether it is found in our Solar System or another one, discovery of another life form will mean we are not unique in the universe, and probably not even rare.
May 05, 2017
In this week’s Washington Outlook: Republicans lobby for end to defense budget limits, SpaceX seeks regulatory changes for broadband constellation and will the airlines regulate themselves?
May 04, 2017
Orbital ATK, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance are key contenders for the Air Force’s EELV launch service investments.
Apr 27, 2022
The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate has announced that it is developing a multi-energy electron source capable of emitting a beam of electrons at dozens of energies simultaneously.
Apr 27, 2022
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket delivered a Crew Dragon capsule into orbit on April 27, sending four astronauts on their way to the International Space Station.
Apr 26, 2022
Several venture capital firms and the related office at Lockheed Martin have teamed to invest $27 million in X-Bow Systems, an Albuquerque, New Mexico-based additive manufacturing startup targeting production of solid rocket energetics.
Apr 26, 2022
Hours after a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule returned from a privately financed sortie to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA cleared the company to proceed with a launch attempt at 3:52 a.m. EDT on April 27 to deliver the next resident crew to the orbital outpost.
Apr 26, 2022
Capella Space has raised $97 million through a Series C financing round that it plans to spend on further developing its automated image analysis software and next-generation satellites.
Apr 26, 2022
Kelle Wendling is the president of Space Systems at L3 Harris Technologies.
Apr 25, 2022
NASA’s long-running sample return mission to the asteroid Bennu has received a nine-year, $200 million extension.
Apr 25, 2022
NASA is preparing to return the Space Launch System Moon rocket and Orion capsule to the Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on April 25, following a pair of abbreviated tanking tests at the launchpad.