Space Industry Analysis
Mar 08, 2017
Amazon founder and Blue Origin owner says the concept for reusable launch vehicles will grow the launch industry to a “new equilibrium.”
Mar 08, 2017
While building a lander to put humans on the Moon and elsewhere looks possible in 4-5 years, the financial commitment needed to do so is much less certain.
Mar 08, 2017
NASA, other stakeholders still pursuing ideas for commercial enterprises in space, which have so far proven elusive.
Mar 07, 2017
Jeff Bezos and others are focusing on bases on the Moon as jumping-off points for deeper-space exploration.
Mar 03, 2017
A robotic lunar lander capable of delivering as much as 10,000 lb. of cargo to a permanent outpost on the rim of the Moon’s polar Shackleton Crater could make its first flight by July 2020, with a little help from NASA.
Mar 03, 2017
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos spoke at Aviation Week's Laureate Awards about the importance of expanding into the solar system.
Apr 07, 2022
After a recent successful demonstration of its Protected Tactical Enterprise Services (PTES) ground system, Boeing is continuing to develop a Protected Tactical Satcom Prototype (PTS-P), leveraging its heritage on the Wideband Global Satcom program and commercial satellite technologies.
Apr 07, 2022
U.S. Space Command signed two new agreements with partner nations within two days this week as the Pentagon plans to further increase its space information sharing.
Apr 07, 2022
The U.S. Space Force is tracking the development of on-orbit maneuvering and refueling in the commercial industry to inform how the technology could shape its plans for future national security launches.
Apr 07, 2022
Major consultancy Accenture on April 6 said it made an unspecified investment in Titan Space Technologies, which is proffering software in support of in-orbit experiments and demonstrations, starting with adaptive immune response, carbon capture and biomedical applications.
Apr 07, 2022
SpinLaunch, which conducted its first test flight from its Suborbital Accelerator at Spaceport America last October, has signed a Space Act agreement with NASA to demonstrate its lofting system this year.
Apr 07, 2022
Startup space companies raised $15.4 billion in total financing in 2021, double the amount raised in 2020.
Apr 06, 2022
The U.S. Space Force is preparing to decommission the system that was tracking space activity and transition to a new system by year’s end on an “aggressive schedule,” service and industry officials say.
Apr 06, 2022
The U.S. Space Force expects to launch its delayed Wide Field of View missile warning satellite “very soon” after being indefinitely delayed due to undisclosed issues.