Space Industry Analysis
Aug 12, 2016
This week's Washington Outlook column discusses Raytheon as a big donor in the New Hampshire and Arizona Senate races, Shuster's tight race in Pennsylvania and SpaceX and Blue Origin’s Washington ties.
Aug 12, 2016
Billions are at stake as the new space race for the next generation of communications is ready to begin.
Aug 10, 2016
Astronomers continue to expand our knowledge of the Solar System and beyond with ever-improving instruments. The Hubble Space Telescope continues a process Galileo started that will continue with the James Webb Space Telescope, set for launch in 2018.
Aug 10, 2016
An advanced instrument in development for NASA’s planned 2020 rover, the ‘rock zapper’ will add range, color and sound.
Aug 05, 2016
This week's Washington Outlook column discusses how the next president can best secure a budget deal, FAA's certification of Moon Express and Virgin, and the presidential candidates' mixed messages on space policy.
Aug 05, 2016
Firefly Space Systems’ 125,000-lb.-thrust engine will be the first aerospike rocket to fly and is pivotal to the company’s goal of developing a scalable family of relatively simple, lightweight launchers for the small satellite market.
Feb 23, 2022
NASA and its HeroX crowdsource partner are proceeding with the second phase of a multiyear competition seeking innovative engineering concepts for the integration of electrical power transmission and energy storage in support of the agency’s Artemis initiative.
Feb 21, 2022
Northrop Grumman is taking the next step in its space servicing business, SpaceLogistics, with the sale of its first Mission Extension Pod and a launch agreement with SpaceX for a Mission Robotic Vehicle.
Feb 21, 2022
Northrop Grumman’s 17th NASA-contracted resupply capsule rendezvoused with the International Space Station early Feb. 21.
Feb 18, 2022
Working on behalf of NASA, crowdsourcing veterans HeroX and DrivenData have announced a new competition, “Mars Spectrometry: Detect Evidence for Past Life.”
Feb 18, 2022
Northrop Grumman’s 17th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is set for a Feb. 19 launch from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, to deliver 8,300 lb. of cargo and perform the first station orbit-boosting to use U.S. hardware.
Feb 18, 2022
Astroscale has resumed its ELSA-d mission to demonstrate active debris removal in low Earth orbit.
Feb 18, 2022
Space tourist company Virgin Galactic, whose stock price has been on a proverbial roller coaster in recent months, said Feb. 18 that Chamath Palihapitiya is no longer chairman of the board or even a member.
Feb 17, 2022
Europe is set to develop its own satellite constellation for secure and resilient communications that will improve its capacity to monitor satellites and debris.