Space Industry Analysis
Dec 09, 2022
Rocket launches galore and the vast expanse of the cosmos feature in this year’s edition of Aviation Week’s best space visuals.
Dec 09, 2022
The U.S. space agency is collecting data from the Orion capsule as it prepares to return to Earth after 25 days in space.
Dec 09, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Nov 22, 2022
Turkey’s new UCAV; U.S.-Japan missile defense test; Defense exec foresees supply chain price hikes; Space Force-Blue Origin agreement.
Nov 21, 2022
A gallery of images from the historic launch of the world’s most powerful rocket and the test flight of the Orion crew capsule.
Nov 18, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Oct 03, 2023
The next mission, Chang’e 6, which is intended to return the first samples from the lunar far side, is expected to launch in May.
Oct 02, 2023
Astroscale Japan has received an $80 million grant from the Japanese government to “image and diagnose” a large, defunct satellite.
Oct 02, 2023
Congress has authorized ISS operations through 2030.
Oct 02, 2023
Financing issues are delaying development of a new Russian space station in low Earth orbit.
Oct 02, 2023
NASA plans to extend its New Horizons mission, the first to conduct a close flyby of distant Pluto and its moons, until the end of the decade with a focus on gathering data on solar activity and its influences across the Solar System.
Oct 02, 2023
The need to redesign the Vega-C light- to medium-lift launcher’s second stage nozzle is causing another delay for the fledgling program.
Sep 29, 2023
Gitai’s 1.5-m-long autonomous dual robotic arm system (S2) has successfully passed all NASA safety reviews for its planned International Space Station external demonstration.
Sep 29, 2023
The parameters for thruster operations are being altered in response to warmer thermal predictions for their use, according to a NASA mission update.