Space Industry Analysis
Jun 22, 2016
A coronal mass ejection could be particularly devastating in today’s globally wired world. Scientists advocate research into solar storms with smallsats at the forefront.
Jun 22, 2016
Two small features on Mars’s Mount Sharp are targets for observation with Curiosity’s MastCam camera as part of the quest to determine whether there is life on the planet.
Jun 21, 2016
A new report from the British Parliament calls on the government to view the recent return of astronaut Tim Peake from the International Space Station as an opportunity to support the U.K.’s growing space sector, not a cause for complacency.
Jun 20, 2016
Despite clear progress toward completion, Stratolaunch Systems remains coy about when the vehicle will begin flight tests.
Jun 17, 2016
Will this spirit of compromise last? | Just before SpaceX launch, Bezos touts improvements to Blue Origin engine | Lawmaker’s bid to boost NASA aero funding.
Jun 16, 2016
Seeing prospects for growth, the French government is investing in its commercial space sector, including support for new internet constellations.
Feb 03, 2022
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover and its companion Ingenuity drone helicopter are turning their focus to the remnants of a stream delta that was perhaps the site of a wet, habitable environment more than 3.5 billion years ago.
Feb 03, 2022
The startup, which is planning to perform its first launch from Space Hub Sutherland on the Scottish mainland later this year, is the first UK-based launch provider to disclose that it has applied for such a license.
Feb 02, 2022
The International Space Station (ISS) partnership gave its formal blessing for the four-member Axiom-1 (Ax-1) crew to visit the orbital outpost, with launch aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule now slated for March 30, a day earlier than previously planned.
Feb 02, 2022
NASA is retargeting the rollout of its first Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule for a tanking test at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B to mid-March, a month later than planned.
Feb 02, 2022
A month after announcing the Biden administration’s support to extend International Space Station operations from 2024 to 2030, NASA has provided a congressionally required update of its transition strategy.
Feb 02, 2022
Russia’s Glavkosmos, the commercial arm of space agency Roscosmos, signed an agreement with Bangladesh Satellite Co. Ltd. on Feb. 2 to build and launch Bangladesh’s first Earth observation system.
Feb 02, 2022
Funds will be used to accelerate the first phase of the ADRAS-J active debris removal project with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Feb 01, 2022
Isotropic Systems simultaneously connected a multilink satellite terminal to satellites in medium Earth orbit (MEO) and geostationary orbit during trials at the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Aberdeen, Maryland.