Space Industry Analysis
Apr 13, 2016
Deploying “ChipSats” could significantly alter the face of missions to seek signs of life on Jovian moon Europa—and other planetary research.
Apr 11, 2016
Nine months after the European Space Agency (ESA) approved development of the new Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets, development of the next-generation vehicles at prime contractor Airbus Safran Launchers (ASL) is starting to take shape.
Apr 08, 2016
The preliminary design review of a U.S.-European ocean-monitoring mission has been delayed by several months as part of a risk-reduction effort following the failure of a radar instrument aboard another climate-science mission.
Apr 06, 2016
Tehran’s ballistic missile tests alert Israel and its regional neighbors to the need for effective air defense.
Apr 06, 2016
NASA and space advocacy groups seek continuity in space policy from presidential candidates to keep plans on track and international partners on board.
Apr 06, 2016
An ISRO research center in western India is developing a rover and three major payloads for its Chandrayaan-2 quest to confirm the presence of lunar water.
Jan 05, 2022
NASA’s upcoming Artemis I mission will feature some familiar names and activities to those alive and well in the remote workplace realm.
Jan 05, 2022
AST SpaceMobile, a newly public company aiming to establish a space-based cellular broadband network for smartphones, has offered a peak inside its 85,000-ft.2 manufacturing headquarters in Midland, Texas.
Jan 04, 2022
Flight controllers overseeing the newly launched James Webb Space Telescope breezed through the deployment and positioning of the observatory’s five-layer, tennis court-sized sunshield, completing what was considered the most technically complicated part of the mission ahead of schedule.
Jan 04, 2022
Completion of the key trial will represent a milestone in the protracted development of the medium- to heavy-lift launcher.
Jan 03, 2022
The European Space Agency has backed the Biden administration’s commitment to extending International Space Station operations through 2030.
Jan 03, 2022
Japan’s Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry Co. are planning a 2023 mission to launch what they claim to be the first orbiting wooden satellite.
Jan 03, 2022
Addman Engineering, the additive manufacturing rollup under private equity investor American Industrial Partners, has acquired Castheon, a refractory metals maker that has partnered with spacecraft-providing companies, the companies announced Jan. 3.
Jan 03, 2022
After successfully unfurling the James Webb Space Telescope’s tennis court-sized sunshield, flight controllers on Jan. 3 completed tensioning three of the shield’s five diamond-shaped membranes.