Space Industry Analysis
Oct 21, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Oct 20, 2022
NASA is assessing a private initiative to boost and service the flagship observatory.
Oct 17, 2022
The inflated aeroshell will face dynamic regimes from Mach 25 to subsonic.
Oct 17, 2022
Xwing tests visual autoland; Standards for space servicing; Inside Aura’s electric ERA; and First military eVTOL missions.
Oct 13, 2022
Aviation Week Network recognizes 20 exceptional students leading change in the aerospace and defense industry.
Oct 12, 2022
Without schedule pressure to develop the Long March 9, China pursues resusable designs.
Sep 26, 2023
Progress has been slow on Blue Origin's New Glenn orbital launch system under Bob Smith’s watch, with an expected 2024 debut coming four years behind schedule.
Sep 25, 2023
The Osiris-Rex sample canister with material gathered from the surface of the asteroid Bennu was flown on Sept. 25 from its landing site in the Utah desert to NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Sep 24, 2023
The largest haul of extraterrestrial samples since Apollo 17 landed in Utah on Sept. 24 after being collected by the Osiris-REx spacecraft.
Sep 22, 2023
Satellite-based remote sensing startup Satellogic said Sept. 21 it will not launch any more satellites until at least the first quarter of 2024.
Sep 22, 2023
The current MSR mission cost estimate of $5.9 billion with a 2027 launch of the initial multiple mission elements will likely rise to $8-$11 billion.
Sep 22, 2023
Lockheed Martin says the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return spacecraft is healthy and on track for a pinpoint atmospheric Earth reentry over Utah on Sept. 24.
Sep 22, 2023
The agency plans to make a single award for a U.S. Deorbit Vehicle on April 18, 2024, a solicitation posted on NASA's procurement website shows.
Sep 21, 2023
The Spaceflight Framework Agreement was signed by Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s foreign affairs and trade minister, and Mike Suffredini, Axiom Space’s CEO.