Space Industry Analysis
Feb 10, 2016
European planners are looking beyond the next-generation Ariane 6 to a completely new LOX/Methane engine that would dramatically lower production costs, with or without reusability.
Feb 03, 2016
The economics of Arianespace’s business model do not support designing reusable launch vehicles, according to Chairman/CEO Stephane Israel.
Feb 03, 2016
By specifying the months this year in which the first flights of Long March 5 and 7 are due, CASC shows greater confidence in the development schedules for the rockets, both of which are running years late.
Feb 03, 2016
The Webb telescope has some high hurdles to surmount before it “delivers first light.”
Feb 02, 2016
What do the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and U.S. Special Operations Command have in common?
Feb 01, 2016
Demand for mass-produced smallsats leads Clyde Space to expand its U.K. operations and establish a subsidiary in the U.S., where the defense market beckons.
Dec 07, 2021
NASA on Dec. 6 presented its 2021 class of new astronaut candidates, six men and four women chosen not only for their diverse professional skills but also their commitment to teamwork.
Dec 06, 2021
NASA said it intends to issue a sole-source modification to SpaceX’s Commercial Crew Transportation Capabilities contract that would enable the agency to purchase up to three more crew flights to the International Space Station.
Dec 06, 2021
After reaching orbit on its fourth try from Alaska, startup Astra Space will debut commercial launch services from Florida beginning in January.
Dec 06, 2021
Intuitive Machines (IM) has begun construction of a $40 million, 115,000-sq.-ft. lunar production and operations center at the Houston Spaceport to support plans to establish an annual cadence of commercial missions to the lunar surface.
Dec 06, 2021
The agreement will see South Africa use China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System for geophysics, space science, geodetic surveys and other research.
Dec 06, 2021
Using a twin model of the flight rover, engineers are preparing for a post-landing egress test.
Dec 06, 2021
The space telescope set to launch in 2023 has been built to address two of the most important questions in cosmology today: How did the universe originate and why is it expanding at an accelerating rate?
Dec 03, 2021
The debris was forecast to pass as close as 1.86 mi. to the ISS.