Space Industry Analysis
Aug 14, 2015
ISS crewmembers have taken a first, small bite out of the problem of keeping astronauts fed on deep-space missions.
Aug 14, 2015
The cost of ballistic missile interceptors, and the chance of failure, is high, but lasers pose their own efficiency and cost challenges.
Aug 13, 2015
A pair of new histories reveals little-known details about the interaction of the U.S. space program and the civil rights movement in the South.
Aug 12, 2015
NASA has chosen Lunar IceCube for inclusion of secondary smallsat payloads on the the multibillion-dollar SLS-Orion test flight, which could provide potential encouragement for researchers to push deeper into space using CubeSat technologies.
Aug 12, 2015
At perihelion, the ESA mission will be able to glimpse the effect of that approach on the comet’s surface.
Aug 12, 2015
NASA funds further study of a propulsion system that could dramatically reduce the time required to explore the outer reaches of the Solar System and beyond.
Sep 21, 2021
NASA is separating its Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) mission directorate into two new directorates, one focused on current initiatives while the other looks ahead to systems development and plans for the next 20 years, Administrator Bill Nelson announced on Sept. 21.
Sep 20, 2021
Viper is due to launch in late 2023 on a 100-day mission to gather “hands-on” evidence for water ice.
Sep 20, 2021
Low Earth orbit is new home of several small-comsat constellations of enormous bandwidth—but no ability to exchange data with each other.
Sep 20, 2021
L3Harris Technologies announced plans to grow a classified campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to meet expected business demand from the Pentagon’s “growing and urgent need for advanced, resilient satellites.”
Sep 19, 2021
The SpaceX Dragon Resilience splashed down off the coast of Cape Canaveral at 7:06 p.m. EDT, concluding the company’s fourth human spaceflight and first without NASA oversight and NASA astronauts.
Sep 17, 2021
SpaceX cannot launch the Starship/Super Heavy vehicle until FAA completes its licensing process, which includes the environmental review and other safety and financial responsibility requirements.
Sep 17, 2021
Taikonauts from Shenzhou-12 mission to help construct China’s Tiangong-2 space station returned to Earth Sept. 17, ending 90-day stay.
Sep 16, 2021
HySpecIQ, the once and future satellite-powered hyperspectral analytics company, has received an endorsement and funding from defense technology…