Space Industry Analysis
May 08, 2015
Think the KC-X tanker program was messy? The forthcoming EELV procurement could make it look like a walk in the park.
May 06, 2015
NASA’s Messenger (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft was the first to orbit Mercury. Its mission was to orbit Mercury for one Earth year, but it stayed for more than four years, making new scientific discoveries about the planet closest to the Sun.
May 06, 2015
Bickering between Republicans and Democrats over global warming issues may jeopardize funding for NASA’s climate-monitoring missions
May 06, 2015
Lockheed Martin, responding to market changes, is merging its military and commercial satellite manufacturing operations while upgrading the A2100 bus.
May 05, 2015
"Coffee: the finest organic suspension ever devised," according to European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.
May 01, 2015
China’s ASAT tests have forced the Pentagon to funnel billions of dollars into new satellite architectures and defensive measures.
Aug 12, 2021
A second attempt at collecting a sample of the Martian surface is planned for September.
Aug 10, 2021
The Cygnus carries nearly 8,210 lb. of crew supplies, science experiments and technology development projects.
Aug 10, 2021
Intuitive Machines, one of NASA’s initial Commercial Lunar Payload Services providers, has selected the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for the first-quarter-2024 launch of its third mission to the Moon.
Aug 10, 2021
The U.S. Space Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program Office has added ABL Space Systems, Astra Space and Relativity Space to work toward a quick-launch effort under the Orbital Services Program-4.
Aug 09, 2021
NASA and Russian federal space agency Roscosmos are assembling teams of experts to assess the unanticipated thruster firings of Russia’s Nauka module following its docking with the International Space Station.
Aug 09, 2021
SpaceX apparently has acquired Silicon Valley small-satellite maker Swarm Technologies, according to a U.S. Federal Communications Commission filing in which SpaceX seeks to obtain the startup’s mobile satellite-service licenses.
Aug 09, 2021
NASA is seeking a quartet of applicants for the first in a series of three planned year-long simulations of life on Mars intended to evaluate how human explorers might respond to limited resources, equipment failures, communications delays and environmental stresses.
Aug 09, 2021
Startup space vehicle maker Firefly Aerospace continues to roll out offerings, announcing a new line of business dedicated to supplying rocket engines and components to the emerging new-space industry.