Space Industry Analysis
Apr 29, 2015
SpaceX is juggling a mix of commercial and government missions at a time when its cargo-resupply services are in growing demand.
Apr 27, 2015
Slow throttle valve response is blamed for the failure of SpaceX’s latest attempt to recover and reuse the first stage of its Falcon 9v1.1 launch vehicle.
Apr 25, 2015
Progress 59 is scheduled to lift off from Baikonur on Tuesday at 3:09 a.m., EDT, initiating a four orbit, six hour sprint to the International Space Station with three tons of supplies
Apr 24, 2015
Are some A&D companies becoming too good at business? Many are acting like well-oiled corporations, doing all the right things for their owners and executives—but maybe not for the nations they serve.
Apr 24, 2015
NASA is spending a little money to see if cargo carriers for the ISS can be “evolved” into crew habitats for deep-space exploration.
Apr 24, 2015
We have seen some incredible leaps forward in technical innovation. We also have seen some incredible leaps backward in other areas.
Aug 09, 2021
The UK Ministry of Defense plans to explore the use of free-space optical communications in low-Earth orbit through the use of a satellite demonstrator.
Aug 09, 2021
The Martian surface delivered a bit of a surprise late last week as NASA’s Perseverance rover tried to acquire its first sample of rock from the floor of Jezero Crater for caching and eventual return to Earth.
Aug 06, 2021
A NASA-backed Moon mission targeted to launch from Wallops Island, Virginia, will instead fly from Rocket Lab’s New Zealand spaceport due to ongoing efforts by NASA to certify the Electron booster’s automated flight termination system for use at Wallops.
Aug 06, 2021
Building on their cooperation to install a first-of-kind space surveillance radar, LeoLabs and the New Zealand Space Agency have announced a multiyear agreement to develop a space regulatory and sustainability platform.
Aug 04, 2021
Launch of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on a long-awaited reflight demonstration to the International Space Station remained on hold while engineers assessed options to address an issue with valves in the spacecraft’s propulsion system.
Aug 04, 2021
The first orbital-class SpaceX Falcon Super Heavy rocket, outfitted with 29 methane-burning Raptor engines, was moved to its launch mount in Boca Chica, Texas, on Aug. 3.
Aug 04, 2021
NASA and its partners are using the International Space Station to better understand how samples of muscle tissue donated on Earth are changed at the cellular levels by spaceflight.
Aug 03, 2021
Those with research and technology connections to the NASA-led International Space Station believe the door has been opened for at least another decade of significant development activity.