Space Industry Analysis
Mar 17, 2015
Modifications to the Falcon 9 v1.1 will lead to a new design for the SpaceX Falcon Heavy.
Mar 17, 2015
At least five companies are eagerly awaiting an expected NASA announcement June 10 of the winners in the second round of bidding for commercial cargo deliveries to the ISS.
Mar 13, 2015
"A deep ocean under the icy crust of Ganymede opens up further exciting possibilities for life beyond Earth," said John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
Mar 12, 2015
Europe's EDRS will use laser beam transmissions between low-Earth orbiting (LEO) spacecraft and commercial communications satellites in geostationary orbit to reduce the time it takes to get large quantities of remote-sensing data to the ground.
Mar 12, 2015
Lockheed Martin wants to use ISS as a commercial springboard to the Moon and beyond.
Mar 12, 2015
Like most missions with the two-seat Gemini capsules, Gemini 8 started out to be a first. As it turned out, there were two firsts in the mission depicted on the cover of March 28, 1966.
Jul 13, 2021
NASA and the Energy Department selected three reactor design concepts for space nuclear propulsion systems.
Jul 11, 2021
SpaceShipTwo Unity glided to a landing at 9:32 am on July 11 after successfully providing a six-member crew, including Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson, a few minutes of weightlessness in space.
Jul 10, 2021
NASA and SpaceX reported late July 9 a successful splashdown of the company’s 22nd Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Jul 09, 2021
NASA and Northrop Grumman have finalized a $935 million contract for development of the lunar Habitation and Logistics Outpost module, which along with the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) will comprise the initial components of the agency’s human-tended, lunar-orbiting Gateway.
Jul 08, 2021
SpaceX’s 22nd Dragon resupply mission spacecraft is headed for a late July 9 splashdown and recovery off Florida’s Gulf Coast, following a weather-delayed departure from the International Space Station’s U.S. segment with a 5,300-lb. return payload of science experiments, technology development hardware and other equipment.
Jul 08, 2021
Launch of the long-delayed Nauka was planned for July 15, but technical issues have pushed back the launch.
Jul 07, 2021
Blacktree has joined Airbus Defense and Space’s Team Maier initiative, established in October 2020 to provide solutions for Australia's JP 9102 military satellite communication program.
Jul 06, 2021
The U.S. Space Force may begin testing early-warning satellites in medium-Earth orbit as early as 2022, which aligns with comments made by a service official last week who said the Force Design team will assess the theory of putting missile-warning satellites into non-traditional orbits.