Space Industry Analysis
Dec 31, 2014
Every day, astronauts on board the International Space Station are taking continuous trips around Earth.
Dec 29, 2014
In a departure from past practice, SpaceX has revamped its public launch manifest to omit mission dates.
Dec 29, 2014
From the lows of the SpaceShipTwo fatal crash and Antares lift-off explosion to the high of Europe’s Rosetta comet-rendezvous and landing mission, 2014 was an eventful year for the space industry.
Dec 29, 2014
Aviation Week & Space Technology’s Aerospace & Defense 2015 issue presents delivery forecasts for a range of industry sectors, from combat and unmanned aircraft to commercial and military transports. Those charts are presented here.
Dec 29, 2014
Expanded Tables Online Download expanded specifications on in-production and under-development unmanned aircraft and search more than 3,100 other systems at AviationWeek.com/specs
Dec 29, 2014
Increasing commercialization, the growing popularity of small satellites, and human spaceflight are factors that will drive the launch industry and result in production of a projected 759 launch vehicles worth $67 billion over the next 10 years.
Jun 01, 2021
Astronauts will be upgrading the International Space Station’s solar power system and focusing on future human deep space exploration research with a 7,300-lb.cargo to be launched to the station on June 3.
May 31, 2021
NASA engineers are working on corrective actions to fix a navigation system timing issue on the agency’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter after the vehicle…
May 29, 2021
Tianzhou-2 will make an automated rendezvous and docking with Tianhe, a core module of China’s new space station that was orbited a month ago.
May 28, 2021
The Biden administration has proposed substantial boosts in spending across NASA’s human exploration, planetary science, and Earth science/climate research as part of a 2022 budget proposal that could ease the previous administration’s plans to return to the Moon’s surface with U.S. astronauts in 2024.
May 28, 2021
The Pentagon’s fiscal 2022 budget request proposed $936.7 million for the U.S. Space Development Agency, which is an increase of $600 million or 36% compared to the previous year.
May 28, 2021
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is working with Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy to build a transformable lunar robot to collect data on the Moon’s surface to use in development of a manned pressurized rover.
May 27, 2021
Constellation operator OneWeb is to lead a consortium of UK companies in developing a next-generation beam-hopping low Earth orbit communications satellite.
May 27, 2021
The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed OHB System’s request to reverse the European Space Agency’s decision to exclude the company from a program creating the second generation of Galileo navigation satellites.