Space Industry Analysis
Oct 27, 2014
NASA’s commercial crew program is in court now, so the lawyers will get a say in deciding how the U.S. and its space-exploration partners will fly astronauts to orbit.
Oct 27, 2014
Space community receives a bumper crop of information from Mars-orbiting spacecraft, planet-based rovers and amateur astronomers worldwide
Oct 25, 2014
"Keep those updates coming," European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst urged NASA's Mission Control as the scheduled 3:39 p.m. Dragon spashdown off the U. S. West Coast neared. .
Oct 23, 2014
Watch video from the Hubble Space Telescope of Mars and the Siding Spring comet passing each other on Oct. 19.
Oct 20, 2014
An innovative partnership between NASA and SpaceX is giving the U.S. space agency an early look at what it would take to land multi-ton habitats and supply caches on Mars for human explorers, while providing sophisticated infrared imagery to help the spacecraft company develop a reusable launch vehicle.
Oct 20, 2014
The CubeSat movement may make it to the surface of Mars, possibly within a decade, allowing low-cost, minituarized secondary payloads on missions carry rovers and other high-priced gear.
May 01, 2021
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will chair the National Space Council, senior administration officials told reporters May 1.
May 01, 2021
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic, which heralded a wave of space companies going public quickly, will restate its official 2020 financial results and has postponed its first-quarter results report to May 10.
Apr 30, 2021
The U.S. Space Force has awarded a $228 million contract to Raytheon Technologies for the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System Follow-On.
Apr 30, 2021
After two landings were waved off due to high winds, NASA has reset the undocking of the four SpaceX Crew-1 Dragon astronauts from the International Space Station for 8:35 p.m. EDT on May 1.
Apr 30, 2021
The Chinese Long March 4C successfully launched a new remote-sensing satellite—the Yaogan-34—from its Jiuquan spaceport on April 30, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. reported.
Apr 30, 2021
NASA will stop work on the Human Landing System flight demonstration while the Government Accountability Office considers two protests of the space agency’s recent $2.9 billion contract award to SpaceX.
Apr 30, 2021
With its fourth flight test on Mars, NASA is transitioning its Ingenuity technology demonstration project into an extended 30-day mission to develop and test operations for future science rotorcraft.
Apr 30, 2021
NASA and SpaceX late April 29 delayed for a second time the planned undocking and splashdown of the four Crew-1 Dragon astronauts from the International Space Station due to high winds.