Space Industry Analysis
Mar 19, 2014
When producing complex aircraft engine components that require a variety of machining processes, the potential for stack-up error increases dramatically. Discover how 5-axis, multi-tasking machine technologies are overcoming this challenge and removing non-value added time from the manufacturing process.
Mar 19, 2014
The demand for improved performance and higher fuel efficiency in aircraft engines has driven increased use of cooling holes and diffuser shapes within blade and vane components. Learn about the latest EDM hole drilling technologies for high-speed, high-quality cooling hole production.
Mar 17, 2014
Russian officials considered delaying the return of Soyuz TMA-10M from the International Space Station March 11 because of blowing snow and 0F cold at the landing site 230 mi. southwest of the Karaganda staging area, but decided to proceed with a reduced helicopter-recovery force instead. ISS Expedition 38 Commander Oleg Kotov, cosmonaut Sergey Ryazanskiy and NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins later parted ways after 166 days in space, with Hopkins headed straight back to Houston and the cosmonauts returning to their Star City base near Moscow.
Mar 17, 2014
Commercial launchers retool and revise business strategies
Mar 17, 2014
Communication satellite operators shore up cyber defenses
Mar 17, 2014
Innovation and competitiveness in the space sector
Feb 09, 2021
Russia’s MS-15 cargo capsule, filled with trash and discarded equipment, departed the International Space Station (ISS) early Feb. 9 for a destructive re-entry into the South Pacific Ocean.
Feb 09, 2021
Swarm, a low-cost satellite communications network company selling data from space for less than the cost of a Netflix subscription, is now available for commercial use.
Feb 09, 2021
British flat-panel satellite antenna systems maker Isotropic Systems, already a recipient of Boeing and venture capital funds, has landed at least $40 million more and plans to double in size as it races toward commercial rollout.
Feb 08, 2021
The first of a trio of new spacecraft headed to Mars is nearing a do-or-die 27-min. engine burn on Feb. 9 to trim speed so it can be swept into orbit around the red planet.
Feb 08, 2021
Two northern hemisphere regions on Mars appear to offer the best prospects for hosting generous deposits of subsurface ice that could serve as a key resource for future human exploration of the red planet, findings from multiple planetary science missions show.
Feb 08, 2021
Lockheed Martin is to use a launcher provided by ABL Space Systems for its planned Pathfinder launch from the UK.
Feb 05, 2021
NATO has chosen Toulouse as the site for its space center of excellence, a materialization of the organization’s fledgling space policy.
Feb 05, 2021
OHB System has filed a lawsuit with the Court of Justice of the European Union against the European Commission’s decision to exclude the company from a program creating the second generation of Galileo navigation satellites.