Space Industry Analysis
Aug 05, 2013
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Jul 29, 2013
Launch and ascent loads come into sharper focus
Jul 29, 2013
All set for New Horizons’ close-up look at Pluto and Charon.
Jul 29, 2013
The International Space Station is a finite asset
Jul 29, 2013
New technology-demonstration tasks are en route to ISS for Dextre
Jul 29, 2013
France secured its two biggest export agreements in recent memory with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in July, including an €800 million ($1.05 billion) sale of two high-resolution spy satellites built by EADS-Astrium and Thales Alenia Space. The satellites are small enough to launch on a European Vega rocket and are said to be similar to France's twin Pleiades spacecraft, putting the UAE in an elite club of nations cable of taking high-resolution images of sub-meter-sized objects from space.
Nov 17, 2020
SpaceX’s NASA-contracted Crew-1 Dragon spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station late Nov. 16.
Nov 17, 2020
This will be only the second launch for the heavy launch vehicle since its maiden flight in 2014.
Nov 17, 2020
The Vega light launcher, operated by Arianespace, failed 8 mins. after liftoff on Nov. 16.
Nov 16, 2020
The Vega light launcher, operated by Arianespace, is to place two satellites into orbit on Nov. 16–Taranis, to study electromagnetic phenomena taking place above storms, and Seosat-Ingenio, focused on the observation of Spain’s territory.
Nov 16, 2020
Speculation is mounting over what’s next for U.S. human deep-space exploration following the Nov. 3 presidential election, but one noted space historian believes the U.S. will still land on the Moon within 10 years.
Nov 16, 2020
A consortium of British space companies is calling on the UK government to make key investments in space capabilities as an initiative to boost and shape the UK’s future economy.
Nov 16, 2020
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 15, sending a Crew Dragon spacecraft with four astronauts on its way to the International Space Station, the first U.S. government-certified flight of a commercially developed crewed orbital transportation system.
Nov 13, 2020
NASA and SpaceX are delaying the launch of the resident crew ferry flight to the International Space Station by one day due to expected high winds at the launch site and poor weather for booster recovery at sea.