Space Industry Analysis
Jul 15, 2013
Another test failure casts doubt on U.S. multibillion dollar shield
Jul 15, 2013
In the 1960s, NASA had a couple of ways to get to the surface of the Moon. They came together in this famous November 1969 photo of Apollo 12 Commander Pete Conrad examining the Surveyor 3 robotic lander, with the lunar module Intrepid that brought him to the Moon parked on the horizon. Those days are long gone now, but the U.S. space agency still wants to go to the Moon—for science and for exploration experiments.
Jul 15, 2013
After receiving initial FAA certification in March of a system combining satellite-based communications with helicopter health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS), Honeywell aims to evolve the capability for inflight broadband connectivity on passenger airliners. (Photo: Inmarsat)
Jul 15, 2013
Ariane 6 aims for rapid development and lower launch costs.
Jul 08, 2013
Any launch vehicle that flies as often as Russia's Proton is bound to have its share of mishaps. The venerable heavy-lifter has flown 388 missions since its first in 1965, 45 of which have been deemed total or partial failures.
Jul 08, 2013
Cryotank withstands liquid hydrogen
Nov 10, 2020
The joint NASA/European Space Agency mission to return samples from Mars’ surface faces a likely cost increase and two-year launch delay to address the challenges needed to achieve a high probability of success, according to an unusual, early independent review of the complex effort.
Nov 10, 2020
U.S. Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond has focused the Space Force’s inaugural year on investing in resiliency, building next-generation capabilities and the establishment of a Space Warfighting Analysis Center.
Nov 10, 2020
Ride-share schemes for small satellites are here to stay and, along with constellations and geostationary spacecraft, will contribute to solid activity in the near term, senior executives of launch service operators say.
Nov 09, 2020
Working through unfunded Space Act Agreements with 17 U.S. companies, NASA has selected 20 space technologies it intends to help advance to enable future activities at destinations spanning from low Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars.
Nov 09, 2020
Slightly over 18 months since the Space Development Agency's launch, the first two elements of its future constellation are now defined and under contract.
Nov 09, 2020
NASA is striving to complete a series of eight critical Green Run tests of the Space Launch System core stage by year’s end, a milestone that in late September it had planned to achieve in early November before Hurricane Zeta struck the Gulf Coast.
Nov 09, 2020
The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has experienced another cable break, this one to a main cable which gave way late Nov. 6.
Nov 08, 2020
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tells Aerospace DAILY the new administration will need "somebody they know and trust."