Space Industry Analysis
Dec 31, 2012
Market shifts, new competitors bring change to launch-vehicle business
Dec 31, 2012
NASA wants $800 million in fiscal 2013 for its program to outsource the transport of crews to and from space, and says if it does not get the funding first commercial flights to the International Space Station will slip to 2018. With station funding set to expire in 2020, that could be a problem.
Dec 31, 2012
As the U.S. military pulls out of Afghanistan and “resets” for the Pacific theater, will there be an accompanying shift in the Defense Department's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance forces? The year should see the beginning of a shift away from lower-tech systems geared to detect improvised explosive devices and toward future high-tech sensors.
Dec 31, 2012
Dozens of women are filling senior management positions across aerospace and defense, changing the face of an industry not known for diversity. Another glass ceiling will shatter on Jan. 1, when Marillyn Hewson (right) becomes CEO of Lockheed Martin and Phebe Novakovic fills the top spot at General Dynamics.
Dec 31, 2012
The U.S. Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, which has not had a successful intercept since 2008, is expected to return to flight in early 2013 after a two-year hiatus. And the U.S. will continue to roll out its Phased Adaptive Approach to protecting Europe, including construction of the first Aegis shore-launch site in Romania and further flights of the improved SM-3 Block 1B interceptor.
Dec 31, 2012
Decisions in 2013 could reverberate for a decade
Jul 31, 2020
More and improved South Korean space launchers can be developed following the removal of a restriction on solid-propellant motors agreed upon with the U.S.
Jul 30, 2020
The U.S. Space Force’s 30th Space Wing, the state of California and other involved parties have entered into an agreement to develop a commercial spaceport facility at Vandenberg AFB, California, the federal government’s Western launch range.
Jul 30, 2020
Hours after the Demo-2 spacecraft was cleared to splash down along the Florida coast this weekend carrying two NASA astronauts home from the International Space Station (ISS), a tropical disturbance headed for the Sunshine State was upgraded to a tropical storm.
Jul 30, 2020
New Zealand-based startup Dawn Aerospace has rolled out its Mk-II Aurora reusable suborbital spaceplane.
Jul 30, 2020
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral AFS on July 30, sending the $2.4-billion NASA Perseverance rover on its way to Mars to search for signs of past life and cache promising rock and soil samples for a future return to Earth.
Jul 29, 2020
The British government has begun a consultation on regulations that will pave the way for space launches from UK soil in the early 2020s.
Jul 29, 2020
U.S. Space Command (Spacecom) is partnering with U.S. Cyber Command by offering a planning element to implement cyber protection and capabilities or space expertise.
Jul 29, 2020
In-situ resource utilization, combined with advances in additive manufacturing, could provide the materials and technologies for the construction of habitats, factories, spare parts and supplies on the Moon and Mars.