Space Industry Analysis
Jul 23, 2012
Three veteran space travelers are settling in on return visits to the International Space Station, after their Soyuz launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Jul 16, 2012
Germany, France, Italy and Spain each are investing in optical and radar systems that add up to roughly $3 billion.
Jul 16, 2012
NASA is already angling for a fourth U.S.-side crew member and planning upgrades to improve research efficiency.
Jul 16, 2012
As Earthbound researchers prove slow to realize the orbital capabilities available to them, top managers are beginning to worry that support for human spaceflight could wane
Jul 09, 2012
Pedro L. “Pete” Rustan, who made a daring escape from Fidel Castro's Cuba as a young man and went on to design U.S. reconnaissance satellites, send a spacecraft to the Moon and develop technology used in the mission to kill Osama bin Laden, died of cancer on June 28 at home in Woodbridge, Va., near Washington. He was 65.
Jul 09, 2012
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo replica is making its air show debut
Apr 16, 2020
The Pentagon’s Space Acquisition Council will hold an emergency meeting to support the space industrial base in the wake of the novel coronavirus.
Apr 16, 2020
Russia has adjusted the dates for resumption of its Moon exploration efforts, an official says.
Apr 16, 2020
Russia’s space activity is likely to be limited due to coronavirus restrictions, officials say.
Apr 15, 2020
U.S. Space Command is tracking a Russian direct-ascent anti-satellite missile test, it said April 15.
Apr 15, 2020
With the country focused on stemming the spread of the coronavirus, legislators have asked the Federal Communications Commission to suspend work on proposed rulemaking for mitigating orbital debris.
Apr 15, 2020
Osiris-Rex, NASA’s first-ever asteroid sample return mission, successfully carried out a 4-hr. series of spacecraft maneuvers and deployments on April 14, preliminary data show.
Apr 14, 2020
Intuitive Machines has selected the planned date and landing site for its first mission to the Moon’s surface under its NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services agreement.
Apr 13, 2020
Citing the bankruptcy of the OneWeb satellite communications company, the U.S. government should consider adding $2.5 billion in funding for space programs, along with multiple policy proposals to maintain the military space industrial base and U.S. strategic dominance in the domain in the face of threats posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, an industry trade group recommends.