Space Industry Analysis
Nov 19, 2021
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Nov 19, 2021
Test adds more than 1,500 pieces of trackable orbital debris.
Nov 16, 2021
To see back to the universe’s first galaxies, engineers had to develop 10 new technologies for the James Webb Space Telescope.
Nov 10, 2021
Boeing-backed startup demonstrates first multi-orbit, multi-link satcom connectivity.
Nov 09, 2021
Preventing contrails; Chinese eVTOL unveiled; certifying fuel cells; hybrid Panthera flies; and cleaning orbits magnetically.
Nov 04, 2021
Space Force seeks commercial services; piecing together a wrecked A-10; Area-I’s new UAS approach; and India tests anti-airfield weapon.
Jul 27, 2023
Axiom, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have all flown privately paying passengers into orbital and suborbital space from the U.S.
Jul 27, 2023
The foursome has trained for a more than six-month mission with a science and technology agenda that includes nearly 160 projects.
Jul 27, 2023
Kleos Space, a startup that sought to make and offer a satellite constellation for radio frequency monitoring, is filing for bankruptcy.
Jul 26, 2023
Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting is President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the four-year-old command.
Jul 26, 2023
The contract award is targeted at tests of a nuclear thermal rocket engine vehicle in space by 2027.
Jul 26, 2023
Final trials before the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 launcher saw ESA engineers perform an extensive assessment with the combined test model.
Jul 26, 2023
No strangers to extraterrestrial materials, the ARES team at NASA’s Johnson Space Center are preparing to receive materials gathered from the asteroid Bennu.
Jul 25, 2023
NASA has selected 11 U.S. companies to develop advanced technologies for long-term exploration of the Moon and space.