Space Industry Analysis
Feb 13, 2012
NASA's fiscal 2013 budget request will reflect, and be reflected in, space-exploration spending and priorities worldwide. That isn't a good thing. Those who view civil space exploration as both an uplifting human pursuit and an important economic driver are sure to be disappointed by the details of the U.S. budget plan to be released Feb. 13. We know from previous plans that it will be flat and tight, with no major new initiatives and a lot of backfill from previous spending shortfalls.
Feb 13, 2012
Marc Montagner has been named CFO of Reston, Va.-based LightSquared. He was executive VP-sales, marketing and strategy at SkyTerra.
Feb 13, 2012
Michael Stofferahn has been appointed VP-North American sales for the Kaydon Bearings Div., Muskegon, Mich. He was VP and general manager of Rexnord Product Services.
Feb 13, 2012
Facing estimates of at least a 30% possibility the International Space Station will need to be abandoned prematurely, NASA isn't taking any chances that the commercial cargo and crew vehicles it is funding will worsen those odds by causing a mishap.
Feb 13, 2012
Greg Diognardi has been appointed Falcon 900 technical sales manager at StandardAero Business Aviation, Tempe, Ariz. He was regional sales manager for Landmark Aviation.
Feb 13, 2012
Philip King (see photo) has been appointed president of San Jose, Calif.-based Vision Systems International, succeeding Drew Brugal. King has held leadership positions at McDonnell Douglas and Boeing.
Feb 04, 2020
After a tough year in 2019, Maxar Technologies has secured a trio of contract awards.
Feb 04, 2020
U.S. startup Astra Space has emerged from stealth mode and identified itself as the sole remaining competitor in DARPA’s Launch Challenge to increase the flexibility and pace of flights into low Earth orbit.
Feb 04, 2020
Solar research by NASA’s Heliophysics Division, NOAA and the National Science Foundation have been slowed by budgets that fail to keep pace with inflation, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Jan 31, 2020
The flight also demonstrated a guided re-entry of the Electron first stage booster as the company works to make its small-satellite launcher reusable.
Jan 31, 2020
Northrop Grumman is readying its next cargo delivery to the International Space Station.
Jan 30, 2020
Two small companies are reporting progress with their plans for removing debris from orbit.
Jan 30, 2020
The NASA-led James Webb Space Telescope faces the prospect of additional delays and cost increases.
Jan 29, 2020
NASA expects to decide in the next couple of weeks whether to begin training two test pilots assigned to crew the upcoming SpaceX Demonstration 2 (Demo 2) mission for a possible extended stay aboard the International Space Station.