Space Industry Analysis
Aug 19, 1996
NASA has formed a five-man incident investigation board to study the loss of the NASA/McDonnell Douglas DC-XA experimental rocket on July 31, when one retracted landing gear leg caused it to fall over and burn after a successful touchdown (AW&ST Aug. 5, p. 22).
Jul 31, 1995
NASA is carefully removing human space flight control from the proven realm of custom software and massive mainframe computers and bringing it at long last to the flexible world of networked workstations.
Jul 10, 1995
The Galileo spacecraft is set to release its Jupiter atmospheric probe on Thursday.
May 15, 1995
Uzbekistan defense officials have proposed incorporating a formerly classified satellite-tracking site into the U.S. space surveillance network, which could improve capabilities to detect orbital debris.
Dec 09, 2019
NASA is assessing possible options to keep on schedule the Artemis initiative of achieving an accelerated return to the Moon’s surface with human explorers in 2024 even if lawmakers again fail to come together on a 2020 federal budget, agency Administrator Jim Bridenstine says.
Dec 06, 2019
Plans for International Space Station astronauts to conduct three high-priority spacewalks before year’s end appear to be slipping into 2020.
Dec 05, 2019
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Dec. 5 to send a Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station.
Dec 05, 2019
Boeing’s first space-bound CST-100 Starliner capsule has been hoisted atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket for a practice launch countdown ahead of its planned Dec. 19 trial run to the ISS.
Dec 05, 2019
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission is providing the closest-ever observations of the high temperatures generated by the Sun’s corona, or outer atmosphere.
Dec 03, 2019
The U.S. Air Force’s Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization Payload can transition to the manufacturing phase after successfully completing a critical design review.
Dec 03, 2019
The Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return mission spacecraft entered the full-scale ion propulsion cruise phase of its return to Earth from Ryugu as planned late Dec. 2 U.S. time, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.
Dec 03, 2019
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has provided publicly released imagery of the Indian Space Research Organization’s Vikram lander crash site and associated debris after the spacecraft attempted an automated soft landing at the Moon’s south pole nearly two months ago.