Space Industry Analysis
Nov 21, 2017
India and Japan are planning a joint mission to the Moon—the second time the two countries have teamed up for a lunar probe.
Nov 20, 2017
SpaceX’s launch of a classified mission for an undisclosed U.S. government customer will be delayed until at least December.
Nov 16, 2017
The newly created national security launch subsidiary of Virgin Orbit has won its first contract from the U.S. Defense Department.
Nov 16, 2017
Made In Space the Silicon Valley 3D printing startup, is fashioning a metal fabrication capability for the in-space production of aluminum, stainless steel and titanium components.
Nov 13, 2017
The launch of U.S. astronauts on more "one-year" International Space Station missions are not planned until commercial crew operations are underway.
Nov 12, 2017
Sierra Nevada Corp. plans to conduct a series of progressively higher-altitude drop tests of its Dream Chaser spacecraft following the successful completion of the flight at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Edwards, California.
Nov 06, 2017
Orbital ATK’s eighth resupply mission to the ISS will carry a number of forward-looking scientific research and technology demonstrations to be staged aboard microsats.
Nov 03, 2017
The head of the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center forecasts a significant funding bump in the service’s fiscal 2019 space budget for more prototyping, demonstration and experimentation programs.