Space Industry Analysis
May 11, 2015
Reports of the planned demise of the Atlas V rocket may be premature.
May 08, 2015
Our roundup of some of this week’s top stories in aerospace and defense.
May 06, 2015
The test, which culminated with splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean just offshore, marks a major milestone on the road to using the Crew Dragon for human missions to the International Space Station in 2017.
May 05, 2015
SpaceX’s planned pad abort test for the Crew Dragon vehicle appears to be staying on track for May 6 following a successful ground firing of thrusters at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral.
May 05, 2015
"Coffee: the finest organic suspension ever devised," according to European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.
Apr 30, 2015
Our roundup of some of this week’s top stories in aerospace and defense.
Apr 29, 2015
A camera aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has started generating tantalizing views of Pluto rotating on its sharply tilted axis, presenting patches of bright and dark material as it spins around a pole that appears to be covered with a cap of ice.
Apr 29, 2015
Amid a growing consensus in the U.S. government that space assets – commercial, civil or defense – are no longer safe in orbit, the U.S. Air Force and six top commercial operators are establishing a first-of-a-kind pilot program to improve data exchange among them.