Space Industry Analysis
Nov 19, 2020
SpaceX becomes first company to win U.S. government certification of human spaceflight system.
Nov 18, 2020
Transformation of heritage aerospace contractor shows old dogs can learn new tricks.
Nov 17, 2020
Launch service operator Arianespace has traced the cause of the Nov. 16 failure of a Vega rocket to an improperly connected electrical harness on the launcher’s Avum engine.
Nov 10, 2020
SDA director Derek Tournear joins Aviation Week editors on Check 6 to discuss how its system of space tracking and transport satellites will revolutionize the U.S. military and the challenges it will face along the way.
Nov 10, 2020
Now planned from 2021-23, the transition between the current Ariane 5 and its successor may be complex for Arianespace.
Nov 06, 2020
MQ-9Bs for Taiwan?; Collins’ $700 million ejection seat win; New carrier delivery strategy; and Air Force opens space structures lab.
Apr 29, 2023
A 52.5-ft.-long antenna for the ice-penetrating radar instrument aboard the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft has failed to fully deploy.
Apr 28, 2023
Two astronauts from NASA and the UAE conducted a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on April 28.
Apr 27, 2023
The UAE's Hope spacecraft became the first probe to visit the smaller of Mars’ two moons during a series of close-up flybys in March.
Apr 26, 2023
Japanese startup ALE plans to launch another Sky Canvas satellite in 2024 that will dispense artificial meteorites.
Apr 26, 2023
Virgin Galactic completed the first glide flight of the updated SpaceShipTwo spaceplane VSS Unity from Spaceport America in New Mexico on April 26.
Apr 26, 2023
Operating under unfunded Space Act Agreements, the companies will work for periods of 12 to 24 months.
Apr 26, 2023
Rolls is leveraging its 60-plus years of submarine reactor work to develop and test components of a micro-reactor nuclear power system for space applications.
Apr 25, 2023
With NASA’s Artemis program beginning to unfold, the agency and its supporters have launched an unprecedented focus on sustainability.