Space Industry Analysis

Jul 30, 2020
Nine weeks after the first U.S. crewed launch to the space station since 2011, two NASA astronauts are heading home.
Jul 27, 2020
The FCC has endangered a national treasure by allowing high-power terrestrial transmitters in the band of frequencies that includes GPS.
Jul 24, 2020
New spacecraft from the United Arab Emirates, China and the U.S. will soon join these exploration probes on and around Mars.
Jul 23, 2020
Aviation Week editors provide their behind-the-scenes impressions from interviews with the CEOs of Airbus, Boeing, Lufthansa Technik and Raytheon Technologies.
Jul 22, 2020
A new crop of missions to explore the lunar surface is taking shape and due to launch in the coming years.
Jul 21, 2020
Early second-stage shutdown dooms ride-share mission.
Apr 14, 2023
An Ariane 5 launched the European Space Agency's JUICE mission which will explore three of Jupiter’s icy moons.
Apr 13, 2023
Boeing’s Protected Satcom Prototype payload is scheduled to fly on the 11th Wideband Global Satcom satellite, Boeing said April 13.
Apr 13, 2023
The blower mechanism was delivered in November aboard Northrop Grumman’s 18th NASA-contracted Cygnus resupply mission to the ISS.
Apr 13, 2023
The bricks would be used to construct egg-shaped “lunar pot vessel” structures for the Moon base that China is looking to build with Russia.
Apr 13, 2023
Ispace of Japan plans to attempt touching down on the Moon with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander as soon as April 25.
Apr 12, 2023
The update comes after Relativity Space’s mostly 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on March 22 but failed to reach orbit.
Apr 12, 2023
An Ariane 5 heavy launcher is scheduled to lift off April 13 with a probe designed to determine whether Jupiter’s icy moons meet the conditions for life.
Apr 12, 2023
Iceye plans to sign a memorandum of understanding with Orbital Engenharia, a Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil-based rocket maker, on April 12.