Space Industry Analysis
May 25, 2020
When Vice President Pence told NASA to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024 “by any means possible,” he may have opened a Pandora’s box.
May 21, 2020
Four launches will reduce risk for key technologies behind DARPA’s Blackjack autonomous LEO constellation demonstration.
May 20, 2020
U.S. proposal extends and expands guidelines for cooperation on lunar missions and beyond.
May 18, 2020
High-tempo test schedule puts Firefly on track for September debut with Alpha launch vehicle.
May 15, 2020
The U.S. military continues to expand the operational envelope of its X-37B robotic spaceplanes amid the COVID-19 crisis.
May 15, 2020
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Mar 24, 2023
A Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital booster failed during an uncrewed Sept. 12 launch due to structural fatigue on the engine nozzle.
Mar 24, 2023
Russia plans to launch its first civil radar observation satellite–Kondor-FKA–on May 27.
Mar 24, 2023
Dawn Aerospace’s Mk-II Aurora spaceplane has received an aircraft certification from the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.
Mar 23, 2023
Sierra Space is moving on to tests of its inflatable habitat technology with hard structures inside the pressure shell.
Mar 23, 2023
The joint NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission will undergo another independent review board assessment later this year.
Mar 23, 2023
The two-stage, 110-ft.-tall rocket was produced using primarily 3D-printing.
Mar 22, 2023
NASA’s Apollo missions to the Moon a half century ago lacked the challenges that the agency’s Artemis program faces, says NASA official Bhavya Lal.
Mar 21, 2023
After a controlled burn lasting several minutes from its main propulsion system, ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander entered the Moon’s orbit on March 21.