Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The CJS portion of the 2024 spending legislation that includes NASA and which was marked up by the full committee passed by a bipartisan 28-1 vote.
Space

By Garrett Reim
HawkEye 360 has raised a $58 million round of capital that will be used to fund new radio frequency sensing satellites.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
Ordinary matter accounts for just 5% of the universe. The Euclid mission will focus on everything else.
Space

By Tony Osborne
No formal requirements for the satellites, their numbers or timelines for their service entry have been released.
Space

Stratonautica has become the first Russian company to test a system for delivery of picosatellites, tiny spacecraft with a wet mass between 0.1-1 kg.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Beleaguered rocket startup Astra Space will raise as much as $65 million gross through a new stock sale effort while also carrying out a stock consolidation effort.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has been exploring Jezero Crater, a 3.5-billion-year-old, 28-mi.-wide meteor impact site.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s return to the Moon—and future human exploration initiatives—rely on private sector partnerships.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Europe’s workhorse Ariane 5 ends operations after 117 flights.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has awarded Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace new task orders under existing contracts to provide spacesuits for use in low Earth orbit and the Moon’s surface.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Russia is approaching the launch of its Luna-25 mission to the Moon—the country’s first lunar exploration effort in almost 50 years.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The FOO Fighter system is to demonstrate defense against advanced missiles.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Voyager and IN-SPACe will also “seek additional collaboration opportunities with various stakeholders within the Indian space ecosystem.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Sidus Space and Lulav Space plan to launch an event-based star tracker in June 2024.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
China will open the auction for Long March 6 rocket launch slots on July 13, for launch in late 2023.
Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch lifted off at 11:58 p.m. EDT on July 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Australia has awarded HawkEye 360 a contract to use its satellites to detect and geolocate boats whose crews are fishing illegally in the Pacific.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The U.S. Space Force will require two missions prior to using the booster for national security space missions for the ULA Vulcan Centaur launcher.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The Defense Innovation Unit wants ideas on how to transport military cargo around the Earth via rockets, as well as ways to store military payloads in orbit.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
In Ukraine, the world is seeing a “navigation war,” in which Russia and Ukraine consistently aim to jam satellites providing positioning, navigation and timing.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Lockheed Martin has declared a second successful burst test of technologies it is developing for inflatable space habitats.
Space

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
A decades-old idea for fuel-efficient, high-speed propulsion is moving closer to reality with these latest industry investments.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Arianespace’s workhorse Ariane 5 rocket closed out 27 years of operations on July 5 with its 117th mission.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The final Ariane 5 rocket was rolled out to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) launch site in French Guiana on July 3.
Space