Space

Seeking to raise the bar for achievements in space, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine wants the U.S. to lead the team that someday discovers extraterrestrial life.

MHI prime contractor is looking to expand its commercial launch footprint.

In PwC’s latest survey of global CEOs, 46% said that significant upskilling was the most important factor in closing the aerospace talent gap.

ISRO is trying to salvage its first soft lunar landing attempt.

Some major telecommunications satellite operators have expressed cautiousness about 5G—a fifth-generation mobile communications network that satellites are supposed to be a component of—as a business opportunity, suggesting it may not live up to the hype.

The evolution of the telecommunications satellite industry remains driven by fast growth in data traffic, Euroconsult CEO Pacome Revillon says.

ESA maneuvers to avoid SpaceX Starlink satellite that lowered its orbit for a reentry test.

Nammo hybrid sounding rocket and smallsat launch family plan moves to next phase after Nucleus demonstrator test.

SpaceX is investigating why its Starlink operations center failed to notice warnings of an increased risk of a collision between one of its low Earth orbiting websats and the European Space Agency Aeolus weather satellite.

The image revealed by the president is annotated, pointing out damage on the north side of the launch pad, support vehicles, a gantry service tower, mobile erector-launcher and trailer.

Advances in hydrogen fuel cells for vehicles are giving aerospace another low-carbon propulsion option.

Little hops and huge goals: SpaceX’s Starhopper test flight marks first step on path to next-generation Starship launch family and inter-planetary missions.

Launch services firms may become the space-based trucking companies of the future as NASA accelerates its Lunar Gateway plan.

Advances in aerospace vehicles almost always follow advances in propulsion. And propulsion technology continues to advance, creating new opportunities. So what is in store for the future? Attending the AIAA Propulsion & Energy conference in Indianapolis, senior editor Guy Norris and technology editor Graham Warwick discuss possibilities ranging from nuclear rockets to electric aircraft.

WhiteKnightTwo performs simulated space launch flight profiles over New Mexico as Virgin Galactic gears up for tests and operations from Spaceport America.

Test schedules now look certain to push first SLS launch for the Artemis 1 mission from next year into 2021.

With updates and fixes in place, Boeing is targeting first Starliner flight within two months, while SpaceX aims for flight carrying crew to ISS by year-end.

NASA has issued a request for proposals from U.S. companies capable of carrying out up to $7 billion in re-supply missions to its planned lunar-orbiting, human-tended Gateway.

Virgin Galactic has declared its new base at Spaceport America operationally ready as the company sets its sights on the long-anticipated start of commercial sub-orbital space flights from the New Mexico facility in 2020.

New techniques reduce risk for SLS as NASA steps up test campaign for Europa Clipper cargo version.

Just having major operations within one state did not seem to tip the scale in PwC’s aerospace manufacturing attractiveness rankings. But one state has it all.

Flight data collection underway to assess first stage non-propulsive reentry option.

SpaceX’s first dedicated small sat rideshare mission provided dozens of startups the chance to test novel cubesat systems in LEO, but nine months after launch, owners of 12 spacecraft have yet to claim ownership of their birds.

USAF leader campaigns for space-based sensors; Japan lifts F-35 grounding; Protected satcom satellite to launch; Indonesia’s indigenous combat aircraft pod.

When Chris Hill walked out of SpaceX in late May, he knew life was about to change dramatically—and so was what he had known as a “day at the office.”