Space

Eumetsat's option is for an Ariane 62, the medium version of the rocket destined to replace Arianespace’s workhorse Ariane 5.

Satellite developer Cloud Constellation has formally selected Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket to deploy the first 12 spacecraft forming its initial SpaceBelt constellation of space-based cloud storage data centers.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft took a final swing around Titan Sept. 11, taking advantage of the giant moon’s gravity to slingshot itself onto a dead-end path into Saturn’s atmosphere.

In this week's Washington Outlook: Lawmakers pounce on inspector’s findings regarding FAA’s next-gen ATC modernization program; Congress makes a deal to keep the government open; and a view of why it is so hard to buy military space gear.

India’s state-run space agency is ramping up plans to get Indian industry more involved in satellite building.

U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine, a former Navy pilot, is not without technical know-how, though he chose a career in politics.

Chinese move toward development of superheavy-lift Long March 9 launcher.

With visions of Moon missions and settlements on Mars, SpaceX prepares for the long-promised debut flight of its superheavy lifter.

Drone for Saturn’s moon; solar wing for atmospheric satellite; China develops alumics; robot applies riblets, and new alloy for metal printing.

James R. Asker has flown in—and sometimes actually flown—a wide array of civil and military aircraft, and he can’t wait to see what amazing vehicles and creative businesses you will come up with next.

NASA spacecraft wraps up 13 years of pioneering fieldwork that shifted ideas of where to look for life beyond Earth. Cover credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

It was the first airborne test of Sierra Nevada Corp.’s (SNC) Dream Chaser vehicle in nearly four years.

NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston remained closed to all but essential personnel Aug. 29, four days after major hurricane-turned-tropical storm Harvey barged ashore on the Texas coast.

Microsoft’s AI soars; Near Earth to land Vahana; designing for 24-hr. hover; space-hardened computers

NASA’s most ambitious space science endeavors are an essential part of maintaining U.S. leadership in space exploration, an assessment says.

SpaceX successfully deployed the long-delayed FormoSat-5 remote sensing satellite into low Earth orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket on Aug. 24.

Faced with a flood of Earth imagery, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is considering commercial partnerships that go well beyond traditional defense procurements.

The 21 launches will include the second test flight of India's heaviest rocket—the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle or GSLV Mk.3..

Until his selection as a NASA astronaut candidate in June, U.S. Navy Lt. Cdr. Matthew Dominick was serving as department head for Strike Fighter Squadron 115 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the waters off the coast of the Korean peninsula.

A kickstarter campaign has won pledges for the $5 million project from 15 countries as the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing nears.

Where are the most promising locations for aerospace companies to invest? Find out in PwC’s annual Aerospace Manufacturing Attractiveness Index. This qualitative framework looks at key countries and states within the US and how they compare in terms of their attractiveness as locations for commercial aircraft manufacturing.

A pair of NASA jets soared from Houston early Aug. 21 and headed toward Kansas City, Missouri, for a high-altitude observation campaign focused on a rare total solar eclipse.

Russia staked claim to the first Earth-orbiting 3D-printed small satellite Aug. 17 following deployment of the Tomsk TPU-120 by cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin outside the International Space Station.

Orbital ATK’s medium-lift booster to put space surveillance satellite into orbit for U.S. Air Force.

Generation Orbit Launch Services is preparing for a critical series of hot-fire and captive-carry flight tests of its hypersonic flying testbed.