Space

By Irene Klotz
Launches from the U.S. jumped to 78 for the year, driven by SpaceX, which successfully flew its Falcon rocket fleet 61 times.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Orion was launched from KSC early Nov. 16 on a 25 1/2-day, 1.4 million-mi. uncrewed test flight around the Moon.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The 2023 budget includes funding for establishing a human presence at the Moon and developing new deep-space technologies.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Established satellite companies introduce new technologies and strategies to compete with startups.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Every deal is a mix of market forecast and unique conditions, especially price, and the buyouts of Aerojet and Maxar are no different.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Twice postponed, the excursion took the two astronauts to the 4A power channel on the port side of the 360-ft.-long truss.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA and Roscosmos are probing an ammonia coolant leak in the aft instrument compartment of the Soyuz MS-MS-22 crew capsule at the International Space Station.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Major events in aerospace and defense during 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Why 2023 will be a pivotal year for aerospace & defense.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris, Thierry Dubois
Boeing, SpaceX have contracts for lunar missions.
Space

By Mark Carreau
With Orion back on Earth, NASA officials are examining the results and preparing to name astronauts in 2023.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Artemis I Orion spacecraft has departed Naval Base San Diego for transport via truck to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Avio’s Vega C launch vehicle failed to place Pléiades Neo 5 & 6 satellites into orbit on Dec. 20.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The end came following a months-long struggle to clear the spacecraft’s power-generating solar arrays of dust storm deposits.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The planned spacewalk will see the installation of a fourth ISS Roll Out Solar Array.
Space

AW Staff
The Russian spacecraft experienced a leak on the external cooling loop of its instrument compartment on Dec. 14.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Possession of the licenses puts Virgin Orbit back on course to launch in January.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Demonstrations are growing more diverse as the industry matures and new players seek to change the space industry.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio
The additional money includes $442 million for the U.S. Space Force to buy one Wideband Gapfiller Satellite for high-data rate military communication services.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The 7-hr. excursion by NASA astronauts Frank Rubio and Josh Cassada is scheduled to begin at 7:45 a.m. EST.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The samples are being carefully preserved for terrestrial analysis with the latest laboratory technologies.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
Pyongyang claims to have successfully tested a large solid-fuel engine, which could be used to power an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno, Steve Trimble
The deal adds one of the U.S. government’s most important propulsion, space and missile system suppliers to industry’s self-titled trusted disruptor.
Defense and Space

By Garrett Reim
Telesat of Ottawa has finished testing its Phase 1 low-Earth-orbit demonstration satellite.
Advanced Air Mobility

Roscosmos Space Corp. has suggested that a micrometeorite may have caused the coolant leak on the Russian Soyuz MS-22 spaceship.
Space