Space

By Garrett Reim
Sierra Space recently conducted a burst test of a subscale version of its Large Inflatable Flexible Environment habitat.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Thomas Zurbuchen, a Swiss-American astrophysicist, plans to retire as associate administrator of the NASA Science Mission Directorate at year’s end.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Flight control teams continue to address solar power and attitude control issues associated with the NASA-funded Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Avio, the prime contractor in Europe’s Vega light launcher program, is working on an experimental launch vehicle using only a liquid oxygen-methane propellant.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Flight control teams continue to address solar power and attitude control issues associated with the NASA-funded Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment.
Space

By Irene Klotz, Jen DiMascio
Mike Leinbach, the final NASA Space Shuttle Launch Director, shares his thoughts about the finicky fuel and how the Artemis team is managing with the Space Laun
Space Focus

Aviation Week Staff
Russia has rescheduled its robotic Luna-25 Moon lander mission for 2023, Roscosmos Space Corp. CEO Yury Borisov told journalists on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Sept. 7.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
New satellite technologies are expected to enable more accurate forecasting of severe weather phenomena.
Space

By Irene Klotz
A Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital booster failed 1 min. 4 sec. after liftoff on Sept. 12, triggering the automated ignition of the capsule’s emergency escape system and a successful parachute touchdown.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The NASA-funded Capstone small-satellite mission has entered safe mode as a planned trajectory correction maneuver was concluding, according to a space agency advisory.
Space

By Mark Carreau
As chair of the second meeting of the White House National Space Council, Vice President Kamala Harris has announced efforts to inspire and expand the country’s space workforce through a new STEM educational initiative.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Against a backdrop of tough geopolitical and economic issues, Director General Josef Aschbacher has to convince the agency’s 22 member states that those difficulties are precisely why they need to invest more into space.
Space

By Guy Norris
Virgin Galactic is reviewing initial responses to RFPs for structural and systems components for the company’s planned new Delta-class spaceplanes as it looks ahead to serial production.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The FCC has recommended shortening the maximum period for post-mission disposal of low-Earth-orbit satellites to five years or less, down from 25 years, as concerns grow about space junk, traffic and collisions.
Space

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

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
Houston-based Axiom Space, one of two companies selected by NASA to develop, manufacture and operate spacesuits for Moon-walking astronauts, has been awarded a $228.5 million task order for the first purchase under NASA’s public-private Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services program.
Space

By Mark Carreau
A panel of experts assembled by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has expressed optimism that NASA, two cabinet departments and the commercial sector are prepared to address the challenges of embracing space-nuclear power and propulsion.
Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus is testing a pair of UK defense cubesats in readiness for the first orbital launch from the UK.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
Using space shuttle engines on NASA’s new Moon rocket brings with it shuttle-era hydrogen issues.
Space

By Thierry Dubois
Meteosat Third Generation-I1, an Earth-observation satellite designed to provide significantly improved weather data, is in the final stages of integration at Thales Alenia Space’s assembly facility.
Space

By Guy Norris
The Colorado Springs facility will serve as a hub to educate, train and test space warfighters and analysts in realistic virtual environments.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Conducting the repair at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B could pave the way for another Artemis I launch attempt later this month.
Space Focus

By Garrett Reim
Israel’s SpaceIL, a nonprofit organization pursuing a privately funded mission to the Moon in 2025, plans to use computer vision for its lunar lander’s navigation.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev have picked up where they left off more than two weeks ago when their spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) was cut short by a spacesuit battery issue.
Space

Jim Hall, Chris Hart, Deb Hersman and Robert Sumwalt
Only one agency has the independence, credibility and technical expertise to investigate.
Commercial Space