Space Industry Analysis
May 03, 2024
The long-awaited crewed debut of Boeing’s Starliner caps off a 13-year effort to certify multiple commercial providers of low-Earth-orbit astronaut transport.
May 03, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
May 01, 2024
The country is shaking up space exploration, commerce and the broader geopolitical picture.
Apr 24, 2024
Each linkage features special adhesive similar to the feet of a gecko that allows the arms to grip objects.
Apr 22, 2024
Axiom and Collins are working on new spacesuits for the agency’s lunar and LEO programs.
Apr 19, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
May 03, 2024
Unseenlabs, a French startup, plans to launch its Generation NexT constellation of radio frequency detection satellites in 2026.
May 03, 2024
It’s been a big year for United Launch Alliance, the Lockheed Martin- and Boeing-owned joint venture that has been remaking itself for the commercial space age.
May 03, 2024
Lockheed Martin is withdrawing its bid to take over the rest of small satellite startup Terran Orbital’s stock it did not already own.
May 03, 2024
China has launched the Chang’e 6 lunar probe, on what it hopes will be the first mission to collect soil samples from the far side of the Moon.
May 02, 2024
NASA’s inspector general has identified a range of technical issues of concern that arose during the uncrewed 2022 Artemis I mission.
May 02, 2024
Startup Danti has raised $5 million to further develop its natural language processing satellite image search engine.
May 02, 2024
The three NASA Crew-8 astronauts and their Russian cosmonaut colleague undocked their SpaceX Dragon capsule from the ISS and redocked on May 2.
May 01, 2024
NASA on May 1 selected nine companies for a dozen concept studies aimed at expanding the exploration of Mars.