Commercial Space

Jun 11, 2024
Ariane 6 will undergo a wet dress rehearsal at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on June 18.
Jun 11, 2024
The successful demonstration positions SpaceX for a quick turnaround for Integrated Flight Test 5.
May 31, 2024
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
May 30, 2024
The company is hoping the upgraded Starship survives its return through the atmosphere.
May 29, 2024
Blasting space junk with beams of light could be one of the most cost-effective methods of cleaning up space.
Jun 26, 2024
Starfish Space is to extend the life of an aging Intelsat communications satellite in geostationary orbit using its Otter servicing spacecraft starting in 2026.
Jun 26, 2024
The move is part of preparations for the first flight of the Miura 5 rocket, planned for late 2025.
Jun 25, 2024
Firefly Aerospace plans to use the Virginia-owned launchpad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility for East Coast launches of its Alpha small-satellite rocket.
Jun 25, 2024
The company received a prior delisting warning from the stock exchange in October 2023.
Jun 25, 2024
The ULA Vulcan-Centaur rocket being prepared to fly a dual-purpose mission this fall arrived at Cape Canaveral on June 24 ahead of a planned September launch.
Jun 25, 2024
Ahead of Ariane 6's inaugural mission scheduled for July, its manufacturer ArianeGroup says the demand is there to increase planned production rates.
Jun 25, 2024
Airbus is considering major changes to its space operations after a program review identified almost $1 billion in higher costs on critical satellite contracts.
Jun 22, 2024
NASA and Boeing are moving the CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test mission return to Earth to enable further evaluation of the spacecraft's propulsion system.