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Ellen Stofan
Smithsonian
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Dec 29, 2014
Increasing commercialization, the growing popularity of small satellites, and human spaceflight are factors that will drive the launch industry and result in production of a projected 759 launch vehicles worth $67 billion over the next 10 years.
Dec 29, 2014
Orbital Sciences Corp. will buy a new rocket engine to replace the surplus Russian engines tentatively implicated in the Oct. 28 failure of an Antares launch vehicle with a load of cargo for the International Space Station.
Dec 24, 2014
On July 1, Johann-Dietrich Woerner will begin a four-year term as the next director general of the European Space Agency. He is currently chairman of the executive board of the German Aerospace Center.
Dec 22, 2014
Aviation Week editors discuss what they expect in the year to come and what genuinely surprised them in 2014.
Dec 22, 2014
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Dec 22, 2014
Additive manufacturing and electric propulsion are among the new technologies promising improved satellite performance with lower costs.
Dec 18, 2014
Company opts to conduct second Falcon 9 static fire test before launch.
Dec 18, 2014
Sipri report on global arms sales shows Russia and emerging-market suppliers continuing to gain ground on companies in the U.S. and Western Europe.