Space Industry Analysis
Sep 06, 2024
Space-to-space and space-to-air tests are planned to prove optical communications capability.
Sep 05, 2024
The elements offer greater thrust potential than conventional gas propellants.
Sep 03, 2024
The service is taking the Rocket Systems Launch Program back to its customer-funded roots, but small launchers still have routes to work with the government.
Aug 30, 2024
Uncertainties about the spacecraft’s thruster performance remain after a failure during the first ISS docking attempt.
Aug 30, 2024
The Moon rocket’s new upper stage and mobile launcher are billions over budget.
Aug 30, 2024
Listen in as editors explain why a crew vehicle is coming home from the space station without a crew, and what it means for Boeing, SpaceX and two stranded astronauts.
Sep 06, 2024
Blue Origin had been targeting New Glenn’s debut for Oct. 13.
Sep 06, 2024
The NRO says it plans to launch about a half a dozen missions in support of the next-generation proliferated architecture in 2024.
Sep 06, 2024
It was the spacecraft’s third successful mission, clocking a total of about 545 days.
Sep 05, 2024
The Denver-based startup is developing a “transpiration-cooled” thermal protection system and an optical-fiber temperature sensor system.
Sep 05, 2024
The Belgium-based company was established in 2018.
Sep 05, 2024
Such activities are intended to advance science and technology, underscore U.S. leadership in the space domain and enrich the space economy.
Sep 05, 2024
Europe has now retired its Vega light launcher after the final mission that lofted the Copernicus Sentinel-2C Earth-observation satellite into orbit.
Sep 04, 2024
Formerly named Starburst Aerospace, the accelerator launched in 2012 with the aim of fostering and investing in aerospace startups.