International Space Station (ISS)

By Garrett Reim
A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship delivered a cold welding experiment to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 5.
Commercial Space

Brent Sherwood
Deorbiting the ultra-high-power International Space Station would be a waste of energy, literally and figuratively.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
The SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft docked to the U.S. segment of the ISS on Nov. 5 to deliver 6,000 lb. of supplies, station hardware and research material.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A followed a Falcon 9 scrub Nov. 3 at the neighboring Cape Canaveral SFS Space Launch Complex 40.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
The Denver-based company is perhaps best known as a co-developer of the free-flying Starlab commercial space station for NASA.
Space

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX CRS-31 is scheduled to launch on the Falcon 9 rocket with the Cargo Dragon capsule from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 4 .
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) made special mention during its fourth-quarter session of how mission management openly addressed safety concerns.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
One unidentified NASA astronaut was kept overnight at a medical facility but was ultimately declared in “good health.”
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz, Robert Wall
A number of initiatives were disclosed, but the talk of the show was SpaceX’s Starship booster catch, which happened just ahead of the IAC opening.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Splashdown and recovery in the ocean waters off the Florida peninsula is expected no earlier than Oct. 25 at about 3:29 a.m. EDT.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut will splash down into either the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coasts.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The astronauts are NASA’s Matthew Dominick, Mike Barratt and Jeannette Epps. The cosmonaut is Alexander Grebenken.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The decision to proceed awaits further assessment of the weather outlook scheduled for Oct. 18.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
The deorbit vehicle effectively needs to complete its mission within about 18 months of launch.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
Vast Space on Oct. 14 unveiled plans for a follow-on Haven-2 station that will compete for CLD funding in an expected NASA 2026 award.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA mission managers are continuing to monitor the Florida weather conditions and plan to make another forecast assessment by Oct. 14 at midday.
Operations & Safety

By Garrett Reim
Magnets guide construction of geodesic space structures that could be built larger than launch vehicles.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The earliest time for a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic Ocean side of the Florida Peninsula is on Oct. 14 at approximately 3:38 pm. EDT.
Operations & Safety

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

By Mark Carreau
The three astronauts and one cosmonaut are set to come back no sooner than Oct. 13.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz, Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno
Nelson talks with Aviation Week about the role private companies will play and his concerns about China’s ambitions on the Moon.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Departure of the Crew-8 Dragon from the ISS, which launched on March 3, had initially been planned for no earlier than Oct. 7.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
The new mission, known as Hera, is a followup to NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART).
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The mission is intended to complete certification of the two-stage rocket by the U.S. Space Force for national security missions beginning by year’s end.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The Starliner astronauts have completed configuration of the SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft now docked to the International Space Station.
Commercial Space