Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
There are more options for launch services, but nothing beats owning the rocket fleet.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX sent another Falcon 9 rocket into orbit to deliver 24 members of Amazon’s fledgling Kuiper constellation.
Operations & Safety

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space has been selected by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to provide spacecraft docking mechanisms for future JAXA missions to the ISS.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
Rocket Lab has awarded a contract to build the sea-based landing platform for its forthcoming Neutron reusable launch vehicle, the company announced July 10.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Interstellar Technologies has raised a ¥8.9 billion ($61.8 million) Series F round.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Europe is ramping up efforts to field its next-generation rocket engines as it seeks higher thrust and more efficient propulsion systems.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
South Korea's Innospace says it has taken another step toward the inaugural launch of its Hanbit-Nano rocket by the year's end.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Congress and the White House are sending NASA mixed messages about the future of the Artemis program to return humans to the Moon.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency has named five companies as participants in its European Launcher Challenge.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) says the winner of its satellite deorbit demo will pick the spacecraft they will attempt to remove from orbit.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
MacLean Engineering & Applied Technologies won a five-year, maximum-value $150 million contract to provide simulation and advanced software services to NASA.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Europe has added to its weather monitoring and Earth-observation capacity with the launch of the MTG-S1 satellite and the Sentinel-4 instrument.
Satellites

By Guy Norris
U.S. electric power startup Magnix says it aims to continue working with NASA on the technology.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Japan used the final H-IIA rocket flight to deploy the Global Observing Satellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle spacecraft.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
An explosive ground test accident has claimed a fourth Starship vehicle.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

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

By Brian Everstine
Northrop Grumman and NASA on June 26 conducted the first test of its Booster Obsolescence Life Extension solid rocket motor.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Crewmembers on Axiom Space's fourth private astronaut mission, Ax-4, were welcomed onboard the International Space Station early June 26.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Rocket Lab says ESA has picked the company to deploy the first two low-Earth-orbit positioning navigation and timing satellites using its Electron rocket.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
German launch services startup Isar Aerospace says it has secured $174 million in financing from investment firm Eldridge Industries to expand its operation.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space's fourth private astronaut mission is on its way to dock with the ISS, following a successful but delayed launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
NASA, Axiom Space and SpaceX have set June 25 at 2:31 a.m. EDT as the next target time for launch of Axiom's fourth private astronaut mission to the ISS.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Initial analysis points to a composite overwrapped pressure vessel containing nitrogen gas in Starship’s nosecone area as the possible cause of an explosion.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
More than a decade after its first liftoff, Russia’s Angara A5 heavy rocket finally has become operational.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Lockheed Martin's push to quickly develop, field and launch a demonstration satellite on its own dime shows how the industry is meeting a moment.
Satellites