Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Heritage aerospace primes Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman agree to work under startup Blue Origin in quest to get NASA to the Moon in 2024.
Commercial Space

Christian Zur, Andy Anderegg and Scott Kordella
It is time to balance the needs of the aviation community with those of the burgeoning space industry.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
October 2019 may go down in history as a New Space turning point: the first publicly traded human spaceflight company and the first space holding company.
Space

By Bradley Perrett
The key to the cost reduction will be an efficient production setup and use of hybrid solid-liquid propulsion.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA shows off Orion crew survival suit, prototype for lunar spacewalks.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Boeing and SpaceX face final key tests as they enter the home stretch in delayed development of NASA’s Commercial Crew program.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Space BD and Mitsui are launching cubesats from the International Space Station’s Japanese Experiment Module Kibo.
Space

By Bradley Perrett
The engine is intended to be flown at least 50 times, but no more than three years are allowed for development.
Commercial Space

By Bradley Perrett
Among many Chinese private space companies, a launcher-maker is getting propulsion from a private engine company.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The 164-ft. steel Starship Mark 1 is readied for atmospheric testing.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois
With Orion’s service module development, Europe nurtures crewed flight skills.
Commercial Space

By Bill Carey
An agreement between Iridium and OneWeb is called a LEO industry first.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Little hops and huge goals: SpaceX’s Starhopper test flight marks first step on path to next-generation Starship launch family and inter-planetary missions.
Space

By Guy Norris
WhiteKnightTwo performs simulated space launch flight profiles over New Mexico as Virgin Galactic gears up for tests and operations from Spaceport America.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
With updates and fixes in place, Boeing is targeting first Starliner flight within two months, while SpaceX aims for flight carrying crew to ISS by year-end.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Flight data collection underway to assess first stage non-propulsive reentry option.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
For the first time, a cubesat is controlled by using light pressure from the Sun.
Space

By Graham Warwick
XTI picks Catalyst; Continental joins VerdeGo; Vision-assisted autoland; Archinaut makes in space; Sunlight powers LightSail 2
Aerospace

By Michael Bruno
The smallsat market could grow at a compound annual growth rate of 27% over the next decade, and Washington wants to make sure the sector remains U.S.-dominant.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz, Jen DiMascio
NASA is making dramatic moves in its human exploration directorate. Aviation Week Space Editor Irene Klotz discusses the changes and what they mean for the agency’s future.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Leak in Super Draco propellant pressurization system triggered explosion during test.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Global space industry never stronger, but deep-space human travel still out of reach.
Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA issues price list and guidelines for station services in hopes of luring new businesses.
Space

A return to the lunar surface may require the work of multiple nations and companies with competing interests.
Space

By Graham Warwick
From lone GEO satellites to large LEO constellations, more companies see an emerging need for in-space robotic servicing.
Commercial Space