Commercial Space

The material will be carried by a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft as part of a commercial resupply service mission to the ISS.

Europe’s Airbus Defense and Space is upping its stake in the Voyager Space-led Starlab project.

NASA has moved the planned launch of the SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from Aug. 17 to Aug. 21.

Virgin Galactic's spaceplane VSS Unity’s cockpit and structure were enhanced for higher-tempo operations and were tested in June on its first commercial flight.

Gallton will also be in charge of establishing the firm’s Washington regional office.

Impulse Space plans two follow-on missions in 2024 after its inaugural LEO Express 1 mission before year’s end.

Seven missions have been set aside for the third-place winner.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Axiom, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have all flown privately paying passengers into orbital and suborbital space from the U.S.

Kleos Space, a startup that sought to make and offer a satellite constellation for radio frequency monitoring, is filing for bankruptcy.

Editors discuss the meaning of exponential smallsat growth, new technologies for flying satellites in formation and U.S. national security space needs.

Final trials before the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 launcher saw ESA engineers perform an extensive assessment with the combined test model.

The startup asserts that its radio-­frequency electric propulsion unit is easier to manufacture.

The startup plans to develop its largest space vehicle, the Helios.

Amazon is preparing to launch prototype satellites for its Kuiper constellation this year before full deployment begins in 2024.

Swarming paths could be useful for deep-space scientific missions.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory space camera is inspired by a hunting dragonfly.

Ukraine has depended on Starlink for expansive battlefield communication.

The concept of operations may pave the way for future higher-airspace operations, above 60,000 ft.

The global space industry is worth more than $400 billion, 80% of which comes from commercial activity, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Solar UAV flies stratospheric; HAPS motor test; electric regional ground demo; and agile eVTOL.

Intuitive Machines has completed a test run of its Nova-C lunar lander at its facilities in Houston.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Moratorium on space passenger safety regulations is poised to end Oct. 1.

Ordinary matter accounts for just 5% of the universe. The Euclid mission will focus on everything else.