Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX has announced plans for its sixth commercial private astronaut mission.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
The FAA has for now called off public hearings on SpaceX’s request to increase the pace of Starship-Super Heavy launch operations.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The Edge Node satellites will carry a variety of RPO sensors onboard and software to be tested for future cubesat-scale satellites.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first U.S. military payloads to be hosted onboard allied commercial satellites launched on Aug. 11.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Plumbing and wiring were removed or incorporated into the new engine’s primary structure.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Ispace distributed an image of a Komatsu tracked excavator on the lunar surface as part of its Aug. 8 announcement.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Eutelsat says the slower-than-expected deployment of some OneWeb ground infrastructure is denting sales growth, also flagging a likely delay to its Flexsat.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
Long Beach, California-based Rocket Lab recorded sales of $106 million, up 71% year-on-year, in the April-June period.
Space

By Guy Norris, Garrett Reim, Graham Warwick
As the AIAA's Aviation Forum and Ascend events come together for the first time in Las Vegas, editors review some of the cutting-edge developments shared there.
Check 6

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
The spacecraft’s propulsion system issues are driving plans to end Boeing’s Crew Flight Test.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Data from 363 prior missions was key for the speedy return to flight.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Suborbital space tourism company Virgin Galactic has revealed new details of its long-term business model.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
L3 Harris has signed a contract for up to 20 launches aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Impulse Space has debuted a space tug program to carry satellites to geostationary orbit.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Near-space tourism provider Halo Space is gearing up for its next test flight over Saudi Arabia using its full-sized capsule designed for passenger flights.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space co-founder Mike Suffredini will transition from CEO to long-term member of the company's six-person board of directors and advisor for "personal reasons."
Space

By Garrett Reim
The Space Systems Command’s System Engineering Review Board recommended the fueling port.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) spinoff Aalto has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indonesian telecommunications company Mitratel.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The Small Satellite Conference (SmallSat) will move to the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City beginning next year.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Water-based thruster specialist Pale Blue plans to demonstrate an ion thruster in early 2025.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
Muon Space, an end-to-end space systems provider, has raised $56.7 million in a Series B funding round.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Technical problems have delayed Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo ship from executing the maneuvering burns that will allow it to dock with the ISS.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Vast has allotted its first two payload lockers on its in-development private space station to Redwire and Yuri, which have run ISS microgravity experiments.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Europe is pressing ahead with the second Ariane 6 launch, even as program officials continue to assess an upper-stage glitch during the rocket’s first flight.
Space

Aviation Week Network Staff
To avoid missing out in the race to deploy large LEO constellations, Russia plans to enhance its Gonets system with Fifth Generation Design Bureau.
Space