Commercial Space

After the FAA’s 2020 transition to satellite-based navigation, it must tackle complexities of autonomy and commercial spaceflight.

The FAA has agreed to pause its evaluation of a commercial space launch site proposed by Camden County, Georgia, on the U.S. Atlantic coast.

Whether more management heads roll at Boeing remains to be seen now that Dennis Muilenburg has been fired as chief executive.

CAPE CANAVERAL — Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, a commercial low Earth orbit human transportation system developed in partnership with NASA, returned

Space launch provider Virgin Orbit says it has delivered a flight-worthy LauncherOne rocket to its Mojave, California facility and is poised to

Boeing and NASA were working to preserve as many test objectives as possible for the unmanned orbital debut of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner after a timer issue scuttled the capsule’s engine firing needed to reach the ISS.

Following a GAO ruling, the Air Force will have to be more strategic in pairing up best offerings for launch service contracts.

Suborbital tourism, urban air mobility and supersonic air travel are all expected to take steps forward in 2020.

A look back at aviation and aerospace milestones that occurred over the last 10 years.

After transferring production technology to OneWeb Satellites’ plant in Florida, Airbus is looking for other applications.

Virgin Galactic conducts sole U.S. human spaceflight in 2019.

Rocket Lab looks for up to a dozen payload launches a year, while the spaceport is in talks to bring in more launch providers.

U.S. House and Senate appropriations committees have agreed on a 2020 fiscal year budget package that includes $22.6 billion for NASA.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off Dec. 16 to deliver a 15,000-lb., Boeing-built communications satellite into orbit.

D-Orbit, an Italian startup aiming to provide orbital transportation and satellite decommissioning, claimed a new round of funding Dec. 16.

The ESA has released details on the active debris removal mission it has commissioned for 2025 after having selected ClearSpace, a Swiss startup company.

Airbus Ventures, the corporate venture capital investment wing of the European aerospace and defense giant, said it co-led a $17 million Series A round of investment in Munich-based Isar Aerospace.

More new space launch providers could make the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Virginia, their home.

Small-sat launcher Rocket Lab will look to bring its expected first-stage booster recycling system to its new Launch Complex 2 at Wallops Island, Virginia.

Northrop Grumman, one of four companies vying for a pair of national security space launch service contracts, has signed an agreement with Delaware

A NASA-led group is addressing the threat posed by space junk to a growing, more diverse space economy.

CEO Dan Jablonsky confirmed the company is exploring a wide range of possibilities.

S7 Space Corp. will relocate its Sea Launch complex to Russia.

A Blue Origin reusable suborbital rocket sent a capsule for its sixth ride beyond the atmosphere Dec. 11.

S7 Space Corp. will relocate its Sea Launch complex to Russia.