Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA is proceeding with plans for liftoff of the Artemis II crewed flight test on March 6.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
Boeing is kick-starting an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) payload production line at its facilities outside of Los Angeles.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Japan’s Synspective says it secured a contract to support the country’s project to access SAR satellite data that Tokyo is acquiring through a PFI.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Tory Bruno joined Blue Origin late last year as the U.S. faces an “urgent need” to hone dynamic space operations in a more contested environment, he says.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
NASA completed a full-duration dress rehearsal for its upcoming Artemis II flight test, which is expected to send four astronauts on a 10-day mission around the Moon.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
The space agency is taking an Apollo-style integrated approach to its Artemis campaign.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
NASA has reclassified Boeing’s 2024 CST-Starliner Crew Flight Test as a Category A Mishap and cited agency leadership failings.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
The commercial space stations that NASA plans to establish as successors to the ISS may play a crucial role in simulating a human mission to Mars.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
NASA on Feb. 19 was in the final day of a planned 49 hr., 50 min. practice countdown for the launch of the Artemis II flight test.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
Astrolight plans to demonstrate its new laser communications terminals in space for the first time following the launch of SpaceX’s Transporter-16 mission.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
U.S. military space leaders spent the better part of last year debating whether the time was ripe to invest further in in-space servicing and refueling. But going into 2026, the messaging has begun to coalesce around a more positive note.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
Spain’s Indra and Italy’s ELT Group have signed a strategic framework for closer collaboration on space and uncrewed aircraft systems.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
After 20 years of development, NASA’s Orion spacecraft will host astronauts for the first time on a flight test around the Moon.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
A look at the four astronauts NASA is preparing to send around the Moon.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
A Senate panel has again passed the Orbital Sustainability Act, which authorizes $150 million in 2026-2030 to remediate Earth orbital debris.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

Aviation Week Staff
The cover of the February 18, 1974 issue shows Skylab space station and its solar array assembly in a photograph from Rockwell International Apollo Command/service module.
Space

By Robert Wall
Spanish startup Sateliot has booked a launch with compatriot PLD Space to deploy its first two high-capacity 5G direct-to-device satellites.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
AAC Clyde Space says it is moving ahead with plans to expand its Vireon Earth-observation satellite constellation.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
Countdown clocks for a second wet dress rehearsal for NASA’s Artemis II mission are expected to begin ticking at 6:40 p.m. EST Feb. 17.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
British startup Orbex has made what seems like a last-minute push to generate appetite in its business as it faces closure, releasing previously unseen images of its Prime rocket.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall, Thierry Dubois
More Ariane Heavy missions loom as Amazon pushes to gets its broadband low-Earth-orbit satellite constellation going.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Aalto, the business spun out of Airbus to provide services from the stratosphere with the Zephyr high-altitude pseudo satellite, will establish a second operational base in Australia.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Space Systems Command is looking for companies that could provide refueling services in geostationary orbit to spacecraft configured for such operations.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The head of the European Space Agency has framed Europe’s need to pursue lunar missions in unusually security-focused terms for the civilian organization.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Crew-12 mission has docked to the U.S. segment of the ISS, returning the orbital lab’s fulltime population to seven for the first time since Jan. 14.
Operations & Safety