Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Planetary Science Division is hopeful it can craft a new operating plan for the Mars Sample Return mission by July.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The acquisition is expected to close on April 1.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
A compromise appropriations bill for fiscal 2024 keeps most funding for NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration initiative intact.
Space

By Garrett Reim
NASA has canceled its ambitious On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing 1 (OSAM-1) project after technical problems, cost overruns and delays.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Three U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut began a 28-hr. ride to the ISS March 2, setting the stage for a six-month mission onboard the orbital outpost.
Space

By Brian Everstine
As U.S. satellites face increasing threats, Washington wants more data-sharing agreements from friendly nations to keep an eye on in-orbit movements.
Space

By Michael Bruno
The move would secure Lockheed’s new-space supplier while putting an end to a dramatic couple of years for the space upstart.
Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
The American Center for Manufacturing and Innovation has signed a lease agreement with NASA’s JSC to become a second tenant of the center’s Exploration Park.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Scrappy Houston startup Intuitive Machines puts the U.S. back on the surface of the Moon.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The JAXA Smart Lander for Investigating Moon set a standard Intuitive Machines hopes to meet with its Odysseus lunar lander soon.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin Ventures participated in a $15 million Series A funding round for Elve Inc., a startup developing millimeter wave amplifiers.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s planned Mars Sample Return mission faces significant obstacles, an IG report says.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Launched in September 2016 as Osiris-Rex, the mission dropped off samples from the asteroid Bennu during a flyby of Earth on Sept. 24, 2023.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Roscosmos’ Soyuz 2.1b rocket with a Fregat booster orbited a batch of Russian satellites and an Iranian spacecraft on Feb. 29.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Expected poor weather downrange, a concern in case of a launch abort, has delayed SpaceX's Crew-8 launch.
Space

By Irene Klotz
India named four air force officers to become the founding members of the country’s Gaganyaan astronaut corps.
Space

By Mark Carreau
A NASA safety panel on Feb. 28 identified two issues that it is watching especially closely as the agency prepares for the Artemis II mission.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Northrop Grumman plans to lay off up to 1,000 employees at its Space Park facilities in Redondo Beach, California.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Michael Bruno
Virgin Galactic is reporting a net loss of $502.34 million in 2023, including a loss of $102.3 million in the fourth quarter.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
The co-founders of Astra Space have offered a new, lower buyout bid for the embattled space startup.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Three months after SpaceX’s Starship/Super Heavy’s second flight test ended in a mid-air explosion, the FAA closed its accident investigation.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Japan’s Smart Lander For Investigating Moon (SLIM) survived a two-week lunar night and powered up over the weekend.
Space

By Garrett Reim
SpaceX plans to place its first direct-to-cellular phone Starlink constellation in orbit by the end of August.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Intuitive Machines expects to lose communications with its Nova-C lunar lander Odysseus early on Feb. 27 after 4 1/2 days on the Moon’s surface.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Dana Weigel, NASA’s International Space Station deputy program manager since 2021, is taking over as the 15-nation orbital lab’s program manager.
Space