Space

By Irene Klotz, Joe Anselmo, Michael Bruno
Nelson talks with Aviation Week about the role private companies will play and his concerns about China’s ambitions on the Moon.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall, Thierry Dubois
PLD Space’s ambitious vision injects a sense of entrepreneurial spirit into Europe’s space programs as the region worries about its global competitiveness.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau, Vivienne Machi
With a second successful flight, United Launch Alliance’s new rocket is ready to take on military and commercial missions.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki, Bill Carey, Thierry Dubois
Join as Aviation Week's Jeremy Kariuki, Bill Carey and Thierry Dubois discuss the latest developments on inflight connectivity.
BCA Podcast

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency plans to land two cubesats on a remote asteroid as it seeks to gather more data to inform its planetary defense mission.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
Millennium, a Boeing company, is building eight satellites and one ground system for the SDA.
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
AFRL’s Global Lightning prototyping effort began in 2018.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
Departure of the Crew-8 Dragon from the ISS, which launched on March 3, had initially been planned for no earlier than Oct. 7.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
NASA has added Rocket Lab to the list of teams hired to study alternative architectures for returning high-priority rock and soil samples from Mars.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
The vehicle took off from Glentanner Aerodrome on the South Island of New Zealand.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
A new launch date was not immediately announced.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
The announcement follows a budget speech by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to India’s parliament in July.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
The FCC has issued a special permission to T-Mobile and SpaceX to use the Starlink system’s new direct-to-cell capability in areas affected by Hurricane Helene.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
The new mission, known as Hera, is a followup to NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART).
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The 11-year-old company also detailed plans for a new evolution of its Miura family of rockets.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
The strategy was first discussed publicly around the time of the NATO summit in Washington in July.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
A powerful hurricane expected to cross the Florida peninsula mid-week is delaying launch of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft.
Operations & Safety

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Space Force’s SSC wants Impulse Space to demonstrate its Mira spacecraft quickly conducting space domain awareness missions.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
The Vulcan Centaur rocket's only post-launch issue was a "variant observation" in one of the first stage's two solid rocket boosters, ULA says.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Sweden’s armed forces can begin developing space capabilities after the country’s government allocated SEK1 billion ($100 million) to the plans.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi, Robert Wall
U.S. Space Command pushes for a faster pace to field maneuverable spacecraft to counter on-orbit threats.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The once-classified office, first publicly acknowledged in 1992, is close to operationalizing its new constellation.
Satellites

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space will study a scaled-up version of its Ghost logistics supply spacecraft concept.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
ESA says the motor was successfully fired for a second time on Oct. 3, following a first test in May.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
ULA is preparing for the second flight of its new Vulcan-Centaur rocket, a mission needed to complete certification ahead of service for the U.S. military.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion