Space

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The Artemis II flight test around the Moon has galvanized attention on cislunar space well beyond NASA.

Astronauts venture into deep space for the first time in 53 years.

Co-founder and General Manager, Matt Gross tells us how FlackTek provides precise, fast, and repeatable mixing for Aerospace and beyond.

The move comes as ESA is deepening its involvement in security space activities in support of the European Commission.

Vice President and General Manager of Spectral Solutions, Paul Wloszek talks to Aviation Week TV about growing space threats.

The three spacecraft are aimed at climate science and boosting weather forecasting.

When OMB's fiscal 2027 budget request was unveiled, what stood out for the U.S. Space Force was a sizable win for its overall budget, a record $71 billion.

Lockheed Martin revealed new details about plans for an “evolved” commercial Orion architecture designed to meet NASA's revamped lunar exploration initiative.

Chief Technology officer, Eric Velte explains their rich history in supporting the US government's space-based missions and initiatives, their role with the Artemis mission, and the much talked about Golden Dome.

Guy Norris of Aviation Week explores the immersive Orion space capsule experience, a standout attraction at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs.

At the Space Symposium In Colorado Springs, Joe Anselmo interviews Eric Bond of Fisher Space Pen Company about its iconic product which recently flew on the Artemis II mission.

Australia has outlined new aerospace capability priorities in its updated National Defense Strategy, including air-launched hypersonic weapons.

Boeing and its subsidiary Millennium Space Systems have created a new satellite platform from existing company components, aiming to fill a gap in their current spacecraft offerings, the company announced April 16.

The historic nine-day mission sent astronauts farther from Earth than ever before, blending record-breaking achievements with deeply human moments.

NASA awarded its seventh private astronaut mission to Voyager.

The Department of the Air Force has awarded the base contract for new space-based air moving target indication systems.

General Manager of Element, Harry Mueller, briefs us on who they are, what they do, and what's at stake in this sector of the industry where so much is on the line every day.

The U.S. Space Force has picked Blue Origin to advance in discussions to lease Space Launch Complex-14 at Vandenberg SFB, California, for vertical launch operations.

Spacesuit developer Axiom Space is close to completing the critical design review of the suit design that will be used by astronauts on the Moon.

Lockheed Martin, one of several space companies vying for NASA’s Mars Telecommunications Network spacecraft requirement, now anticipates a request for proposals (RFP) from the agency sometime in May.

U.S. Space Command is beginning to craft a strategy focused on space-based maneuvering.

The U.S. Space Force is exploring options to still use the Vulcan rocket heavy-lift launch vehicle for less-complex missions.

ESA is moving forward on a program to advance space-based laser communications across multiple orbital planes with a contract to Kepler Communications.

Moonshot Space will site its first electromagnetic accelerator in Fairbanks, Alaska, under a memorandum of understanding signed at Space Symposium 2026.