Space

By Robert Wall
Iceye is pushing Europe to get on with building an autonomous satellite intelligence system, proposing a 1,000-spacecraft construct called Constellation Europe.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force and SpaceX launched the latest GPS III satellite on Jan. 27, on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS.
Satellites

By Robert Wall, Garrett Reim
Space maneuvers to avoid collisions are becoming more frequent.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
NASA is assembling an anomaly review board to investigate its loss of contact with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
NASA is joining a White House initiative to recruit tech-savvy individuals to spend two years as government employees.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Guy Norris
NASA says the two-person flight crew of a vintage WB-57F high altitude research aircraft were unharmed after the aircraft made a gear-up landing.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Europe–notoriously slow moving–is feeling the heat on two sides.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Europe should embrace U.S. government policies around launch to strengthen its own industrial base, executives from leading European space launch companies say.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The European Commission will take a few more months to finalize requirements for its future Earth Observation Government Service (EOGS) program.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
Oman has become the 61st signatory of the Artemis Accords, a set of nonbinding international space agreements.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
French startup Alpha Impulsion was awarded a $1.1 million EU prize for its self-consuming propulsion system on future launchers and satellites.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Hypersonic vehicle developer Polaris won a German contract to build and flight test a fully reusable system with satellite deployment capability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Europe needs to increase its level of spending on space to avoid falling further behind rivals, the European Space Agency argues.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The EU defense and space commissioner is pushing for an accelerated fielding of the bloc's secure satellite communication system, due to come online by 2030.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
NASA says it is re-targeting the practice launch countdown for its Artemis II lunar flyby mission to no sooner than Jan. 31, two days earlier than planned.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
In response to a NASA inspector general’s audit, agency leadership has agreed to accelerate implementation of changes to its mission support services.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
NASA's Artemis II astronauts entered medical quarantine at the Johnson Space Center Jan. 23 ahead of a potential Feb. 6 launch.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force is moving quickly to field a new constellation of commercially derived spacecraft in geosynchronous orbit.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
An RS-25 engine has passed a follow-up hot fire test, clearing it for installation on the NASA Artemis IV mission’s Space Launch System (SLS).
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble
Stratolaunch and Varda Space Industries will provide reusable systems capable of supporting dozens of flight tests annually at hypersonic speed, the DOD says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Listen in as Aviation Week's Guy Norris and Graham Warwick report back from their annual pilgrimage to AIAA SciTech.
Check 6

By Robert Wall
NASA has named eight U.S. companies that are eligible to bid for the development of the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
Congress pushes back on Trump’s plan to cut NASA spending.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

U.S. Space Force Col. Phoenix Hauser
The Space Force is breaking ground with commercial partners and intelligence agencies to deliver the moving target indication data to fight and win tomorrow’s wars.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force could receive a “significant part” of a future $1.5 trillion defense budget as proposed by President Donald Trump.
Budget, Policy & Regulation