Space

By Jen DiMascio
The U.S. Commerce Dept. has finished a pilot program to demonstrate the ability of the U.S. to track objects in GEO using commercial data and analytic services.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Troubled space launch company Virgin Orbit has temporarily suspended operations and furloughed almost all its staff as it continues efforts to seek new funding.
Commercial Space

NASA and Axiom Space on March 15 unveiled a new dark-colored astronaut spacesuit.
Space

By Steve Trimble
The U.S. Space Force plans to set up an organized reserve of commercial space capabilities to augment military satellites when needed.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
A U.S. Space Command official says kinetic methods remain on the table in a wartime scenario.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has selected Houston-based Axiom Space to conduct a third four-person private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
Space

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX’s 27th NASA-contracted Cargo Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station is on course for docking early March 16.
Space

Impulse Space is moving into a larger 60,000 ft.2 facility in Redondo Beach, California.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The Space Development Agency (SDA) plans to launch its first batch of satellites, Tranche 0, before the end of March.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Amazon on March 14 unveiled a trio of customer terminals to support the network’s global broadband communications.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio
The company also announced March 13 that it has an agreement with Rivada Space Networks.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Pale Blue of Tokyo says it successfully demonstrated its water vapor propulsion system in low Earth orbit aboard Sony’s EYE nanosatellite.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has presented a detailed version of the Biden administration’s $27.2 billion fiscal 2024 budget request for the agency.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force is investing in new offensive capabilities in space.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
The Crew-5 Dragon Endurance capsule splashed down autonomously at 9:02 p.m. EST on March 11.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Kazakhstan has taken control of Russian assets on Baikonur spaceport, local KZ24 media reported on March 7, citing the country’s court bailiff service.
Space

By Michael Bruno
Beyond the military realm, the move sets up direct and fierce competition with America’s own commercial space economy.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Magellan Aerospace has won a $15.8 million contract from the Canadian government to design, build, launch and operate a microsatellite.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
OneWeb is set to complete its first-generation global broadband network in low Earth orbit with one more flight, slated for later this month.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The Vulcan Centaur rocket was transported on rails from United Launch Alliance’s Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) to Space Launch Complex-41.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Garrett Reim
Ispace, which has a lander en route to the Moon, plans to list its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market on April 12.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The U.S. Space Force has selected four startups to reactivate idled launch complexes at Cape Canaveral.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio
Boeing and the U.S. Space Force have demonstrated a ground-based anti-jam satellite communications capability using an on-orbit satellite.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The Apollo program raised questions about the Solar System's origins and life on Earth that only the Artemis lunar return can answer, a space panel says.
Space