Space

By Guy Norris
Rolls is leveraging its 60-plus years of submarine reactor work to develop and test components of a micro-reactor nuclear power system for space applications.
Space

By Steve Nichols
Sultan Saif AlNeyadi, one of the four Emirati astronauts, is due to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) early this year.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Turkish trainer flies; a look at two U.S. Space Force programs; Rocket Lab’s hypersonic test and Biden picks new Army chief.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
During the test campaign, Reliable Robotics coordinated encounters of 2 of its aircraft in California while data was being collected by FAA ground-based radar.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
With NASA’s Artemis program beginning to unfold, the agency and its supporters have launched an unprecedented focus on sustainability.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Ispace’s attempted landing of its Hakuto-R spacecraft on the Moon appears to have failed.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
A consortium led by ArianeGroup has been awarded a space situational awareness contract by France’s National Center for Space Studies.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Boeing’s global search for engineering talent has spawned a lawsuit in Brazil over alleged damage to national security.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Mark Carreau
NASA has devised a 10-year strategy for advancing efforts to protect the Earth from a devastating encounter with a Near Earth asteroid or comet.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Northrop Grumman’s 18th NASA contracted resupply mission capsule departed the ISS, filled with trash.
Space

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

By Guy Norris
Contenders take different approaches to challenges of lunar rover design as NASA contest nears new stage.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
HawkEye recently launched its seventh cluster of three satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The Space Development Agency is negotiating with the FAA for temporary approval to test broadcasting Link 16 datalink from its recently launched satellites.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The U.S. Space Force is launching five Strategic Technology Institutes to advance R&D for space technology that it believes will be critical.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The launch of dozens of satellites for a proliferated LEO constellation focused on missile warning and tracking could require more operational units.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon has tasked the U.S. Space Force to develop on-orbit refueling quickly.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Ispace is making the final preparations for its Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar landing attempt on April 25.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Maxar is seeing interest in its Maxar 300, a smaller spacecraft drawn from a bus it is making for L3Harris’ Space Development Agency offering.
Space

By Irene Klotz
With five Super Heavy boosters and eight Starships in production, SpaceX ramps up flight test program.
Space

Elizabeth Reynolds
Innovations from the aerospace industry are helping to monitor, manage and mitigate climate change.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
The point of the mission is to verify the oceans’ existence, investigate their properties and assess if there are environments where life may exist.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has awarded Space & Technology Solutions a potential $719 million contract for the support of work on the agency’s Joint Polar Satellite System.
Space

By Guy Norris
Relativity Space is focusing on a rapid test series for its liquid oxygen/methane (LOx/CH4) Aeon R rocket engine.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
NASA has selected Aerospace Corp. to run the Consortium for Space Mobility and ISAM Capabilities.
Space