Space

By Irene Klotz
“We have a real shot at late [February/March] launch attempt,” CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The “Sabre” system would collect and relay telemetry data from U.S. missile test ranges.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Charania will serve as principal advisor to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson for technology policy and lead the agency’s technology innovation efforts.
Space

By Garrett Reim
The startup is studying how tumbling debris behaves.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Fan-in-wing eVTOL; 6G sensor-comms integration; Mobile hydrogen fueler; and Drive/Fly eVTOL prototype.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The LauncherOne rocket has been loaded, and technicians are preparing to fuel it in readiness for the first orbital launch from the UK, planned for Jan. 9.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Potential partners have until Jan. 24 to respond to NASA.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
The company has also selected several backup dates for the mission running into mid- and late-January.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
The Dream Chaser’s ISS missions are the first of several orbital roles expected to be operated from Sierra Space’s mission control center.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Startup’s lunar lander is an early attempt to commercialize the Moon.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Dense Tokyo is at the epicenter of the country’s space startups.
Commercial Space

By Jen DiMascio
Raytheon has won a prime contract from the U.S. Space Force to develop a prototype for a Medium Earth Orbit Missile Track Custody system.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Impulse Space plans to launch its first space tug mission, LEO Express-1, in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The more primitive Cosmic Dark Ages (CDA) are yet to be exposed.
Space

By Guy Norris
NASA has acquired a former Japan Airlines Boeing 777-200ER for its large next-generation airborne science research platform.
Space

By Guy Norris
Dream Chaser spaceplane tests in 2023 mark first operational steps toward development of Sierra Space’s orbital ecosystem.
Space

By Irene Klotz
The addition of Airbus gives a strong international presence to Voyager’s Starlab team.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
ADNET is to support a range of Earth and space science research and development activities for Goddard’s Sciences and Exploration Directorate.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Cunningham, who served as the pilot on the first crewed flight test of an Apollo spacecraft, died on Jan. 3.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Launches from the U.S. jumped to 78 for the year, driven by SpaceX, which successfully flew its Falcon rocket fleet 61 times.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Orion was launched from KSC early Nov. 16 on a 25 1/2-day, 1.4 million-mi. uncrewed test flight around the Moon.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The 2023 budget includes funding for establishing a human presence at the Moon and developing new deep-space technologies.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Established satellite companies introduce new technologies and strategies to compete with startups.
Commercial Space

By Michael Bruno
Every deal is a mix of market forecast and unique conditions, especially price, and the buyouts of Aerojet and Maxar are no different.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Twice postponed, the excursion took the two astronauts to the 4A power channel on the port side of the 360-ft.-long truss.
Space