Space

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart says the "Chapter 11 process represents the best path forward to identify and finalize an efficient and value-maximizing sale.”
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Their names were unveiled by officials from NASA and the CSA in April 3 ceremonies at NASA Johnson Space Center facilities at nearby Ellington Airport here.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon’s SDA model is to launch large numbers of small satellites to low Earth orbit at about 1,000-km altitude.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
Lockheed Martin Australia’s consortium was selected for JP9102 phase 1 ahead of bids led by Airbus, Boeing Australia, Northrop Grumman Australia and Optus.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
The launch marks the start of the military's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
Defense

By Jen DiMascio
When the U.S. Space Development Agency’s first ten satellites become operational, it will mark the start of a massive change in the Pentagon’s architecture.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
Momentum for in-space servicing, space logistics and manufacturing is building.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has established a Moon to Mars Program Office to provide focused oversight of human exploration activities under the Artemis Program.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
SpaceX scrubbed the launch of the Space Development Agency’s first official batch of satellites March 30.
Space

By Brian Everstine, Garrett Reim
The U.S. Space Development Agency is poised to test its small-satellite constellation.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
The Space Development Agency (SDA) intends to track a hypersonic missile defense test next spring, Director Derek Tournear says.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA and Boeing are now looking to July 21 at the earliest for the launch of the eight-day Crew Flight Test to the ISS.
Space

By Michael Bruno
German rocket startup Isar Aerospace has unveiled a $165 million Series C fundraising round.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Space Force wants to continue investments in tactically responsive space.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Lockheed Martin is self-funding an offshoot to provide communications, navigation and other services for government and commercial lunar customers.
Space

By Brian Everstine
The worst performing acquisition programs in the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) portfolio are not in space.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s disabled Soyuz MS-22 crew transport departed the ISS early March 28 for an uncrewed, parachute-assisted descent to Earth in Kazakhstan.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Thales Alenia Space has won contracts to supply synthetic aperture radar and optical satellites for IRIDE, the hybrid Italian Earth observation constellation.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
A Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital booster failed during an uncrewed Sept. 12 launch due to structural fatigue on the engine nozzle.
Commercial Space

Aviation Week Staff
Russia plans to launch its first civil radar observation satellite–Kondor-FKA–on May 27.
Space

By Garrett Reim
Dawn Aerospace’s Mk-II Aurora spaceplane has received an aircraft certification from the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz, Michael Bruno, Guy Norris
A loose fuel filter doomed the company’s last launch. Then came a bigger problem.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space is moving on to tests of its inflatable habitat technology with hard structures inside the pressure shell.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The joint NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission will undergo another independent review board assessment later this year.
Space

By Jen DiMascio
The two-stage, 110-ft.-tall rocket was produced using primarily 3D-printing.
Commercial Space