Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA and Boeing are continuing work toward another uncrewed flight test of the CST-100 Starliner with a cargo run to the International Space Station within the next year.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s restructuring of the Artemis lunar program has the potential to significantly reduce the cost of the overall initiative, the agency's IG says.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency is looking to expand the pool of launch service providers that can support in-orbit demonstration and validation missions.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
MDA Space says it will pro provide key components to Mitsubishi Electric as part of the Japanese manufacturer’s work on a national military satellite communication system.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Victus Haze put the service’s rapid-response space concept to the test, launching and commissioning a satellite in record time.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
NASA tested the first Space Shuttle main engine at 76% power for 45 seconds in July 1976, using small nozzles before switching to flight-size versions.
Space

By Vivienne Machi
A new startup is pursuing the ambitious vision of building patrol-like satellites for critical space infrastructure, much like the guards on alert around valuable facilities here on Earth.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has selected Boeing to provide two spacecraft as a bridge between the U.S. military’s existing narrowband satellite communications constellation and a future architecture.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
B612 Foundation awards 2026 Schweickart Prize to Edinburgh students for proposal expanding planetary defense to cislunar infrastructure.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
A York Space Systems satellite built for the Space Development Agency (SDA) has successfully proven its satellites can support bidirectional ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) communications between low Earth orbit and the ground.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Earth imaging provider Vantor says it has selected BAE Systems to build its next-generation low Earth orbit satellites slated to deliver 7.9-in. imagery.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The Swiss government has given RUAG International a new strategic roadmap to 2029 that includes the approval to take on debt as it seeks to increase the state-owned business’s military space focus.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
MDA Space says it has secured a C$688 million ($483 million) contract from the Canadian Space Agency for a synthetic aperture radar.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Hensoldt CEO Oliver Dörre discusses the German company’s ambitions from producing more air defense radars to expanding airborne special mission activities.
Supply Chain

By Garrett Reim
Sophia Space plans to test its orbital data center technology aboard Apex’s Nova satellite bus in 2027.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket dispatched a new spacecraft designed to return science samples and items manufactured in microgravity back to Earth.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Houston-based Axiom Space has changed its legal domicile from Delaware to Texas to align its legal home with its operational headquarters.
Commercial Space

By Chen Chuanren
New Zealand's 2025 Defense Capability Plan offered perhaps the clearest indication yet that Wellington recognizes the need for greater combat capability.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
A NASA safety panel praised the International Space Station (ISS) program on June 22 for the precautionary steps it recently took while Russian cosmonauts looked into the latest in a series of worrisome air leaks.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
A flagship NASA observatory designed to answer questions about dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets and other astrophysical phenomena arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on June 21.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
Northwood Space has unveiled a new ground-based parabolic antenna, named Prism, that is designed to handle high data rates.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
The call came before sunrise in Mahia, New Zealand. Less than 17 hr. later, Rocket Lab launched a company-built satellite to space with its Electron rocket.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
Commercial space tracker LeoLabs says that China’s reusable spaceplane has released a new object on orbit.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has picked a concept for further development of a twin-sat mission to research how space weather and the Earth’s atmosphere affect the space environment.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
German satellite-maker OHB expects to raise €510 million ($580 million) through a planned capital raise.
Satellites