Space

By Mark Carreau
Veteran astronaut Bob Hines' selection as the crew backup could be an indication of just how committed the agency is to acknowledging and addressing Artemis III's challenges.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
MDA Space says it has agreed to buy RTX’s smallsat-maker Blue Canyon in a deal that would give the Canadian buyer a satellite production foothold in the U.S.
Satellites

By Guy Norris
Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL rocket carrying a spacecraft intended to boost NASA’s ailing Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to a higher orbit reached Mojave, California, on June 18, as it heads to the Pacific for launch that's targeted for later this month.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Europe inaugurates its most powerful Ariane rocket but still eyes further mission expansion.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
BOEING gets P-8A awards... New senior VP of global services at SITA... STELLAR SOLUTIONS promotes intel VP...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Vivienne Machi
Defense tech company True Anomaly says it has successfully demoed on-orbit maneuvering activities.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Boeing says its Q4S quantum networking satellite system has successfully demonstrated entanglement swapping during a ground test.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
Under new owner and CEO Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, California-based Relativity Space is setting its sights on Mars.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Rheinmetall has signed a agreement with satellite imagery services provider Vantor in the German armored vehicle maker’s expanding push into space.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency is looking to assert its relevance in lunar exploration, with an eye on pulling forward some its planned Argonaut lander missions.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
ESA is assessing the feasibility of hiking the launch cadence for the Ariane 6 rocket to as many as 20 flights per year to address an anticipated shortage of European launch capacity in a few years.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

Aviation Week Staff
Indonesia's Palapa 1 domestic communications satellite undergoes checks by technicians at Hughes Aircraft Company's assembly facility at El Sagundo, California, as seen on the cover of the June 21, 1976, issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology.
Space

By Vivienne Machi
The Pentagon and Congress appear ready to dissolve the Space Development Agency and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office’s specific authorities in 2027.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Colonizing Mars hinges on an untested assumption that humans can reproduce and thrive on another planet—raising biological and ethical risks.
Space Exploration

Aviation Week Staff
U.S. SPACE FORCE issues MEO MWT RFI... First CT-153 training helo arrives in Manitoba... New advisors for TERRASPACE...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force began the overhaul of one of its most storied launchpads with a sizable bang on June 16.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA faces significant challenges in successfully transitioning crewed operations aboard the International Space Station to commercial successors.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
Startup Katalyst prepares June 27 to demonstrate satellite reboost services on NASA's Swift telescope using its LINK spacecraft.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Arianespace has completed the first Ariane 6 mission using the more powerful P160C boosters that enabled the company to deliver 36 Amazon Leo satellite to low Earth orbit.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s 34th SpaceX Cargo Dragon mission successfully came back to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) on June 17.
Space Exploration

Aviation Week Staff
As a recipient of Aviation Week's 20 Twenties award, Daniella Bezuidenhout is making significant contributions to the future of urban air mobility through her research on aircraft noise prediction.
Aerospace

By Robert Wall
Portugal is expanding its fleet of synthetic aperture radar satellites a year after embarking on the project with Iceye.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
THALES teams on new MALE drone project... RAYTHEON gets F/A-18 repair order... New VP of product at MATRIXSPACE...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s 34th SpaceX Dragon resupply capsule spacecraft has departed the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Hensoldt says it is offering a mobile jammer for satellite-based navigation signals with an eye on critical infrastructure protection.
Satellites