Space

The lander, dubbed Lanyue, (“Embracing the Moon” in Chinese) performed powered descent, soft landing and ascent tests.

The Starlink satellite venture’s stunning success has brightened Elon Musk’s bumpy year, but has awakened China. Editors discuss Aviation Week's recent cover story.

The Starlink satellite venture’s stunning success has brightened Elon Musk’s bumpy year, but has awakened China.

Rocket Lab is positioning itself as a one-stop shop for national security as it closes in on acquiring missile tracking satellite-maker Geost, the CEO says.

Rocket Lab’s spacecraft for the U.S. Space Force’s next Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission is now in final testing.

Firefly Aerospace padded its financial coffers with $868 million through its Aug. 7 listing that saw the company close the day valued at almost $8.5 billion.

Intuitive Machines’ (IM) CEO said Aug. 7 that his company intends to continue expanding its commercial space services to Mars.

Muon Space is offering a new 500-kg-class satellite bus that could suit nascent and future national security space constellations in low Earth orbit.

Voyager Technologies has disclosed the acquisition of software developer ElectroMagnetic Systems.

German satellite maker OHB expects to reach a record of around €2.8 billion ($3.3 billion) in order bookings for next year.

Virgin Galactic is delaying the first launch of its upgraded commercial spaceflight program because of manufacturing problems.

NASA sees its work on RDRE technology as one of several areas to contribute to the future Golden Dome for America architecture, an agency official says.

Amazon has partnered with an Australian-government owned company to deliver “wholesale fixed broadband to customers in parts of regional, rural and remote Australia.”

One of the two satellites experienced an issue with its solar power subsystem that has resulted in a loss of communication.

As the International Space Station enters its last five years, the heads of the project’s primary partners met in person for the first time in seven years

The proposal is to use whatever propellant remains aboard NASA's Juno probe to send it into the most advantageous position to view a visiting object from another Solar System.

NASA has entered agreements with six aerospace companies for studies focused on the use of orbital transfer vehicles to reach various challenging orbits.

On the cover of the September 12, 2005 issue, is an illustration of combined human and robotic operations, space shuttle Discovery STS-114 astronaut Stephen Robinson is maneuvered at 220 mi. altitude on the International Space Station's robotic arm, which was developed in Canada by Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.

In this photo-feature published in the February 22, 1971 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology, astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Apollo 14 mission commander stands beside the Modularized Equipment Transporter (MET) on lunar surface while he assembles hand tools during first extravehicular activity (EVA-1). Feb. 5.

The Vulcan rocket will deploy USSF-106 to geosynchronous orbit from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, pending range approval.

Lockheed Martin has completed environmental testing for the first of two new missile warning satellites built for the U.S. Space Force, a company official said Aug. 5.

In 2025, “sustained space maneuver” has been added to Spacecom's top five focus areas, its commander says.

The U.S. military and several key allies have developed the first multinational concept of operations for space domain awareness.

New remarks by U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy point to the U.S. government turning its focus back to the Moon and the mission to colonize it.

NASA’s inspector general is concerned about the agency's ability to address risks to its infrastructure from climate- and weather-related events.