Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s inspector general is concerned about the agency's ability to address risks to its infrastructure from climate- and weather-related events.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
The cover of the 22 June 1970 issue features the model of Orbiter-Shuttle concept developed at Manned Spacecraft Center is tested at 20-deg. angle of attack at simulated Mach 20 re-entry speed in helium tunnel at Langley Research Center.
Space

By Robert Wall
Eutelsat is looking to grow its OneWeb operations to sustain its top line, bolstered by higher Ukrainian and French military-related sales.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
L3Harris Technologies is ready to start manufacturing new missile defense satellites for the SDA after completing key milestones, the company said Aug. 5.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Moving a satellite from the ground to orbit in hours offers a new edge in space deterrence.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
The UK Civil Aviation Authority says Skyrora's license represents the first time it has authorized a British-based company for a vertical launch.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Efforts to expand U.S. commercial space have just touched down in a new destination—big box stores.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
Interstellar Technologies is teaming with Toyota to use automotive business assets for manufacturing rocket engines and propellant tanks.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force and its intel partners are deploying the first satellites meant to perform ground moving target indication, a senior service official says.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The Austrian military is looking to scale up its involvement in space projects.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
Crew-11's three astronauts and a cosmonaut were welcomed aboard the ISS by the Expedition 73 crew. NASA budget cuts could shorten their planned six-month mission.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The Senate late July 31 confirmed Adm. Daryl Caudle to be chief of naval operations and Lt. Gen. Sean Bratton as vice chief of space operations.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Canada’s EarthDaily Analytics has received $60 million in equipment financing to help support its plans to build and launch its 10-satellite Earth observation constellation.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
A multinational, four-member crew lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Aug. 1 for a 15-hr. ride to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
EchoStar says it has selected MDA Space to build its low-Earth-orbit communications satellite constellation in a $1.3 billion deal.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
Advocates for more scientific rigor in studying unidentified anomalous phenomena have renewed calls for wider data collection and proliferated sensor systems.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
A NASA Inspector General’s audit is calling on the agency to close gaps in its Standing Review Board process for making recommendations to senior leadership.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
An ill-timed sea breeze pushed a cumulus cloud too close to Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on July 31.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
European states looking to boost defense spending are likely to help drive a large jump in business that SES does with governments, CEO Adel Al-Saleh says.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The EU is exploring how its ground infrastructure for space needs to evolve to support the region’s desire for autonomous access to space.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force is increasingly exploring commercial options to provide space domain awareness on orbit.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $176.7 million task orde for the delivery of two microrovers and three scientific payloads to the lunar south pole in 2029.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
The first-ever NASA-India Space Research Organization joint Earth science mission successfully launched early July 30.
Space Exploration

By Chen Chuanren
Australian space startup Gilmour Space’s first attempt to launch its Eris Block 1 rocket ended in failure after the vehicle crashed.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The Canadian Space Agency has awarded three contracts worth C$14.6 million ($10.6 million) in total to study different lunar rover designs.
Space Exploration