Space

By Robert Wall
SpaceX is looking to raise around $75 billion in its initial public offering, the company disclosed late June 3.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Varda Space Industries is looking to significantly ramp up the flight pace of its hypersonic reentry capsule.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
European space startup The Exploration Company says it has completed a critical drop test of its Nyx spacecraft as it works toward getting the system into flight in 2028.
Space Exploration

Aviation Week Staff
RAYTHEON Air and Missile Defense Radar award ... GD declares quarterly dividend ... New CIO at KARMAN ...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Vivienne Machi
Space Systems Command is now leaning heavily on other transaction authorities to award key contracts, the command’s deputy chief said June 3.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Muon Space has unveiled plans to develop Condor-Ultra, a flat-packing spacecraft sized to fill the payload fairing of SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicle.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
NASA's extended Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has come to a close, the agency announced June 3.
Space Exploration

Aviation Week Staff
The cover of the May 26, 1969, issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology shows growing plants in Imperial Valley in California near the Salton Sea, glowing red in one of the multispectral terrain photographs from the Apollo 9 S0-65 experiment.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space, developer of the commercial Axiom Station and a new generation of spacesuits, has announced the establishment of Axiom Space Switzerland.
Commercial Space

Aviation Week Staff
COLLINS AEROSPACE expands Polish landing gear facility ... NXGENCOMM unveils “Barn Owl” EW system ... MDA SPACE supporting BAE’s MEO EPOCH 2 ...
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Robert Wall
NATO is looking to enhance the functionality of the Alliance Persistent Surveillance from Space (APSS) program.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
NASA is rescinding a proposal to anchor a post-International Space Station commercial platform with a government-owned module.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
Vast will fly two French astronauts on two separate missions scheduled for 2027, and will establish its European headquarters in Paris, the space technology company announced June 1.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
Impulse Space, an orbital transfer vehicle and rocket motor developer, has raised a $500 million Series D to fund expansion of its manufacturing capacity.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Despite extensive damage from the the explosion of a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on its launchpad, the company is aiming to return to flight before year-end.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Voyager Technologies disclosed the purchase of Astrobotic Technology to burnish its lunar exploration capabilities.
Commercial Space

By Mark Pilling
As rocket launches become more routine, air traffic integration is becoming more critical.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Joe Anselmo, Robert Wall, Garrett Reim, Michael Bruno
Editors discuss SpaceX's pitch for what will be the biggest IPO ever and what it could mean for the company.
Check 6

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal, launched to enable interoperability between satellite relay networks, has completed its planned demonstration phase.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
BOEING studying new aerospace vehicle tech... SSC SPACE launches Suborbital Express-5... HONEYWELL board changes...
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The Week Ahead in Aerospace & Defense
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Graham Warwick
Japanese startup AstroX and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plan to demo an attitude control system for a rocket suspended from a high-altitude balloon.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Initial visual inspections indicate a second booster and upper stage in a processing hangar at SLC-36 were unaffected by the Blue Origin New Glenn explosion.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
The FAA has determined a pair of demonstration missions of a SpaceX-proposed small reentry capsule in the Pacific Ocean poses no significant environmental issues.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
Northrop Grumman has enlisted satellite bus manufacturer Apex to support its space-based interceptor contract with the U.S. Space Force.
Missile Defense & Weapons