Space

By Garrett Reim
Firefly Aerospace has sold data it collected during its lunar land Blue Ghost Mission 1 to NASA for $10 million.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Isar Aerospace is starting to build its backlog for launches ahead of the inaugural flight of is Spectrum rocket planned before year end.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Spacecraft developer Quantum Space has acquired the “propulsion assets” of Phase Four.
Satellites

By Robert Wall, Thierry Dubois
Space service providers are battling it out in the direct-to-device market.
Commercial Space

By Thierry Dubois, Robert Wall
Launch service providers are promising higher flight cadences—again.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The window for NASA’s Artemis II mission that aims to take four astronauts around the Moon could open as early as Feb. 5.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force is preparing a new document meant to serve as the “authoritative source” for requirements planning through 2040.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Guy Norris
As Virgin Galactic continues assembly of the first of its new Delta-class spaceplanes, the company has revealed an early research mission will be flown with an all-Purdue University payload crew.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Firefly Aerospace is looking at potential ways to secure a share of the space-based interceptor market emerging from the Pentagon’s Golden Dome effort.
Missile Defense & Weapons

Aviation Week Network Staff
The cover of the issue dated August 17, 1970, shows female aquanauts performing biomedical experiments for NASA 50 ft. beneath the Caribbean Sea.
Space

By Robert Wall
Innospace says it has completed qualification testing for the Hanbit-Nano first-stage engine, clearing the way for the inaugural flight of the two-stage rocket.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The SDA and FAA are close to resolving an ongoing limitation on transmitting Link 16 data from space over the continental U.S., the acting director says.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
NASA has selected 10 candidates from more than 8,000 applicants to begin two years of primary astronaut training.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
NASA has awarded Blue Origin a task order worth up to $190 million to deliver its Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover to the Moon's surface.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force on Sept. 18 released a request for prototype proposals for space-based interceptors, with responses due Oct. 2.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. is “pushing hard” to maintain control in the space domain, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Sept. 22.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
SpaceX launched the National Reconnaissance Office’s latest mission to build out its proliferated satellite architecture in low Earth orbit.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Voyager Technologies, which focuses on space tech and defense, has become the latest company to turn to an acquisition to bolster its optical comms credentials.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is joining forces with the NOAA to establish capabilities to monitor and forecast radiation hazards associated with rising solar activity.
Space Exploration

By Thierry Dubois
As demand for satellites and accompanying launches continues to grow, the supply chain in the space industry is having a hard time keeping up.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
Seven federal lawmakers have reintroduced bipartisan legislation to encourage the development of commercial spaceports.
Space Exploration

By Guy Norris
On-orbit service provider Arkisys has been selected by NASA to sustain and maintain the agency’s free-flying Astrobee robotic system on the ISS.
Operations & Safety

By Brian Everstine
Collins Aerospace has conducted an inflight demo of a new hybrid satellite communication phased array antenna.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Anduril Industries and Impulse Space plan to conduct a high-precision rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) mission in 2026, the companies announced Sept. 16.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
Determining whether the sample contains evidence of past life cannot be answered until it is brought to Earth for analysis.
Space Exploration