Space

By Garrett Reim
Interstellar Technologies has raised a ¥8.9 billion ($61.8 million) Series F round.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA is planning for the launch of its four-person SpaceX Crew 11 Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The British government is following France in taking a stake in OneWeb-owner Eutelsat, boosting the value of the French satellite service operator.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
In response to the disastrous July 4 weekend flooding in the Texas Hill Country, NASA is contributing high-technology airborne responses.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Europe is ramping up efforts to field its next-generation rocket engines as it seeks higher thrust and more efficient propulsion systems.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
South Korea's Innospace says it has taken another step toward the inaugural launch of its Hanbit-Nano rocket by the year's end.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
President Donald Trump is replacing acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro with U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Force is replacing its legacy tactical and strategic satellite communications assets with disaggregated and proliferated spacecraft.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
MDA Space says it demonstrated a Ka-band direct radiating array using direct sampling.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
Before the Indian Space Research Organization launches the first uncrewed flight test of its Gaganyaan capsule, one astronaut is now an experienced space flyer.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Spain will again rely on Airbus to provide its radar satellites with a replacement.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
Congress and the White House are sending NASA mixed messages about the future of the Artemis program to return humans to the Moon.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
The pace of in-space servicing missions is picking up, with at least nine endeavors planned over the next 18 months.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Europe’s meteorological agency Eumetsat wants to go ahead with the EPS-Sterna program that aims to grow a system of 20 weather-monitoring satellites.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency has named five companies as participants in its European Launcher Challenge.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) says the winner of its satellite deorbit demo will pick the spacecraft they will attempt to remove from orbit.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
In the issue dated May 31, 2010, we reported that the James Webb Space Telescope would take scientists back nearly to the Big Bang and the early formation of the first objects in the universe.
Space

By Joe Anselmo, Irene Klotz
Texas lawmakers are a step closer to snatching away the National Air and Space Museum's prized space shuttle and moving it from Northern Virginia to Houston.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
ESA says astronomers have now confirmed the discovery of only the third interstellar comet and it is due for its closest approach to Earth in October.
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
A new leader, a funding plan and an architecture outline define the early steps toward Trump’s hawkish homeland defense plan.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The Defense Department’s latest budget plan goes all in on space-based moving-target tracking.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Russia’s Progress MS-31 resupply capsule is set for a July 5 arrival and docking at the International Space Station following a July 3 launch.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Boeing has landed the Evolved Strategic Satcom program, the U.S. Space Force said, as the service also cancels the Protected Tactical Satcom-Resilient program.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
MacLean Engineering & Applied Technologies won a five-year, maximum-value $150 million contract to provide simulation and advanced software services to NASA.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

Boeing has appointed Stephen Parker as president and chief executive officer of its Defence, Space & Security (BDS) business, effective immediately.
Maintenance & Training