Space

Too young to see Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the Moon, a new generation of engineers and scientists is nonetheless inspired by the Apollo program.

A look at what the astronauts did before, during and after the Apollo program.

Here is a look at the more than 105 robotic spacecraft that have been launched to explore the Moon as well as future planned missions.

Here is a look at the ingenuity and elegance in designing the systems and subsystems that enabled the U.S. to reach the Moon.

Do we have the vision, technology and tenacity to build commercial operations to use natural resources in the neighborhood beyond our planet?

Air Force scraps for missile-warning satellite funding; Fire Scout begins operations; Philippines to get Black Hawks in 2020; Germans use A400M for refueling.

Thuraya, the mobile satellite services subsidiary of the Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) and low cost satellite IoT connectivity specialist eSAT Global, today announced the completion of successful tests validating eSAT’s Global LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area Network) communications technology over Thuraya’s satellite system.

Post-Apollo ‘technical consolidation’ is still underway, but Mars looms as the next goal, says Apollo 11 pilot Michael Collins.

A look at the rockets that have taken people above the atmosphere and the space stations that have housed them in orbit.

Global space industry never stronger, but deep-space human travel still out of reach.

Engineers inspired by Neil Armstrong’s moonwalk are devising ways to help humans survive in the future.

NASA issues price list and guidelines for station services in hopes of luring new businesses.

Astronaut Michael Collins speaks with Aviation Week Space Editor Irene Klotz about the meaning of his time on the Moon, his thoughts on the current space program, what he would like to see transpire 50 years from now and more.

Leaders such as President John F. Kennedy inspire by pointing out that humans push for exploration not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine discusses how the U.S. can reach the Moon and Mars and the need for a more international mindset when it comes to environmental concerns.

Since the mid-2000s, the Kremlin has rekindled the Soviet-era idea of putting humans on the lunar surface—a goal that is still beyond reach.

For those watching NASA and private industry wrestle with plans to revisit the Moon, the questions remain: Can we do it again, and why haven’t we?

A lot has changed in the U.S. space industry since the Apollo program 50 years ago, but not everything has.

A fourth phase has been added to the China Lunar Exploration Program, to survey polar sites for a 2030s research station.

The U.S. needs to unite around space exploration to achieve a goal worthy of being compared to the Apollo mission.

Today’s students will take humanity to the Moon and beyond, and we need to inspire them to succeed.

India plans to launch its second Moon mission this month and place humans in Earth orbit by the end of 2021.

Fifty years later, solar system science still shaped by results from Apollo missions.

A return to the lunar surface may require the work of multiple nations and companies with competing interests.

The lessons from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, shuttle and ISS wardrobes live on as NASA readies garments for Orion crews and astronauts assigned to low-Earth-orbit activities. And now NASA will have to outfit astronauts for Artemis.