Space

NASA is prepared for a critical, heavily instrumented July 2 flight test of its automated Orion capsule Launch Abort System (LAS).

Boeing courts Cora; LeoLabs aids space regulator; H55’s electric trainer; Jet fuel from the Sun; Drone parachutes get nod; Looking into fighter pilot brains.

During its 2.5-year primary mission, the Dragonfly rotorcraft/lander will take off and fly, perhaps dozens of times, to cover a range of 100 to 120 mi. of Titan's surface.

While a SpaceX-led probe into the loss of an unoccupied Crew Dragon test capsule is still underway, NASA chief Jim Bridenstine remains confident astronauts will launch this year.

The stunning merger plan reinforces worries that both defense spending and the commercial aircraft order boom have peaked.

From lone GEO satellites to large LEO constellations, more companies see an emerging need for in-space robotic servicing.

If successful, Northrop’s Mission Extension Vehicle could seed a market for in-space servicing of satellites and open the door to manufacturing in space.

While NASA embarks on an accelerated return to the Moon’s surface in 2024, perspective partners hope to encourage a deeper search and perhaps even prospect for ice on the lunar surface.

A carefully planned orbital ballet will bring Northrop’s MEV-1 and Intelsat 901 together in geosynchronous orbit.

NASA is hunting for more partners for its Artemis program that aims to land humans on the Moon in 2024.

The effort draws on nearly two decades of hypersonic propulsion and missile development work between the two companies.

Let us know who is worthy of the more than 40 awards in defense, commercial aviation, space, business aviation and lifetime achievement.

From landers ready to roam the Moon to companies that can downlink data in the blink of an eye, here is a look at space enterprises that are winning support.

Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin, while still working on Zodiac integration, is also bracing for airframers taking design work away from system manufacturers.

House lawmakers pressed without success during a June 11 hearing for answers from NASA as to how much the White House’s plans to accelerate a human lunar landing from 2028 to 2024 will cost.

Ampaire flies hybrid; Amazon drone delivers; KLM backs Flying-V; Honeywell FBW for UAM; Uber Copter in New York; Volocopter’s urban air plans.

Eric Trappier speaks with Aviation Week about Franco-German cooperation for a future combat air system and ambitions for a spaceplane.

The Ariane 6 program appears to be on time and has received some financial support from the European Space Agency.

FAA moves a step closer to automating the monitoring of space-launch-and-reentry vehicles in real time as they transition the national airspace system.

NASA’s Health Research Program is eager to learn more about astronaut health on long-duration space missions by enlarging the number of subjects and improving data collection protocols.

The TQ-12 engine is ultimately intended to become reusable, which was one reason for the choice of clean-burning methane fuel.

SpaceX’s 17th NASA-contracted cargo mission to the International Space Station departed the six-person orbiting science laboratory at midday June 3.

Embraer goes electric; NASA seeks electrified propulsion; LEO serving satellite; shape-memory nacelle cooling; quantum interest.

The opportunities for growth in the international space economy will form a key focus area for the second Global Space Congress, which will be hosted by the UAE Space Agency in Abu Dhabi.

Company to beef up its 1300 satellite bus for lunar Artemis venture's power and propulsion module.