Space

DARPA's plan to partner with Space Systems/Loral for repair in space and leave a commercial capability in place under challenge.

In this week’s Washington Outlook: the president meets with airline executives, generals describe a budget crisis without admitting failure, the battle for heavy-launch business and an argument for commercialized space-traffic control.

In this week’s roundup, Malaysia’s coast guard will own UAVs, Belgium joins U.S. space situational awareness efforts, U.S. Navy to buy one fewer MQ-4 Triton and a South Korean Foreign Military Sale for Raytheon missiles.

Data from the Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory also is expected to help researchers aid governments in meeting carbon-reduction goals as well as farmers.

JAXA’s mission to de-orbit space debris hits a hurdle when a 700-m cable fails to deploy.

The USA's satellite solutions provider Kymeta says the Middle East is shaping up as a key market for its mTenna high-throughput satellite connectivity terminal for which aviation grade solutions are expected by the end of the decade and commercial solutions will go to market in Q2 this year.

Space industry leaders meeting in Abu Dhabi this week addressed the need for effective international collaboration to deal with the industry's most pressing opportunities and challenges.

Tangible progress between Middle East and North Africa nations on space co-operation has moved up the regional agenda with sector leaders from the UAE, Algeria, Egypt and Bahrain signaling their readiness to drive the momentum at a first-of-a-kind meeting at the Global Space Congress in Abu Dhabi.

Airbus Defence and Space delivers satellite communications systems for EU military training missions in Somalia (EUTM Somalia) as well as for the EUCAP (European Union capacity-building mission) Sahel Niger and EUCAP Sahel Mali civilian missions.

Boeing will use the tried-and-true Atlas V to launch its commercial crew vehicle, but SpaceX has some hurdles getting its Falcon 9 human-rated.

The $2.4 billion endeavor is intended to seek out evidence of past microbial life on the Red Planet while laying the groundwork for future human exploration.

Researchers are offering a preview of how Scott Kelly fared medically after his U.S. record-setting 340 days in space as a NASA crewmember aboard the International Space Station in 2015-16.

Achievements in space can pump up local economies, and Colorado’s space synergy is a prime example.

The Arab space sector will gather under one roof to discuss ways of strengthening joint cooperation between Arab states in the space sector at the Global Space Congress.

A small tech company not too long ago, OHB is now set to compete with the bigger satellite OEMs.

President Obama shook up space policy when he took office, and President Trump may be about to do the same.

ESA is planning to outfit the 30-satellite constellation with the same atomic clocks, despite the issues.

The third of six U.S. Air Force missile warning satellites intended for geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) has successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) RD-180-powered Atlas V rocket.

With its far-aim still set squarely on Mars, Elon Musk’s space company is happy for now to be resuming satellite launches and return landings.

In this week’s Washington Outlook: why industry experience in government helps the Pentagon get a better deal; McCain’s plans to spend big on the military; a burgeoning space rivalry; and the ongoing attempt to block the sale of aircraft to Iran Air.

Breakthrough’s Starshot plan is looking for exoplanets in the “Goldlocks Zone” of the Alpha Centauri binary system that might support life.

One of 14 astronaut candidates selected by NASA in 1963, Cernan launched three times, including two missions that took him to the Moon.

AlSat Nano - a joint Algerian Space Agency and UK Space Agency nanosatellite mission - has captured and downloaded its first full colour image.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX restored some of its luster Jan. 14 with the launch of a Falcon 9 for the first time since an on-pad explosion on Sept. 1.

U.S. companies will draw on their experience building scientific and commercial communications spacecraft to develop probes that will explore remnants of the early Solar System.