A 2018 NASA spending boost appears to offer the agency some flexibility in launch plans for the first and second test flights of the SLS and Orion crew capsule.
Analysis of Virgin Galactic’s initial test flight of the SS2 shows the spacecraft performed as well as, or in some cases better, than model-based predictions.
Analysis of Virgin Galactic’s initial test flight of the SS2 shows the spacecraft performed as good as, or in some cases better, than model-based predictions.
NASA has cleared Aerojet Rocketdyne to begin production of the Evolutionary Xenon Thruster-Commercial propulsion unit for future space science missions.
After a January mishap, the Ariane 5 launcher started rebuilding its reputation for near-perfect reliability with the successful launch of two spacecraft.
Artificial intelligence, augmented reality and other new digital technologies are infiltrating aerospace and defense businesses faster than expected, a new report claims. Listen in as we discuss how industry is reacting to new technologies.
A UAE Space Agency delegation has taken part in Space Ops 2018, a prestigious international forum for discussing advanced and technical areas of space exploration hosted by the French Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) at the Palais du Pharo in Marseille.
The test run by pilots Mark “Forger” Stucky and Dave Mackay was the first powered flight of a SpaceShipTwo vehicle since an Oct. 31, 2014, accident that killed one pilot, seriously injured the second and destroyed the original spaceship, VSS Enterprise.
The manufacturing of two key components for the Ariane 6 and Vega C launchers, the first nozzle for the P120 solid rocket motor and the first hydrogen tank for the Ariane’s upper stage, has been completed.
The RemoveDebris active debris removal mission will test both net and harpoon capture techniques and, after the testing is complete, the satellite will deploy a dragsail to ensure it re-enters and burns up.
On the heels of a report that Russia recently launched a PL-19 Nudol anti-satellite weapon, the head of the U.S. intelligence community says the government continues to track such incidents.
A study shows the mortality rate from cardiovascular problems among Apollo astronauts who ventured to the Moon is much greater than for colleagues who did not.
SpaceX Dragon’s 14th NASA-contracted resupply mission spacecraft rendezvoused with the-six person International Space Station as scheduled early April 4.
The UAE Space Agency has confirmed that China's Tiangong-1 Space Laboratory reentered the Earth's atmosphere on April 2 and broken up over the South Pacific at 04:16 am UAE time. The laboratory’s descent was not visible to the naked eye in the UAE.
U.S. Air Force mulls bids to ensure at least two commercially viable orbital space transport systems from 2022. Rockets with Russian engines need not apply.
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to build an X-plane to show that sonic booms can be reduced to a level low enough to enable the flight ban to be lifted.
