Space

By Robert Wall
Australian startup Gilmour Space Technologies is looking to return to the launchpad next year after the first attempt at an orbit flight failed.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), crews already operate as if they live and work aboard two distinct stations.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
Astroscale, a Japanese space junk removal company, has partnered with Australia's High Earth Orbit Robotics (HEO) to develop space-monitoring technologies.
Satellites

Aviation Week Network Staff
In August 1960 we reported that the third generation of manned space vehicles is relatively spacious and will need to operate for years without major repair.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has awarded the Ad Astra Rocket Co. a $4 million, two-year contract for the continued development of the company's VASIMR concept.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Lockheed Martin is developing business plans and strategies to offer commercial flight services of the Orion deep-space capsule.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Lockheed Martin and Spark Capital-backed Inversion reaffirmed its plan for a first flight of its Arc space-based, on-demand cargo delivery vehicle next year.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force’s next neighborhood watchdog spacecraft could be the first operational system capable of on-orbit refueling.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Tokyo leans on the automobile sector for an off-world ride.
Space Exploration

Aviation Week Network Staff
In 1970 we reported how Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shaephard and Edgar D. Mitchell would have made it to the top of Cone Crater during their second exploration of the Moon if they had not been misled by a high ridge they mistook for the crater's rim.
Space

By Vivienne Machi
U.S. Space Force Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy made waves when he disclosed that he wants refuelable space situational awareness satellites.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
T-Mobile’s satellite-based cellular service, provided by SpaceX’s Starlink, now supports data for a variety of smartphone apps, including video chat software.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines (IM), Inc., a space technology and services company, has announced the completion of its acquisition of KinetX Inc.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency has signed an accord with Thales Alenia Space to advances its effort to deploy a European quantum key distribution government service.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Blue Origin plans to launch a lunar resource mapping spacecraft to help identify opportunities to exploit materials available on the Moon.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force has accepted the Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System (ATLAS) for operational use.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
A NASA inspector general's audit raises safety and performance concerns about the agency's more than five-decade-old spacesuits.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
There are two leading approaches to staying on the Moon and powering through the frigid lunar night: nuclear fission reactors and regenerative fuel cells.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
As the clock ticks toward a U.S. government shutdown, opponents claim the Trump administration will undermine NASA's missions, safety protocols and workforce.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
“We can’t waste a day,” Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said Sept. 30 during an interview with Aviation Week on the sidelines of the International Astronautical Congress.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX is targeting Oct. 13 for the next Starship-Super Heavy flight test.
Operations & Safety

By Steve Nichols
A UAE-led medical study recently headed into space aboard Axiom Mission 4. The private mission, which launched on June 25, was led by veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson, adding to her standing record for the longest cumulative time in space by an American astronaut.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Axiom Space unveiled a pilot program to provide personalized training for prospective human spaceflight participants interested in doing microgravity research.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
The Exploration Co., a European startup developing cargo, and eventually crewed, spacecraft for LEO, plans a 2028 flight test to the ISS.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
The Translational Research Institute for Space Health selected HarmonEyes for assessment of an artificial intelligence-powered eye tracking platform.
Operations & Safety