Space

With OneWeb joint venture, Airbus gets its foot in the door with a U.S.-based satellite manufacturing operation.

ESA’s historic Rosetta mission is poised to enter its most exciting science phase yet.

Spaceflight engineers understand the value of lessons learned from flight testing—and they budget for it.

Airbus Defense and Space, prime contractor for Europe's Ariane launch vehicles, has been working on an ambitious development that could make future liquid-fueled launchers partially reusable.

BlackSky Global, part of Spaceflight Industries, plans to launch a 60-satellite constellation to provide 1-meter imagery of the Earth with a quick turnaround.

BlackSky Global, part of Spaceflight Industries, plans to launch a 60-satellite constellation to provide 1-meter imagery of the Earth with a quick turnaround.

NASA is upping its ante in the cubesat arena, with a request for proposals (RFP) designed to spur a commercial launch industry dedicated to the tiny spacecraft, and with separate plans to send two cubesats on a piggyback mission to Mars next year.

Nanosat technology comes into play

The country’s space agency is partnering with Google Lunar X-Prize contender Astrobotic for payload delivery.

India’s experimental space plane aims to reduce the cost of access to space.

After reinventing the Ariane launcher program to compete with the SpaceX Falcon 9, Airbus tackles rocket reusability plan to compete with recoverable Falcon 9 core stage.

India is preparing to carry out an experimental flight of its reusable launch vehicle, a senior space scientist says.

Boeing CEO talks with Aviation Week editors about the state of his company and his legacy.

With commercial aircraft output continuing to rise and military aircraft production set to increase, Aviation Week looks at the pressures facing the global aerospace industry.

Established satellite manufacturers, including Airbus and Thales, are moving toward mass production to meet demand for small sats from Silicon Valley.

Before the RFP was even issued, USAF incurred a possible Procurement Integrity Act violation in the EELV competition.

A number of new and potential partners are helping CNES expand the range and scope of its mission in space.

Seeking to capitalize on steady growth in Earth observation, European satellite manufacturers are taking steps to boost output as export customers materialize among emerging space economies.

NASA’s planned mission to Jupiter moon Europa will use new instruments to look for conditions suitable for life.

A spate of Proton launch mishaps has created a de facto duopoly of Arianespace and SpaceX, two companies vying to dominate the global commercial launch market.

Aerojet Rocketdyne seeks sole-source contract to produce expendable engines for NASA’s heavy-lift Space Launch System.

Leading-edge technologies and groundbreaking products highlight offerings from four small exhibitors in Paris.

The U.S. Air Force is investigating an accidental release of sensitive information that occurred leading up to the June 2 request for proposals for the service’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program.

Few fireworks are expected at Paris this year, but retrenching and refocusing of products will be highlighted in all arenas—commercial, defense, space and technology.

SpaceX clears hurdle to take on ULA: First up, a battle for GPS III