Space

Aerospace Corp. has developed small transponders that can ride on newly launched satellites to help avoid space collisions.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has begun discussions with the U.S. Air Force to take over space traffic notifications to commercial satellite operators.

“We have entered the space game finally," a UK Royal Air Force official says.

The UK’s aerospace sector enjoys committed government support, sustained investment in innovation and new technology, and a growing order book.

The Space and Missile Systems Center is being restructured into what U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson calls “SMC 2.0.”

NASA traditionally has analyzed cost, schedule and technical risks to determine a program’s health. But that approach can lead to tunnel vision, warns the agency's outgoing Acting Administrator.

Lockheed Martin has submitted a bid for a contract worth up to $10 billion to make the next set of GPS III satellites.

The U.S. House Science, Space and Technology Committee on April 17 endorsed passage of a 2018/19 NASA authorization bill.

India’s state-run space agency wants to mount nine missions in the next eight months.

NASA and the Israeli Space Agency have signed an agreement that could lead to the testing of an astronaut radiation shielding vest.

Orbital ATK has given its rocket a name—Omega—and chosen a third-stage engine—Aerojet Rocketdyne’s RL10.

NASA’s planned April 16 launch of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission was scrubbed hours from liftoff.

Stratolaunch Systems plans three more speed taxi tests of its twin-fuselage Stratolaunch aircraft before an initial test flight this summer,

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.

India’s state-run space agency has successfully launched the eighth spacecraft in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, IRNSS-1I.

South Korea has provisionally chosen LIG Nex1 to build five reconnaissance satellites due for launch between 2020 and 2023.

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.

Even with its recent push to return astronauts to the lunar environs, NASA has not given up on landing astronauts on Mars.

NASA has cleared Aerojet Rocketdyne to begin production of the Evolutionary Xenon Thruster-Commercial propulsion unit for future space science missions.

X Prize is forging ahead with its high-stakes Lunar X Prize competition following Google’s decision to drop its sponsorship.

India’s navigation system is due to receive a new satellite, IRNSS-1I, on April 12.

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.