Space

Airbus’ HAPS spin-off Aalto is planning a global network of bases for stratospheric flights.

Quantum Space plans to launch its Scout-1 demonstration spacecraft on the SpaceX Transporter mission as soon as March 2024.

Quantum Space plans to launch its Scout-1 demonstration spacecraft on the SpaceX Transporter mission as soon as March 2024.

Terran Orbital is walking back its own midterm expectations.

Cabana has served as NASA’s associate administrator since May 2021, the agency’s third-highest administrative position.

The review board was convened in the spring for a second independent assessment of the mission architecture and cost.

Chipmaker Qualcomm is killing its once-touted partnership with Iridium Communications.

Firefly Aerospace’s valuation has reached $1.5 billion following the conclusion of another tranche of financing in its Series C round.

The resupply vessel contains materials for—among other experiments—studies into female reproductive and bone health.

Lockheed Martin sees NEP systems as a crucial stepping stone for efficient spacecraft maneuvers in cislunar and deep space.

The experiment, known as Illuma-T, is among the 6,500 lb. of cargo aboard SpaceX’s 29th resupply mission to the ISS.

A multi-orbit satellite architecture is key to the nation’s quest to “conquer the night.”

It is no surprise that Starship development is moving faster than the regulatory process.

NASA astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8, the first journey by human beings to the Moon, has passed away.

Four companies have each won a contract for initial development of a prototype for a consolidated ground system for new and existing missile warning satellites.

The SLC-40 upgrade has been spurred by SpaceX’s plans to launch the Starship Super Heavy from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B, but NASA had concerns.

The mission, known as USSF-52, will be the seventh for the two-vehicle fleet of Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicles.

After four years of assembly and decades of study and planning, Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane is ready for prelaunch environmental testing.

Frank Calvelli, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, spoke at Aviation Week’s A&D Programs conference on Nov. 7.

Bulgaria is set to become the 32nd signatory to the Artemis Accords.

Follow-up imagery from the NASA Lucy mission’s recent encounter with the main belt asteroid Dinkinesh has revealed a surprise.

RFA was granted £3.5 million ($4.3 million) by the UK Space Agency.

After 11 years of cooperation with Arianespace, Avio is preparing to become a launch service operator itself in the coming months.

Suborbital space tourism provider Virgin Galactic is laying off workers to fund production of the Delta variant of its spaceships, the company said late Nov. 7.

Nearly 2,000 cubesats have been launched in the past 20 years.