Space

By Irene Klotz
Northrop Grumman is adding $50 million to a joint project with Firefly Aerospace to design, own and operate a new Delta II-class medium-lift launch vehicle.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Spacecraft manufacturer Apex has developed a new satellite bus that the company says could be used as a space-based interceptor platform.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
The European Space Agency has opened its European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Center in Villigen, Switzerland.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing to launch Amazon’s second batch of Kuiper broadband satellites as early as June 13.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
NASA says it has remedied a drop in the pressure of the electric propulsion system fuel line aboard the Psyche spacecraft.
Space Exploration

By Joe Anselmo, Sean Broderick, Michael Bruno, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Editors share their impressions of an in-depth conversation with Kelly Ortberg after the Boeing CEO spoke exclusively with Aviation Week.
Check 6

By Chen Chuanren
Beijing Sepoch Technology completed the verification test of its Hiker-1, China’s first reusable rocket using liquid oxygen-methane propulsion.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin plans to attempt to land its MK1 on the Moon this year, and if successful, it would become the largest vehicle to touch down on the Moon's surface.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. military and intelligence communities are dividing up responsibilities for remote-sensing data acquisition.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
China has launched its Tianwen-2 probe on a more than two-year mission to rendezvous with an asteroid and return samples to Earth.
Space Exploration

By Brian Everstine
With the Trump administration looking to hit NASA with significant funding cuts, Northrop is now saying it will likely work less with the agency.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Lockheed Martin reports that the Orion capsule assigned to Artemis III has had its computers powered on and tested for the first time.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
Portal Space Systems promises the rapid maneuverability of nuclear propulsion, but using thermal energy collected from the Sun.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Leonardo is starting to define program plans for a 20-satellite low-Earth-orbit constellation in one of the first big efforts for its new space division.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Japanese launcher-maker Space One says it has secured a contract to launch a Japanese Defense Ministry Earth-observation satellite.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The German government indicates there may be hope to salvage two OHB-built synthetic aperture radars that never became operational due to technical problems.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
Blue Origin’s prototype lunar lander is slated for a demonstration mission this year.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
Less than halfway through its expected 66-min. glide around Earth, Starship experienced a leak that led to a loss of attitude control.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Blue Origin is planning for the launch of its 12th New Shepard suborbital private astronaut mission with six crewmembers on May 31.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Rocket Factory Augsburg is gearing up to test the first stage of its RFA One rocket in a few months.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
German launch service startup Isar Aerospace aims to return its Spectrum rocket to flight before year’s end.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Axiom Space has been awarded up to $5.5 million by the Texas Space Commission for its Orbital Data Center capabilities.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Hyperspectral satellite startup Kuva Space plans to build out an operational constellation of at least 100 Earth-observation satellites, the CEO says.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency plans to ask member states for $1.5 billion to help under Europe’s push to become more autonomous in space.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Innospace is again delaying the inaugural launch of its Hanbit-Nano rocket, after identifying technical issues during the pre-mission system qualification.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion