Space

Aviation Week Network Staff
Crater Alphonsus dominates the right half of this Ranger 9 photograph on the cover of the April 5, 1965, issue of the magazine.
Space

By Vivienne Machi
An initiative is taking shape meant to harness excess commercial space services in peacetime and war.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket failed on its first launch from the Andoya Spaceport in Norway.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The Falcon 9 flight rate at Cape Canaveral SFS Space Launch Complex 40 is planned to be more than doubled by SpaceX.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The Cygnus resupply capsule left the International Space Station on March 28.
Operations & Safety

By Guy Norris
Although no longer designated a threat, Asteroid 2024 YR4’s projected path has renewed calls for enhanced planetary defense and near-Earth-object missions.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is expected to return to orbit late this year or in early 2026.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Rocket Lab and Stoke Space have been added to the U.S. Space Force's list of launch providers eligible for lower-risk National Security Space Launch missions.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

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Space Symposium

By Vivienne Machi
The USAF is debating whether to cancel a series of current and future contracts for the Space Development Agency and to use SpaceX-built assets instead.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Isar Aerospace is now targeting the test flight for no earlier than March 29.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is facing cybersecurity challenges that include the system’s integration into long-term missions that rely on legacy technologies.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
A $25 billion concept for a Golden Dome upper-layer of 2,000 space-based interceptors has been unveiled by Booz Allen.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
In compliance with a presidential directive, NASA is backtracking on a promise to include a woman and a person of color on the Artemis III crew.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Teams of artificial intelligence agents could reduce engineering time from months to minutes.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket has been certified by the U.S. Space Force to fly high-priority national security space missions.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The concept of dynamic space operations has taken on an urgency at U.S. Space Command and within the broader U.S. Space Force.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Greg Autry has been nominated to serve as NASA's chief financial officer.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
SpaceWERX has awarded a strategic funding increase to Gravitics of Seattle to demonstrate its “Orbital Carrier.”
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Isar Aerospace said March 26 that it is now targeting the test flight of its Spectrum rocket to no earlier than March 28.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Spirent Communications has been chosen by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to provide lunar position, navigation and timing simulations.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Parker Solar Probe mission has been named the recipient of the 2024 Robert J. Collier Trophy.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The new product effectively allows users to fuse drone full-motion video with Maxar’s precision, three-dimensional digital globe product.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Optical cross-link technology is maturing at a critical juncture, with government and commercial customers pouring billions into proliferated constellations.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has found the largest collection of organic samples to date on the red planet.
Space Exploration