Space

By Garrett Reim
Artificial intelligence shows great promise, but safety and ethical considerations are a major challenge in aerospace.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
As part of the agreement, AST SpaceMobile will provide Ligado Networks with $113 million of AST SpaceMobile warrants and usage rights payments.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
Turion is a non-Earth imaging and in-space mobility company headquartered in Irvine, California.
Satellites

Aviation Week Network Staff
See some impressive images of the Saturn S-4B Battleship Test shown in photo sequence on page 39 of the January 4, 1965 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology.
Space

By Irene Klotz
An FAA airspace advisory is in effect for New Glenn-1 (NG-1) launch attempts from Jan. 6-12 from Cape Canaveral SFS.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
ULA flew two flights for its Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle in 2024, on Jan. 8 and Oct. 4.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
“The root cause was identified as a software issue within the ground segment,” Eutelsat said on Jan. 2.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
The Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) lists spacecraft as one of 15 priority areas in its Fiscal 2025 Investment Strategy.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
The telemetry stream received by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab on Jan. 1 was to continue through Jan. 2.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
The barge is named Jacklyn after the mother of Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
The two agencies are looking for ways to speed up transferring technology developed by federal entities.
Commercial Space

By Garrett Reim
Private lunar lander developer ispace is headquartered in Tokyo but has established subsidiaries in the U.S. and Europe.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
“This is a monumental milestone and a glimpse of what’s just around the corner for New Glenn’s first launch,” said Jarrett Jones, senior VP, New Glenn.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
The company, owned by Jeff Bezos, has not released a launch date for its first New Glenn mission.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
The beacon tone was received on Dec. 26.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The rocket, also known as Kinetica-1, took off Dec. 27 at around 9:03 a.m. Beijing time.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
The Parker Solar Probe was out of contact with mission controllers during the 6:53 a.m. EST flyby.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
Nelson leaves NASA Jan. 20 with the rest of President Joe Biden’s administration.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
In February 2024, the U.S. Space Force set up a pilot program called Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Tracking (TacSRT).
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
In 2024, the effort oversaw the launch and execution of 110 science and technology projects across seven crew, resupply and private astronaut missions.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
Each commercial contract agreement task order is scheduled to take effect from February 2025 through September 2029, with an option for the five-year extension.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Poland is buying four microsatellites as it looks to build out its space-based reconnaissance capabilities, with the constellation set to be deployed in 2027.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
The return of U.S. astronauts to the Moon won’t happen until at least mid-2027, says NASA.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The Pentagon’s five-year-old space agency will face its biggest test when it launches its first operational spacecraft in the spring of 2025.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
It is not quite Starlink, but Europe aims to have its own commercial satellite communication mega-ish constellation ready starting in 2030.
Satellites