Space

Boeing is NASA’s primary contractor for the Space Launch System (SLS), a human-rated heavy-lift rocket for deep-space travel.

The Trans Lunar Injection was executed Feb. 8, according to a Feb. 10 NASA mission update.

Access to the Aegis-owned-and-operated TAMU-SPIRIT will be limited to students, faculty and other researchers within the Texas A&M University System.

ESA, in a Feb. 10 announcement, said the study is a precursor to a potential optical time synchronization and ranging (OpSTAR) in-orbit demonstration.

Thales Alenia Space says it will build the Thor 8 communication satellite for Norway.

ESA says a group of astronomers asked for the powerful James Webb telescope to gather more data on the asteroid and that the tasking has been accepted.

Space startup Loft Orbital is deepening links with AI specialist Helsing as part of an effort to deploy a new LEO satellite constellation starting in 2026.

The U.S. Space Force has for the first time deployed a payload on a Japanese satellite.

Airbus has secured the deal to provide the British military with an SAR system as part of the UK’s effort to build up indigenous Earth-observation capacity.

As the service mulls what will come after the current Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) constellation, it is planning a service life extension program.

Released Feb. 6, NASA’s independent Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) report identified risk, management and budget challenges.

The company instead pivoted to use aluminum for its Haven-1 commercial space station, it said on Feb. 6.

Russia's first space launch in 2025 also marked the final mission of its Soyuz-2.1v light launcher, with the country effectively running out of its supply of motors for the rocket type.

President Trump’s first administration launched the Artemis program to send humans back to the Moon. His second term may pivot the focus to Mars.

The companies appear to be pitching the antenna for the U.S. Army’s High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System program.

The Feb. 5 request for information seeks capability statements from interested parties.

Russia has named a new leader of space agency Roscosmos after several high-profile missteps in the country’s space program.

The highlighting of Mars in a presidential inauguration speech–and an omission of any mention of lunar missions–has the space industry abuzz.

The effort is part of Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1).

Blauser, who currently serves as deputy director of the U.S. Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office, will oversee the space procurement office.

The Phoenix 1 capsule is set to be part of the Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission due sometime after March.

The image on the cover of the February 3, 1958 issue of Aviation Week, shows the weather map of North America as it would be transmitted by television by satellite 4,000 mi. over Amarillo, Texas.

SKY Perfect JSAT is looking to get into the low-Earth-orbit remote-sensing business through a $230 million investment and partnership with Planet Labs.

The European Space Agency says the risk of the 2024 YR4 asteroid crashing into Earth has gone up since an initial assessment it made late last month.

The four PUNCH small satellites with their narrow- and wide-field imagers are to be distributed in complementary low-altitude Sun-synchronous polar orbits.