Space

By Robert Wall
South Korean launch newcomer Innospace has signed an MOU with Saturn Satellite Networks that could lead to a joint venture to pursue the U.S. launch market.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Competition for lunar resources is no longer hypothetical—it is happening now.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
For the third time this year, a robotic lander will attempt to touch down on the surface of the Moon, this time from Japan's iSpace.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Federal agencies and their contractors are grappling with how to preserve science data in the face of the Trump administration's anti-DEI initiative.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Zeno Power has raised a $50 million Series B funding round to demonstrate its nuclear battery technology and ramp up its manufacturing.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
A capsule built by Varda Space Industries touched down successfully after reentering Earth’s atmosphere at speeds exceeding Mach 25.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Starlab Space LLC and Balance Ophthalmics have partnered to pursue a solution to Spaceflight Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome (SANS).
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Poland is expanding plans for satellite-based Earth observation, signing an agreement with synthetic aperture radar spacecraft maker-Iceye for three systems.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. military is currently testing sensors that can be used to track moving aerial targets from space, says Gen. Gregory Guillot.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines (IM) has identified and addressed three factors that caused a botched landing at the lunar south pole.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Following a pair of unsuccessful attempts to test its upgraded Starship vehicle in space, SpaceX is preparing another ship for launch as early as May 21.
Operations & Safety

By Graham Warwick
Miniaturized and qualified for space use, Optical Air Data Systems’ laser velocity sensor is finding renewed aviation interest.
Emerging Technologies

By Garrett Reim
Do we have too many resources going to people in big government labs?
Emerging Technologies

By Matthew Fulco
Lockheed Martin has led a $100 million Series B investment in X-Bow Systems, a defense technology startup that manufactures solid rocket motors.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA has named four new inductees into the agency’s Inventors Hall of Fame.
Space Exploration

Aviation Week Staff
Russia’s space agency Roscosmos and China National Space Administration have signed a memorandum of cooperation to create a power station on the Moon.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Satellite broadband provider Viasat says its Global Xpress service is now available in arctic regions that are part of its wider expansion plans.
Satellites

By Matthew Fulco
The island has scrambled to assemble an adroit supplier team after failing to reach an agreement with Elon Musk-owned Starlink.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
German startup Atmos Space Cargo has struck a joint venture agreement with uncrewed ground vehicle maker ARX Robotics.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Trump sees SpaceX and the private sector taking over deep-space travel for the U.S. space program.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Rocket Lab says it plans to fly its Neutron launcher in a U.S. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) mission rocket cargo experiment.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Much of the planned science return from NASA’s Artemis III Moon landing mission with astronauts will be contained in a look at the solar system’s earliest era.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Space Force has said it will fund CACI, General Atomics, and Viasat for further work into space laser communications terminal work.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Leonardo is exploring the purchase of a company in the small satellite sector, even as it advances talks with a strategic partner.
Satellites

By Michael Bruno
Commercial quantum computing and networking company IonQ said it will buy the space company later this year.
Satellites