Space

By Irene Klotz
Owned and operated by Firefly Aerospace, the lander, known as Blue Ghost, is aiming for a gentle touchdown in Mare Crisium.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
A date for the launch of the reusable New Shepard with its crew capsule from the company’s West Texas launch site will be announced soon.
Commercial Space

Aviation Week Network Staff
The last preparations for firing the Convair Atlas ICBM are in progress, as the servicing gantry is rolled away from the launching stand at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Space

By Robert Wall
Edge Group’s new FADA space unit is on the cusp of picking partners for its plans to deploy an SAR and Earth-imaging satellite capability, the company says.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
An alternate proposal tests the limits of the agency’s use of commercial services.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
The SDA is embroiled in a lawsuit related to two contracts worth $424 million each, awarded last Aug. 16 to York Space Systems and Tyvak International.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

Threats to spacecraft are proliferating as the domain becomes of growing importance to militaries around the world.
Aerospace

By Joe Anselmo, Graham Warwick, Garrett Reim
America remains a hotbed of space innovation, but worries mount over China’s rapid advances.
Check 6

By Robert Wall
The UAE is looking to advance its space ambitions through a joint venture between the country’s Space42 and Edge Group’s new space unit, FADA.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 lander remains on course for a planned soft landing no earlier than March 2 at 3:45 a.m. EST on the Moon.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
Capella Space plans to start deploying its next-gen satellites late next year as it looks to expand from its traditional X-band SAR collection.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
The agency announced Feb. 3 the next in a multistep strategy in which it would provide VIPER to a potential U.S. partner.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
The demonstration, under project HydRON—for High-Throughput Optical Space Network—builds on studies Thales Alenia Space led and completed in 2023.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
K2 Space says it has raised $110 million in a Series B funding round as it looks to scale up production of its satellite system.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
Firefly Aerospace won a launch service contract for the Space Force’s Victus Sol mission, the fifth in a series of orbital projects commissioned under TacRS.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Stoke Space has mounted its Andromeda2 upper stage rocket engine cluster on a test stand at its Moses Lake, Washington, site ahead of ground testing.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost is set to undergo installation and testing of valves and hatches, leak checks and integration of external structures.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
“We need more than eyes in space. We need spies in space,” says Andrius Kubilius, the first European commissioner for defense and space.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
The Exploration Company will test a demonstrator of its Nyx capsule designed to transport cargo to low Earth orbit and back in June, DLR says.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
NASA repeatedly delayed the astronauts’ return as it studied issues with the capsule’s propulsion system.
Operations & Safety

By Garrett Reim
The Pioneer spacecraft integrates with Varda’s W-Series reentry capsule, which brings back goods made in space.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
On Jan. 27, the White House under President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for the creation of a missile defense shield.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
Veteran astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams launched to the ISS aboard a Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on June 5, 2024.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
The robots assist astronauts with scientific research and technology demonstrations.
Commercial Space

By Guy Norris
The award follows the completion of tests of the fully integrated VR35K-A propulsion system.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion