Space

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Space Force has awarded Lockheed Martin’s Astrotech Space Operations a contract to boost payload processing capacity at Vandenberg SFB, California.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
Booz Allen Hamilton and Meta have deployed their “Space Llama” artificial intelligence system to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

Aviation Week Staff
Russia is embarking on a new path to replenish its Glonass satellite navigation system.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
Dragonfly, a challenging and costly NASA mission to launch a drone rotocopter to Saturn’s large moon Titan, has completed the agency’s critical design review.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
The European Space Agency says the P160C motor, slated to boost performance of the Ariane 6 and Vega launchers, has completed its first test firing.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The 76-year-old alliance wants to bolster its space capabilities with hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Trump’s draft spending plan ends NOAA climate research.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos are working on a backup plan to deorbit the International Space Station at the end of its operational life.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
Space Compass Corp. has won a contract from Japan’s ministry of defense to demonstrate laser communications from a geostationary satellite.
Satellites

By Thierry Dubois
Startup company Ion-X is betting on the use of ionic micropropulsion for small satellites and planning to deliver its first commercial motor in 2026.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
China has sent three astronauts on the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft, blasting off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 5:17 pm Beijing time on April 24.
Operations & Safety

By Thierry Dubois
Arianespace is planning to launch Biomass from Kourou, French Guiana, on April 29.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
Texas lawmakers are urging President Trump to shift NASA’s Washington, D.C., headquarters to the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Guy Norris
Sierra Space and NASA have successfully conducted hypervelocity impact tests on the shield material designed to protect its LIFE inflatable space habitat.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
SpaceWerx and The Aerospace Corp. help commercial space companies and prospective government customers get on the same page about technology readiness levels.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
By moving from widgets to digits, the space industry is finding new homes in cities.
Commercial Space

By Vivienne Machi
Two years ago, the U.S. Space Force rebranded its Commercial Services Office to become the Commercial Space Office.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
The U.S. plans to operate the International Space Station (ISS) for another five years, but risks to the orbital outpost are a growing concern.
Operations & Safety

By Garrett Reim
Firefly Aerospace will develop a ceramic matrix composite rocket nozzle extension for liquid rocket engines.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The China Manned Space Agency will select and train two Pakistani astronauts, one of whom will serve as a payload specialist onboard the Tiangong space station.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
U.S. remote sensing company Umbra is teaming with Germany’s Reflex Aerospace to pursue the European synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite market.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Iridium will expand work with a European partner to help navigate new tariffs that could dent operating earnings by between $3 million and $7 million this year.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center has signed an MOU with France’s Space Command on global space security.
Operations & Safety

By Garrett Reim
DARPA is soliciting a lunar orbiter capable of flying in the Moon’s unstable low orbit.
Space Exploration

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea launched the fourth of its five military satellites into space on April 22.
Satellites