Space

Our journalist Craig Covault reported in the Nov. 6, 2000 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology how, after years of International Space Station (ISS) delays, the project was finally manned, and, despite coordination of U.S.-Russian ground operations, remains as difficult as the work in space.

China has sent its Shenzhou-19 astronauts into space, with the Long March-2F Y19 carrier rocket lifting off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on Oct. 30.

From project financing to launcher and exploration initiatives, the region is devising an agenda to stay in the global space race.

Endurance is an autonomous lunar rover concept in development for a landing at the center of the South Pole Aitkin Basin (SPA) on the Moon’s unexplored far side.

The China Manned Space Agency has downselected two “low-cost cargo transporter” concepts to fulfill cost-efficient methods to supply the Tiangong space station.

Surviving and operating during the harsh lunar night is the top concern.

Shaky business models have nowhere to hide in public markets, while several stronger space startups are finding a way forward.

Agency officials, however, declined to release its findings, pending ongoing internal discussions about next steps.

The Seal Beach, California-based company aims to mine asteroids for valuable minerals at a lower cost and with a smaller carbon footprint than mining on Earth.

One unidentified NASA astronaut was kept overnight at a medical facility but was ultimately declared in “good health.”

The acquisition agency is procuring 160 remote modular terminals (RMTs).

NROL-167 lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 1:13 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

The satellites, BlueBirds 1-5, were launched in September.

The Indian government has approved plans for a space investment fund, saying it has earmarked INR10 billion ($118 million) to the effort on a multiyear basis.

NASA's Crew-8 astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt and Jeannette Epps and their Russian cosmonaut colleague Alexander Grebenkin splashed down safely.

A number of initiatives were disclosed, but the talk of the show was SpaceX’s Starship booster catch, which happened just ahead of the IAC opening.

The sense of scale is almost impossible to convey, a European Space Agency scientist says.

The Operational Control System program, known as OCX, was established in 2010.

The analysis was released by NASA on Oct. 24.

The organization sits under the U.S. Space Force and is fielding hundreds of satellites under the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).

The European Space Agency (ESA) is considering changes in its payment structure to ease the financial burden European space companies have been experiencing.

JISS is calling for Japan's Defense Ministry and the Japan Self-Defense Forces to develop its own tactical surveillance, reconnaissance and tracking satellites.

Blue Origin's second New Shepard vehicle flew with a dozen payloads as part of a shakedown run ahead of passenger flights.

The Enhanced Polar Satcom-Recapitalization (EPS-R) satellites were built by Northrop Grumman and launched Aug. 11.

Splashdown and recovery in the ocean waters off the Florida peninsula is expected no earlier than Oct. 25 at about 3:29 a.m. EDT.