Space

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.

The company develops and operates space tugs that carry spacecraft to their final orbits and host payloads, including experiments and demonstrations.

The reusable New Shepard lifted off from Launch Site One near Van Horn in West Texas at 11:01 a.m. EST on Feb. 4.

Chinese satellite startup Ada Space Technology has filed preliminary paperwork to go public.

NASA announced in July that it was suspending VIPER development due to schedule delays and cost concerns.

Sixteen companies were selected in 2023 to compete for task orders.

The company plans to hand over the second Orion spacecraft to the agency in April.

The groups conduct community-wide, interdisciplinary planning and assessments for lunar, Mars, Mercury, Venus, small bodies, outer planets and other planetary research.

Spanish aerospace and defense equipment company Indra says it is aiming to become a top-tier space company through its acquisition of Hispasat.

Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite spinoff company Aalto has completed its first flight from its new base in Kenya. Tony Osborne reports.

Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite spinoff company Aalto has completed its first flight from its new base in Kenya.

The ISRO is trying to figure out how to recover from the failure of bringing the NVS-02 navigation satellite to its orbital position.