NASA

By Mark Carreau
NASA aims to leverage the diplomacy that emerged with the global partnerships it fostered to develop and maintain the ISS for more than a quarter century.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
An industry advocacy organization told Congress its members were “concerned and confused” by the latest pivot in NASA’s post-ISS plans.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
NASA’s repositioning of the Artemis program and efforts to build a Moon base should be a boon to the rocket industry.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
NASA has selected Houston-based Intuitive Machines for a fifth mission to fly payloads to the surface of the Moon.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
NASA is proposing an alternative approach for a station in low Earth orbit to follow the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
NASA has unveiled sweeping changes to its Artemis exploration initiative.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
Truncated flight for X-59; UK Royal Mail flies electric; contrail avoidance success; and high-voltage electric demo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
NASA is hoping for a speedy return to flight after the second sortie by its already-delayed X-59 Quesst low-boom supersonic demonstrator was cut short.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
The fully stacked Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion crew capsule were back on the launchpad March 20.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
NASA finished a 23-day servicing of the SLS rocket in the Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building and returned the rocket to Launch Complex 39B March 20.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
NASA aeronautics enterprise awaits the 2027 presidential budget request with hopes for more stability and a renewed focus on flight research.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

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Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Graham Warwick
Gulf airlines continue to face heavy disruption, while U.S. carriers deal with a fuel cost surge and must compete against largely hedged European airlines.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher is poised to meet with NASA next week to discuss Artemis plans.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
After a roll back to its hangar for a repair and servicing, the Space Launch System rocket was being prepared for another launch try.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
NASA conducted a spacewalk March 18 to prepare for the installation of a final pair of solar-power-augmenting Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs).
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Russia's Progress MS-31 resupply capsule departed the International Space Station March 16 filled with trash for a destructive reentry into Earth's atmosphere.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
ILC Dover reports embarking on the development of a new generation of modular life support systems for human space flight.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
In Europe, the U.S. and Canada, development of megawatt-class hybrid propulsion enters a critical phase.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
A Senate panel on March 12 voted in favor of President Trump’s nomination of Matthew Anderson to serve as NASA’s deputy administrator.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
NASA is now targeting liftoff of the Artemis II mission as early as April 1.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
Northrop Grumman's CRS-23 was unberthed from the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station's U.S. segment Unity module early March 12.
Operations & Safety

By Vivienne Machi
Firefly Aerospace launched its Alpha rocket for the first time in nearly one year on March 11.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
SpaceX and Blue Origin face significant technical challenges in the development, test and operation of their Human Landing Systems, an audit says.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Voyager Technologies has lifted its full-year sales outlook largely on the strength of its defense business.
Missile Defense & Weapons