NASA

By Vivienne Machi
Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson teases ambitious X-plane plans and an SR-71 revival ahead of NASA's inaugural MAX Power air show in November.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
SpaceX launches its 35th cargo mission to the International Space Station carrying final solar arrays, science experiments and crew supplies.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has surpassed the off-Earth driving record set by a predecessor rover, Opportunity.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
NASA has outlined an ambitious scope of work for commercial entities interested in developing, building and flying a new station in low Earth orbit post-ISS.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL resupply mission capsule is set to execute a safe, destructive reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean Oct. 12.
Operations & Safety

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Readers writer about aerospace primes, GE Aerospace's acquisitions, the SR-71 Blackbird and risk calculus at NASA. Plus: Behind the Scenes at MRO Asia-Pacific.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Dragon capsule safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the Los Angeles coast on Oct. 8.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
Boeing is preparing its troubled space taxi for a fourth flight test.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
NASA has released Images, audio files and other science data collected during the April 1-10 Artemis II flight test.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
The Starship spacecraft that SpaceX launched for a suborbital flight test nearly 11 weeks ago returned to the company’s Starbase, Texas, complex on Oct. 7.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Dragon mission undocked from the International Space Station on Oct. 7, prepared to return its four crewmembers to Earth.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Starship-Super Heavy operations are ramping up in Florida.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space has contracted with Voyager Technologies to manage the Symphony Biosciences’ biopolymer cancer implant experiment.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Companies vying to win NASA funding to build a successor to the International Space Station cite schedule and budget uncertainties.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
Axiom Space expects to get input from NASA in the coming weeks about potentially producing a stripped-down version of its spacesuit to expedite development.
Operations & Safety

By Graham Warwick
The FAA's proposed rule on sonic boom attracts criticism but promises a shift from prohibition to performance-based regulation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
NASA has awarded Viridian Space a contract to design aerodynamic control surfaces for satellites maneuvering in very low Earth orbit.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
NASA and SpaceX have moved departure of the Crew-12 Dragon capsule from the International Space Station (ISS) from no earlier than Oct. 5 to early Oct. 7.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
NASA has awarded $1.4 billion in contracts to 16 companies for enterprise support services and equipment management.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

Dan Rutherford
The FAA’s proposed rule seems more likely to create a boom market for regulatory gaming than to drive real technological progress.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
After a decade in development, SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy transport reaches orbit for a test run.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 Dragon spacecraft conducted a successful autonomous docking to the U.S. segment of the seven-person International Space Station on Oct. 1.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
NASA and SpaceX are proceeding with plans for a no-earlier-than Oct. 1 launch of the Crew-13 Dragon mission.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
The Export-Import Bank of the United States has approved Astranis Space Technologies for a $468 million credit facility to fund the expansion of its domestic satellite production.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
Starliner stumbled during its debut uncrewed flight test in December 2019 and was unable to reach the ISS.
Commercial Space