NASA

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

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

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 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

By Mark Carreau
Momentus, Inc., has reported the successful completion of a rendezvous and proximity operations demonstration.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
Nearly 27 years after the final Blackbird flight, NASA quietly launched a project last summer to return an SR-71A to flight.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
More than two years after the troubled crewed flight test of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi, NASA and Boeing aim to return the spacecraft to flight with an uncrewed cargo run to the ISS in late December or January.
Space Exploration

Aviation Week Staff
NASA Names Four SpaceX Crew-14 Dragon Fliers
Aerospace_Daily_departments

By Irene Klotz
Katalyst Space’s first robotic servicing satellite reentered the atmosphere Sept. 25.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
NASA has named four crewmembers assigned to the International Space Station’s Expedition 75/76 operations.
Space Exploration

By Steve Trimble, Graham Warwick, Robert Wall
A special Lockheed SR-71A has gone missing after being displayed in front of a NASA facility for more than 26 years. Meanwhile, the NASA administrator is dropping hints that a new X-plane is in the works that happens to look a lot like a Blackbird. What's going on here?
Check 6

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
NASA has quietly removed a Lockheed SR-71A from public display.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
Voyager Technologies and Exobiosphere have announced two additional research campaigns aboard the International Space Station.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Participants in NASA’s transition of activities on the International Space Station to multiple commercial successors before a planned ISS deorbit in 2030 are acknowledging the effort’s uncertainties.
Operations & Safety