NASA

By Graham Warwick
The wind-tunnel trials tested active control of a high-aspect-ratio wing while controlling the thin, flexible wing’s response to maneuver loads and gusts.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
NASA's Jared Isaacman is eager to expedite the Artemis program and that the agency needs to make best use of the ISS' remaining life to seed business for its commercial follow-ons.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Robert Wall
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has signaled a desire to revitalize the agency’s aeronautics program, calling for more experimental X-planes.
Emerging Technologies

By Mark Carreau
A NASA safety panel is set to recommend that the agency reexamine the mission objectives of the crewed Artemis III Moon landing mission.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
Jared Isaacman was sworn in Dec. 18 as NASA Administrator.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The White House issued a new executive order framing its near-term plans and policy ambitions for the space domain on Dec. 18.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Steve Trimble
The BAE Systems PHASA-35 will operate monthslong airborne surveillance missions under a new AFRL contract.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
SpaceX said one of its Starlink satellites failed on orbit, causing some space debris and now tumbling.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Four DiskSat spacecraft were successfully launched on a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle on Dec. 18.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz, Vivienne Machi, Robert Wall, Garrett Reim, Mark Carreau
With an eye on China, the Trump administration and Congress find common ground in space while Europe aims for greater autonomy.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The U.S. Senate has completed the confirmation of entrepreneur billionaire and private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Garrett Reim
As the Trump Administration plans to gut funding for space science programs, a new idea has launched: scientific-telescope-as-service.
Commercial Space

By Joe Anselmo
As NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman will face huge challenges, starting with making sure the U.S. astronauts return to the Moon ahead of Chinese taikonauts.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
NASA reports is continuing efforts to re-establish contact with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution orbital spacecraft after losing contact on Dec. 6.
Space Exploration

By Garrett Reim
NASA plans to study the manufacturing of exotic glass fibers in the microgravity of space for use in quantum sensing and communications applications.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
Two space startups recently conducted a self-funded mission to showcase autonomous maneuvering in low Earth orbit.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Vast Space LLC has issued a call for research proposals that could be conducted aboard its under development Haven-1 commercial space station.
Commercial Space

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines, Leonardo and Telespazio have signed a commercially cooperative U.S.-European strategic accord intended to enhance interoperability.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA is moving ahead with a pair of missions to better understand Sun/Earth interactions and future human deep space exploration destinations.
Space Exploration

By P. Barry Butler
We have created the world’s safest form of transportation through reporting our errors. Imagine what we could achieve by examining our successes with equal rigor.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
The fifth anniversary of the Artemis Accords was marked with optimism and concerns for the future during a Dec. 11 celebration.
Space Exploration

By Robert Wall
NASA is reaching out to industry for ideas on in-space manufacturing that could support future missions from low Earth orbit to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Reliable Robotics has secured a new NASA contract to flight test its automated Cessna 208B Caravan in and around U.S. airports.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has laid out its top priorities for NASA's future Mars exploration missions.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
NASA is assessing a troubling loss of signal from a Mars orbiter.
Space Exploration