NASA

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Crew-12 mission has docked to the U.S. segment of the ISS, returning the orbital lab’s fulltime population to seven for the first time since Jan. 14.
Operations & Safety

By Jefferson Morris
Axiom Space has announced $350 million in investments to develop a commercial successor to the International Space Station and a new generation of spacesuits.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
A multinational, four-member replacement team lifted off onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Feb. 13 to begin a 34-hr. ride to the International Space Station.
Operations & Safety

By Guy Norris
Flight tests of an experimental low-drag laminar flow stub wing section are underway at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
NASA on Feb. 12 selected Long Beach, California-based Vast to conduct its first private astronaut mission aboard the International Space Station.
Space Exploration

By Irene Klotz
The Artemis II launch team prepared on Feb. 12 to test if repairs to stem a hydrogen leak that stopped a launch dress rehearsal nine days ago were successful.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s new leader discusses the agency’s path forward. Key priorities include lunar exploration, Mars missions and advancing the orbital economy.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Irene Klotz, Joe Anselmo
NASA is under new leadership with Jared Isaacman. Watch or listen as he answers questions from Aviation Week's Irene Klotz after eight weeks on the job in this special episode.
Check 6

By Irene Klotz
There are lots of numbers bandied about regarding NASA’s upcoming Artemis II mission.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA has awarded Voyager Technologies a $24.5 million contract to provide full-service mission management services to the International Space Station.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Mark Carreau
NASA and SpaceX on Feb. 10 once again pushed back the launch of the four-person Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station due to weather conditions.
Space Exploration

By Vivienne Machi
Commercial space startup Momentus and NASA will partner on an in-space servicing mission in low Earth orbit.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
NASA is standing down from a planned Feb. 11 launch of the SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the ISS due to expected weather conditions, the agency said Feb. 9.
Operations & Safety

By Mark Carreau
The ISS National Lab says fiscal 2025 was a landmark year for scientific research and technology development aboard the NASA-led orbital laboratory.
Commercial Space

By Irene Klotz
NASA learned a lot about managing hydrogen leaks ahead of Artemis I, but another tanking test is needed before the next Space Launch System flies.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

Aviation Week Staff
Aerodynamicist Bob Liebeck pioneered the blended wing body and Gurney flap, revolutionizing aerodynamics for NASA, race cars and future air travel.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
The U.S. House advances a NASA bill to boost Moon, Mars and ISS plans, support lunar bases and extend Hubble’s life, ensuring U.S. space leadership.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. is aiming to develop a lunar surface reactor by 2030.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
Nuclear propulsion for space may be back in favor as the U.S. seeks technology to power vehicles going to Mars and beyond.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
NASA will skip its February launch opportunity to send four astronauts on a flight test around the Moon to review data from a launchpad fueling test that ended early due to a hydrogen leak.
Operations & Safety

Jen Meszaros
Sabrina Li, co-founder and chief marketing officer of avionics startup Albatross.Ai, will address the APAC Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Summit in Singapore on Feb. 2
Advanced Air Mobility

By Irene Klotz
NASA on Feb. 2 was nearing the end of a two-day practice launch countdown for the upcoming Artemis II Moon mission, including fueling the SLS rocket.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s IMAP has begun its two-year primary mission to explore and map the boundaries of the protective bubble called the heliosphere.
Space Exploration

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has twice successfully demonstrated drives on the red planet planned by artificial intelligence.
Space Exploration

By Graham Warwick
Active twist rotor; vertical takeoff assist for eVTOL; propeller energy recovery; and tailored microbes for SAF production.
Emerging Technologies